Uzbek Economy Grew 5.8 Percent In First Nine Months

TASHKENT, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan’s gross domestic product (GDP), increased 5.8 percent, year on year, in the first nine months of 2022, the Uzbek State Statistics Committee said, yesterday. The country’s GDP in the nine-month period amounted to 627 trillion soums (about 56.2 billion U.S. dollars), according to the…

Cambodia, Singapore Signed MoU On Clean Energy Cooperation

PHNOM PENH, Oct 26 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia and Singapore signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday, on clean energy cooperation, said a statement from Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy. The deal was inked via video link, between Cambodian Minister for Mines and Energy, Suy Sem and Singapore’s Minister for…

Australian Solar Scientist Wins Million-Euro Technology Prize In Finland

HELSINKI, Oct 26 (NNN-AAP) – A one-million-euro-technology prize, has been awarded to an Australian professor, for an invention that has transformed the production of solar energy. Technology Academy Finland (TAF), announced yesterday that, the 2022 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Professor Martin Green, from the University of New…

Singapore Raised National Climate Target To Achieve Net Zero Emissions By 2050

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong, announced today that, the city-state raises its national climate target to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, as part of its Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy. He said, at the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2022 that, Singapore will enhance…

Construction Machinery Trade Fair Bauma Opened In Munich

BERLIN, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 2022 edition of Bauma, the world’s largest construction machinery trade fair, in terms of exhibition space, kicked off in Munich, Germany, yesterday. Open until Oct 30, the event, held for the 33rd time, gathers more than 3,100 exhibitors from around 60 countries, on an…

Vietnam’s Year-End Export Growth Forecast To Slow Down

HANOI, Oct 24 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s import and export activities will face many challenges in the last months of this year and into the next, according to the Import-Export Department, under the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade. The difficulties are posed by factors, including the risk of recession in…

Saudi Arabia Launched Supply Chain Initiative To Attract Investment

RIYADH, Oct 24 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, launched yesterday, the Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative. It aims to make Saudi Arabia a preferred location for leading global industrial companies, and to attract 40 billion Saudi riyals (10.64 billion U.S. dollars) of…

Iran To Export 40 Homegrown Gas Turbines To Russia

TEHRAN, Oct 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran signed a contract with Russia, to export 40 homegrown gas turbines to the country, Shana News Agency, affiliated to the Iranian oil ministry, reported. Iran is now capable of meeting 85 percent of its domestic needs for gas equipment and facilities, and its gas…

Colombian, Venezuelan Legislators Met On Normalising Ties

CARACAS, Oct 23 (NNN-ABN) – Legislative delegations from Venezuela’s National Assembly and Colombia’s Congress met on Friday, to set up working commissions for normalising bilateral ties, said Venezuelan lawmaker, Jorge Rodriguez. Speaking from the Simon Bolivar International Bridge that links the two countries across their shared border, the president of…

Laos To Resume That Luang Festival To Boost Economic Recovery

VIENTIANE, Oct 22 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government is scheduled to resume the annual That Luang Festival, so as to boost economic recovery and preserve the country’s cultural traditions, after it was cancelled for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lao authorities are inviting businesses from…
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