The asia pacific economic cooperation

Cloud adoption Findings from the Carbon Reduction Opportunity of Moving to the Cloud for APAC report by 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, found that on average, organisations moving their business applications from on-premises data centres to cloud infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific can expect to reduce their energy use and associated carbon footprint by 78 per cent. Furthermore, if cloud operations in the Asia-Pacific could be powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, moving compute workloads to the cloud would further boost emissions savings up to 93 per cent for average Asia-Pacific companies in a region where procuring renewable energy remains challenging. Commissioned by AWS, the study surveyed over 500 companies across the Asia-Pacific, spanning a variety of industries across Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. Ken Haig, head of Energy Policy for Asia-Pacific and Japan, AWS “Customers in the Asia-Pacific who move … [Read more...] about Moving to AWS Cloud a chance for companies in Asia-Pacific to reduce carbon footprint

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making a trip to three Southeast Asian nations this week, demonstrating the Biden administration’s commitment to growing ties with its regional allies and deepening relations with Vietnam in particular, according to experts. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making a trip to Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines. (Photo credit US Defence Department) Since taking on the role, Secretary Austin has already been to Europe twice for discussions with the United States’ allies. He has also visited Japan, the Republic of Korea, and India, although he has yet to come to Southeast Asia. Amid increasing concerns regarding a lack of focus and engagement in the region, his tour of Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines is considered long overdue. His trip will mark the second visit to Southeast Asia by a top member of the Biden administration, following a visit made by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman last month. The main … [Read more...] about Secretary Austin’s trip reaffirms President Biden’s commitment to Southeast Asia

Women process longan in Son La province (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – ASEAN countries have recently held a policy dialogue on strengthening women’s entrepreneurship in agriculture. Representatives from the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME), ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW), Senior Official Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF) and ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network gathered to discuss a holistic, cross-sectoral, national and regional strategy framework to empower ASEAN female farmers and unlock their entrepreneurship potential in the agriculture sector. At this online event, ACCMSME launched a background report on Strengthening Women ’s Entrepreneurship in Agriculture in ASEAN Countries, with technical assistance from the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and inputs from ACW and SOM-AMAF. The report discusses factors hampering the economic prospects of women in the sector, which are … [Read more...] about Policy dialogue promotes ASEAN women’s role in agriculture​

In a quite near future, we will be facing more challenges in our power sector in order to meet the rising demand for energy consumption for our economic development. The primary energy resources are being exhausted, especially oil and gas which may lead to the significant import of fossil fuels in the near future. Therefore, the trend of developing renewable energy in the world, including wind power, is a breakthrough solution,” Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of Renewable Energy Center, Institute of Energy, stated. The vision of the government to move away from a fossil fuels-based energy mix was formalized last year under Resolution 55, which established the long-term targets for Vietnam’s green transition. The vision and targets of Resolution 55 should be supported by the much-awaited Power Development Plan VIII (PDP8), which is expected to be finalized later this year. Installation of an offshore wind project The latest draft of PDP8 saw the introduction of a new form … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s future transition to offshore wind auctions