Vietnam partners with Denmark to propel its wind energy ambition

🔮 Both sides will develop an offshore wind project in line with Vietnam’s goal to boost renewable electricity generation Vietnam is well placed to grow its renewable electricity sector by tapping its large pool of engineering talent and abundant wind resources with help from Denmark, a global leader in wind energy, according to analysts.

🔮 We would move on and proceed to the next voyage,” he said.

🔮 We would move on and proceed to the next voyage,” he said.

🔮 The Philippines’ telco industry wants the country to become a regional digital hub anchored by stable underwater cables, but a leading executive and analysts warn that slow approvals for repairs, limited monitoring and fragmented official oversight could undermine the ambition.

🔮 Advertisement Trump’s second Asean summit presence comes at a price for region On the president’s list are supply-chain security, critical minerals, technology cooperation, AI and investment in the US, experts say 4-MIN READ4-MIN US President Donald Trump is expected to drive hard bargains on tariffs and critical minerals in his return to the Asean summit in Manila next month, with Washington seeking greater economic and strategic concessions while remaining hawkish on China. The Philippines confirmed on Wednesday that Trump would fly in for the summit from November 16 to 18, before attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen that same week.

🔮 “I got worried, I got scared that maybe I wouldn’t be able to come home any more,” added the 29-year-old, whose six-year-old son lives in the Philippines under her parents’ care.

🔮 Aged 14, he already had accounts on Instagram and TikTok – among the platforms Jakarta said children would be banned from using – as well as popular video game Minecraft and gaming platform Roblox.

🔮 Before, in a 16-hour shift of driving, I could take home 400 to 500 pesos [US$6.30 to US$8] – now there’s a big cut to that income,” said Manlapig, who plies a two-hour daily round route from Malolos in Bulacan, north of Manila, to San Fernando, Pampanga.

🔮 The discovery of uranium-bearing minerals in Luzon comes as the country explores integrating nuclear power into its future energy mix The discovery, which could provide uranium for the nuclear fuel cycle if further exploration confirms its viability, was made in the Larap-Paracale mining district in Camarines Norte province, where exploration began in the 1950s. Researchers from the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), the University of the Philippines Diliman and Akita University in Japan confirmed that surface deposits collected from the area contained uraninite as the main uranium-bearing mineral, and that the material could be processed into a product with higher uranium content.

🔮 Before, a lot of us who could go out to Scarborough Shoal used to bring home around 15,000 pesos (US$238) a week, a comfortable amount for our families,” said Marabe, a resident of Masinloc town and provincial coordinator for the national fisherfolk federation Pamalakaya.