South Korean firms have become important investors in Vietnam, new data from the country’s investment board shows. Samsung Electronics is currently building up Vietnam as one of its largest offshore…
Thailand’s Finance Ministry has cut the 2013 economic growth estimate for the country to 3.7 per cent from a previous estimate of 4.5 per cent, the ministry’s Fiscal Policy Office…
The British Embassy in Manila on September 26 pushed for the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the European Union. The United Kingdom, a member…
With almost 90 million people, Vietnam has become the 13th most populous country in the world and 3rd most populous in Southeast Asia, officials in Hanoi said on September 24….
As export figures increase in Thailand, the country looks more likely to emerge from recession in the third quarter of 2013, but analysts warned of risks from still-fragile global demand….
The ten-member bloc of ASEAN is expected to surpass the US as China’s second largest trading partner behind the European Union within three to five years, Deputy Director-General of China’s…
Indonesia’s currency, the rupiah, fell to a new low on September 24 and traded at 11,580 against the US dollar, cementing the rupiah’s role as the worst performing currency in…
Malaysia is presently the cheapest country to buy an Apple iPad, the new iPad index by Australia-based brokerage CommSec released on September 23 revealed. The index follows a similar survey by…
Myanmar is preparing to enact a consumer protection law in a bid to ensure safety of locally manufactured products, Khin Maung Lay, Director General of the Ministry of Commerce, said…
South Korea and the ten-member ASEAN bloc will hold talks on September 27 on boosting their agricultural cooperation and on establishment of a joint stockpile of rice. The ASEAN+3 meeting…
