Association of Southeast Asian Nations

French company L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics firm owned by Europe's richest woman Liliane Bettencourt, will invest up to $100 million in Indonesia to...

ASEAN nations in an initiative led by Thailand are aiming to intensify joint efforts in rice production to pave the way for more cooperation...

Ten ASEAN nations and six regional partner countries have agreed to start talks on establishing a giant free trade area home to roughly half...

The stock exchanges of ASEAN countries are attracting increasing attention from foreign investors with capital markets in the 10 member-bloc showing a strong momentum...

The Gulf Cooperation Council countries will reach a combined trade surplus of up to $500 billion in 2012, a report by KFH-Research, a unit...

National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the biggest bank in the United Arab Emirates by assets, is set to officially open its first branch...

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

Cambodia's picturesque temple town of Siem Reap will host the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting on August 27, where trade liberalization, economic cooperation and inequality...

The new secretary-general of the ten-nation ASEAN bloc will be Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh of Vietnam, barring unexpected developments, according to a...

Talks are speeding up between ASEAN member countries and other major Asian economies to establish the so-called Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a regional...

Authorities in Myanmar are looking to the Singapore education model for technical and engineering staff as the country ramps up efforts to develop a...

The use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and other open community forums and platforms are an important strategy that may be used...

Indonesia, Vietnam, and Singapore are the top three Southeast Asian investment destinations according to a competitiveness survey for 2011 and 2012, released by the...

The European Union is committed to its business relations to ASEAN countries even after the economic crisis in Europe has weakened trade, officials said at the ASEAN–EU Business Summit in Phnom Penh.

In a controversial move, Myanmar has applied yet again to hold the chairmanship of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, this time in...