the Philippines

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...

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in the ASEAN region are becoming increasingly interesting for foreign investors who cast an eye on the booming property...

ASEAN markets are the fastest-growing for both consumption and production of digital content globally and will further expand as a hub for digital content...

Asked where they would currently see the biggest opportunities for profitable investments in ASEAN, Inside Investor readers voted equally for Myanmar and Indonesia as the countries where things are happening.

Strong monsoon rains that inundated over half of Manila on August 8 had no significant impact on the Philippine’s export industry, a statement released...

Agribusiness in the Philippines is set to benefit from the construction of high-grade slaughterhouses in Luzon, with similar facilities slated for the Visayas and...

The International Monetary Fund has kept its 2012 growth forecast for the ASEAN-5 countries Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. The IMF said in...

With slowing growth in China and India, all eyes are now on the emerging Southeast Asian economies which are showing resilience not only towards these two large trading partners, but also towards the EU debt crisis.

Fuelled by the expanding business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, the building boom in the Philippines could leave the country with too much, too little, or just not the right office space.

The common question arising among all ASEAN member countries is how to become well integrated to be able to enjoy benefits from each other and, at the same time, to avoid harming or exploiting local markets.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will commit $1.87 billion of loans for infrastructure and public sector projects in the Philippines over the next three...

Intellectual property laws are still weak throughout Southeast Asia, despite some countries stepping up measures for better protection of trademarks and patents. However, counterfeit goods seem to remain an ever-thriving industry.

When it comes to doing business in Southeast Asia, Singapore has consistently topped rankings as being one of the most conducive countries to acquire...

Export is no longer the growth engine for certain ASEAN nations, the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said in its recent...

The dispute over the South China Sea is no longer limited to regional claimants and could threaten the stability of the entire Southeast Asia region, if diplomatic efforts between China, the Philippines and the US fail.

While Southeast Asia is certainly a strong economic force, some countries in the region are struggling to train and educate their people, not because of a lack of attention to the matter, but because of limited budgets.

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

Continued integration and strong account surpluses make the economies of the ASEAN bloc resilient to the volatile global markets, in particular to the debt...