ASEAN

The Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the largest power distributor in the Philippines, and Global Business Power Corp (GBPC), also a major provider, have announced...

The construction sector in Cambodia attracted investment projects of about $2.1 billion last year, a 72 per cent rise compared with 2011, according to...

Qatar National Bank (QNB) is reportedly among at least three bidders for the Indonesian unit of Dutch Rabobank. The deal is expected to have...

US companies are seeking to win large-scale infrastructure projects in Cambodia in an effort to compete with Chi­nese influence in the country, US officials...

New airports will be built in provinces of Laos to attract tourists and investors to remote and undeveloped areas. One will be set up...

Little is known about the new ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh who took over his five-year term on January 1, 2013. Inside Investor sheds light on the career diplomat's biography and education.

Visitor numbers are on a massive rise in ASEAN and the tourism economy is booming. Which are your favourite destinations in the region? Vote for three countries you prefer for a leisure stay.

The Philippines will have to invest "heavily" on human capital in the years to come to meet its expected rapid growth figures, the Deputy...

Gulf countries and ASEAN have extended a memorandum of understanding on an action plan that commits both regions to enhanced cooperation in trade and...

China's Ningxia autonomous region, home of roughly 11 per cent of the 20 million Muslims in China, on January 4 has signed an agreement...

The tiny nation of East Timor has reaffirmed that it is keen to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to accelerate its economic...

When looking for new success stories in today’s global business environment, it is hard not to notice the remarkable resilience that Southeast Asia, and especially the ten ASEAN nations, are currently showing.

Three countries of the Mekong region, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, will intensify their trilateral cooperation in trade, investment and tourism as economic activity between...

Mercer Consulting's new Quality of Living Survey 2012 placed Singapore as the only ASEAN city among the top 50 liveable cities globally. What is your opinion? Vote here.

The governments of Thailand and Bahrain set up a joint steering committee on November 28 to boost food and energy security as well as...

China and Malaysia have inked a number of agreements for projects forming part of the first industrial park jointly built by the two countries,...

A 45 per cent surge in visitor arrivals in the September 2011 to 2012 period has boosted the hotel sector in Myanmar's business capital...

Brazil became the first Latin American country to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia at the annual ASEAN Summit...