Economy and Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo investment in the country’s planned new capital, Bloomberg News cited a statement by the...

Thailand is fully reopening the country on July 1, dropping all Covid-19 entry regulations which have been imposed for many months and were perceived...

Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda Indonesia has halved its debt and achieved comparable cuts to aircraft leasing costs in negotiations with creditors, according to a...

Indonesia’s government will start construction of the first government buildings at its new capital Nusantara in August, the country’s minister of public works and...

Vietnam’s economic planners have presented ideas to create smart cities in 41 out of the 63 provinces and cities in the country in order...

The central bank of Laos has plans to ban the country’s residents from holding foreign currencies amid spiraling inflation and the rapid depreciation of...

Facing a toxic combination of high external debt, dwindling cash reserves, surging inflation and a nosediving currency, the small Southeast Asian nation of Laos...

The economy of Myanmar has fallen in turmoil so drastically since the military coup on February 1, 2021 that the World Bank said it...

Thailand officially legalised the growing of marijuana and its consumption in food and drinks on June 9, the first Asian country to do so,...

Technology-sector salaries in Singapore are set to soar in the next couple of years amid a hiring boom particularly in finance, according to Singapore...

A new digital bank has started operations in Singapore after receiving approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to commence business on June...

Malaysia has maintained its position as the top travel destination for Muslims in the world. The country came first again in the newly released...

Green Link Digital Bank, or GLDB, the first digital bank to operate in Singapore, opened its virtual doors for business on June 3, the...

The economy of ASEAN’s smallest member Brunei in 2021 suffered its biggest contraction in five years, dropping 1.6 per cent as oil and gas...

Two Singaporean companies have been charged with exporting whiskey, wine and soft drinks to North Korea in a latest case of firms in the...

Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos emphasised his determination to adopt nuclear power in the country, holding talks on May 23 with South Korea's envoy on...

US tech giant Apple has told its suppliers that it wants to expand contract manufacturing outside of China and is looking at Vietnam and...

Malaysia has attracted 16.52 billion ringgit ($3.8 billion) worth of new investments commitments through its trade mission in the US this year so far,...