Transport and Infrastructure

Bids for the World Expo 2020, a lucrative biennial convention that rivals the Olympic Games in scale and prestige, are out now. Dubai and...

Non-oil trade between the UAE and Singapore swelled to over $2.86 billion in 2011, a recent study by the Ministry of Foreign Trade in...

In an aim to support Saudi investors in Indonesia, the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has set up a business office in Jakarta, the...

On October 8th and 9th, Doha will be the stage of the Inside Investor Forum Asia 2012, a high-level business forum organised by international...

Thailand is moving ahead with a massive $2.2 trillion baht ($71.4 billion) parliamentary bill to finance the upgrading of  the country's transport and telecommunications...

Islamic financial instruments could become a key funding source in Asia and the GCC, international rating agency Standard & Poor's said in  a new...

The US Chamber of Commerce reports “overwhelmingly positive” prospects for trade, investment and growth in the ASEAN region, John Goyer, Director for the Southeast...

After heavy monsoon rainfall over the last week, Bangkok residents and businesses have become increasingly worried about another catastrophe resembling last year's flooding that...

Bilateral trade between the UAE and Indonesia increased by 26.4 per cent in 2011, while investment commitment has multipled to more then $11 billion...

Today the pulse of Cambodia’s capital follows the rhythm of construction mallets and whirring traffic. Offices, homes and shopping spaces are being erected across a city that hopes to detach itself from a gruesome past.

Emirates Group subsidiary Dnata, one of the world's largest airline service companies, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Myanmar's state-run national airline Myanmar...

The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013, released by the World Economic Forum on September 5, shows Singapore maintaining its first rank among the most competitive...

The Philippines has announced the opening up of five more bids under the government’s public-private partnership policy for the remainder of this year, making...

The 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting that kicked off this Monday in Siem Reap, Cambodia, is focusing on closer cooperation and multilateral funding within...

Investors' applications through the Thai Board of Investment (BoI), the approving body for strategic industry and commercial investments under a tax privileges scheme, will...

An ambitious but costly high-speed railways system connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and other major towns in Vietnam has been modified by...

The current low-interest environment in ASEAN spurs public and private sector spending in infrastructure, technology and skills and is boosting the capital markets in...

About $100 million of a $500-million loan granted by India has been earmarked for building and improving roads in the Myanmar part of the...