The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts in its latest report that Asia’s economy will expand by 6 percent in 2017, driven by stronger-than-expected exports and domestic consumption.
One morning in Bangkok, I was queueing outside the Myanmar embassy and couldn't help but overhear the conversation between two migrant workers. Crouching closely and holding on to their Myanmar passports, they struggled to understand each other - until they started speaking in Thai.
Culture, connectivity and commerce will shape Indias relations with the ASEAN bloc, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
Southeast Asia’s Internet economy, spanning online travel to ride hailing, will reach $50 billion this year, putting it on a solid trajectory to grow fourfold by 2025, according to a joint research report by Google and Temasek Holdings Pte.
EU foreign ministers have agreed to step up political engagement with Thailand, including on human rights, fundamental freedoms and the road to democracy.
Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son asked ministries and agencies to focus on realising outcomes reached during the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week at a review meeting of the APEC 2017 National Secretariat and the APEC 2017 National Committee’s sub-committee in charge of contents in Hanoi on December 12.
The ASEAN Master Plan for Connectivity (AMPC) and China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have major shared goals. Both envisage transport connectivity as a way of bringing countries closer together, improving access to trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people exchanges.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam is attending the ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit which opened in India’s capital city of New Delhi on December 11.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
