In a global economy facing a protracted period of weak growth and high inflation, Southeast Asia is a rare reason for optimism, with strong fundamentals, accelerating growth and a bright future.
ASEAN and Germany renewed commitment to enhance cooperation under the framework of their development partnership, at the recent 6th ASEAN-Germany Development Partnership Committee (AG-DPC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat.
An agreement to export cement and clinker to the Philippines is a bright spot for the Vietnamese cement industry's demand-supply mismatch.
Indonesia's president said on Wednesday (Nov 30) his country would appeal against a trade dispute ruling that he stated had gone in favour of the European Union (EU), which had sued Indonesia over its 2020 ban on exports of nickel ore.
Thailand has introduced new incentives aimed at supporting high-tech industries, tax exemptions for companies relocating to the country, and rewarding existing investors, among others.
Indonesia receives the ASEAN chairmanship relay from Cambodia and will become the ASEAN Chair in 2023.
Major ASEAN economies, which seem to be growing out of the Covid-19 pandemic impact, are likely to face tough growth prospects the next year due to hardening interest rates across the globe, and cooling Chinese economy.
A Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP) is targeted to be launched in early December at the National Export Congress (NEC), according to the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport).