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Viet Nam’s transport sector accounts for 18% of the country's annual greenhouse gas emissions, and its decarbonization, through options like e-mobility, will directly impact the country’s ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Photo credit: iStock/Scharfsinn86.
News
11 November 2022

ADB Leads $135 Million Climate Financing Package to Support Electric Mobility in Viet Nam

The assistance will support Viet Nam’s efforts to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and expand high-tech manufacturing industries.
Climate change is a critical issue for everyone but with Southeast Asia being one of the world’s most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, the meeting's outcome is particularly important for the region. Photo credit: ADB.
News
10 November 2022

Why COP27 Matters to Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, among regions the most vulnerable to climate change, risks seeing millions thrown back into extreme poverty due to extreme weather.
A wind and solar farm in the Philippines. Photo credit: ADB
News
4 November 2022

ASEAN Energy Outlook Calls for Accelerated Transition

Energy demand in Southeast Asia is projected to triple by 2050 in the absence of new policies to accelerate clean energy transition.
Event
4 November 2022

Changing Workforce in the Post-COVID-19 World

This webinar examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emerging trends in Southeast Asia's labor markets, particularly for women and the youth.
The new operating model will enable ADB to increase its capacity as the region’s climate bank; strengthen its work to develop the private sector and mobilize private investments in the region; provide a larger range of high-quality development solutions for its developing member countries; and modernize ways of working to make it more responsive, agile and closer to clients. Photo credit: ADB.
News
2 November 2022

ADB Adopts New Operating Model to Meet Rapidly Changing Needs of Asia and the Pacific

The new operating model will help ADB deliver on the ambitious development goals of its corporate strategy, Strategy 2030. 
The program is rolled out in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. Photo credit: ADB.
News
28 October 2022

Mastercard and Grab Launch 'Small Business, Big Dreams' Program to Boost Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia

The initiative aims to digitally upskill gig economy workers and small businesses in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam.
e-Conomy SEA 2022
Publication
27 October 2022

e-Conomy SEA 2022

New report from Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company examines prospects of Southeast Asia's digital economy from the latest digital adoption trends, to sector growth insights and opportunities for the digital decade ahead.
In many parts of the world, including Southeast Asia, governments struggled to roll out COVID-19 vaccines because of anti-vaccine sentiment among citizens. Photo credit: Save the Children.
Article
27 October 2022

Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy with Music Works Wonders in Nepal

Save the Children, with partner Nepal FM Network, debunks misconceptions about COVID-19 vaccines through a radio show to inspire behavior change.
Digital Jobs and Digital Skills: A Shifting Landscape in Asia and the Pacific
Publication
26 October 2022

Digital Jobs and Digital Skills: A Shifting Landscape in Asia and the Pacific

This report examines how employers in Asia and the Pacific now want new hires to have higher digital skills, like digital design, data analytics, data science, machine learning, and programming.
Event
26 October 2022

ASEAN Economic Outlook: Building Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Recovery

This webinar discussed the implications of competing challenges on Southeast Asia's prospect for building a resilient and sustainable recovery.
Leveraging Fintech to Expand Digital Health in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore: Lessons for Asia and the Pacific
Publication
24 October 2022

Leveraging Fintech to Expand Digital Health in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore: Lessons for Asia and the Pacific

This report illustrates how financial technology or fintech can be leveraged to improve health systems and health outcomes.
Fintech solutions can be powerful in helping long-excluded low- and middle-income populations gain access to healthcare and buttress them against health-related bankruptcy. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
21 October 2022

Widening Access to Health Systems with Fintech

Using fintech can help ease the financial and health burden of individuals and help improve health systems and outcomes, says a new ADB report.
SEADS was launched in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo credit: iStock/Cecilie_Arcurs.
News
21 October 2022

Celebrating 2 Years of SEADS: Planting Seeds of Growth in Southeast Asia

Since its launch in 2020, SEADS has organized three symposia and 10 webinars, while expanding its reach across social media and among users.
Despite having the fastest growing digital economy, the Philippines cybersecurity capacity is still maturing. Photo credit: iStock/Zephyr18.
Article
17 October 2022

Using Data to Protect Data: Addressing Gaps in Cyberthreat Reporting in the Philippines

Amid rising cybersecurity attacks, the Philippines needs a reporting system to capture, aggregate, and analyze challenges facing end users.
Outbreaks of infectious diseases, where vaccines are available, are often due to low vaccine coverage rates. Photo credit: ADB.
Article
14 October 2022

Polio: Urgent Acceleration Needed in Southeast Asia to Protect against Recent Resurgences

Raising awareness on the benefits of vaccination, funding immunization programs, and addressing gaps on vaccine roll-out urgently needed.