Economic growth

Kuala Lumpur witnessed numerous lockdowns amid the pandemic Malaysia's economy contracted 5.6 per cent in 2020 as the...

Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok's central business district offers a dystopian sight A second wave of coronavirus infections in...

Vietnam has so far emerged as the sole country in Southeast Asia to post GDP growth this...

Malaysia’s economy could shrink as much as two per cent in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus...

Police guard a quarantined village in northern Vietnam With a substantial drop in tourism arrivals, closed factories, un- or...

Singapore’s government cut its forecast for economic growth this 2019 to almost zero as the escalating US-China...

Mandalay street market © Arno Maierbrugger The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed concern about the Myanmar economy...

Photo courtesy: AFP More than 190 million Indonesians, including some two million living overseas, are set...

The legendary empty 20-lane-highway in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw © Arno Maierbrugger Myanmar’s economic growth, which has been...

Malaysia's economy continues to be strong and GDP is expected to expand a further 4.9 per cent in 2019 even with a decline in...

Thailand's economy grew fastest in six years in 2018, with fourth-quarter beating expectations on higher domestic demand and record tourism arrivals. GDP rose 3.7...

The Laos government has unveiled a new national development vision, which it plans to facilitate from 2021 to 2025. The plan entails the transformation of...

The Philippine economy grew 6.2 per cent in 2018, missing the government’s growth target as price increases slowed consumer spending as well as business...

The current severe air pollution crisis in Thailand’s capital Bangkok is expected to cost the country up to 6.6 billion baht ($207.8 million) in...

Vietnam’s economy grew by 7.08 per cent in 2018, the fastest rate in the past eleven years and beating the target of 6.7 per...

Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow by 7.3 per cent this year, spurred by the robust performance of garment exports, tourism and construction, deputy...

Thailand's economy slowed in the third quarter this year as the trade war and a slowdown in tourism started to bite, prompting the government...

Indonesia on November 16 announced a new economic stimulus package to support the rupiah and spur growth in the lead-up to the upcoming presidential...