Asia pacific countries

Hervé Lemahieu, director of Power and Diplomacy Program at Lowy Institute, told the ABC's Coronacast podcast that poorer countries would soon lose ground as they struggled to obtain Covid-19 vaccines for their citizens because "with the uneven distribution and hoarding of vaccines we may well see rich countries get a decisive upper hand in crisis recovery efforts." … [Read more...] about Vietnam ranks second in world Covid-19 response

“In general, about 400GW of added capacity will be coming into the system over the next decade. Two-third of this added capacity will be derived from renewable energy and the other remainder is gas. However, some countries will only be able to afford coal and I don't think it can diminish. But there is always going to be a role for gas," he said. … [Read more...] about Gas power generation to remain a prominent energy source in next decade

Vietnam’s growth would be among the highest in the world, thanks to its successful containment of the Covid-19 pandemic, Era Dabla Norris, mission chief to Vietnam and division chief in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific department, said at the end of her team’s virtual mission to Vietnam from October 15 to November 13. … [Read more...] about Vietnam GDP growth to be among world’s highest in 2020: IMF