Egypt News Egypt, Vietnam elevate ties to comprehensive partnership M.S. Salama Aug 5, 2025 0 Egypt and Vietnam on Tuesday agreed to elevate bilateral relations to the level of a comprehensive partnership…
Egypt News Egypt, Vietnam eye stronger agricultural ties Aya El Sayed Aug 5, 2025 0 Egypt and Vietnam are moving to expand cooperation in agriculture, with plans to sign a memorandum of understanding…
Featured Indonesia allocates $130m for Prabowo’s People’s Schools Nada Ali Jul 30, 2025 0 Indonesia has allocated 2.14 trillion rupiahs (around $130 million) for President Prabowo Subianto's People's…
Featured Demand for Russian goods remains strong – Official Aya El Sayed Dec 25, 2024 0 Russian exports to unfriendly countries make up approximately 15 per cent of total shipments, according to Veronika…
Featured Moscow triples non-energy exports to SE Asia in ’24 Aya El Sayed Dec 11, 2024 0 Moscow has significantly boosted its trade with Southeast Asia in 2024, achieving a 7 per cent year-on-year…
Tech news Damac to invest $3b in SE Asian data centres Nada Ali Dec 4, 2024 0 Damac Group, led by billionaire developer Hussain Sajwani, is set to invest $3 billion in building data centres in…
International News ME, Japan firms shift investments to SE Asia Nada Ali Aug 28, 2024 0 Middle Eastern and Japanese companies are increasingly turning to Southeast Asia as a preferred destination for…
International News Shipping costs erode Vietnamese exporters profit Nada Ali Aug 14, 2024 0 Vietnamese exporters are facing a mounting crisis as shipping costs to major markets have skyrocketed, severely…
International News SE Asia likely to outpace China in economic growth, FDI Nada Ali Aug 1, 2024 0 A study predicts that Southeast Asia will outpace China in economic growth and foreign direct investment (FDI) in…
Industry & Trade S. Korea’s factory PMI drops to 51.4 in July Nada Ali Aug 1, 2024 0 South Korea's manufacturing sector grew in July with a S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reading of…
International News Suez secures £1b Manchester recycling contract extension Aya El Sayed Jul 29, 2024 0 Suez SA has secured a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) extension of its waste-recycling contract with the Greater…
Featured Singapore bunker fuel sales up 8.5% Aya Anwar Jul 15, 2024 0 Singapore marine bunker fuel sales rose by 8.5 per cent to 27.2 million metric tons, up from 25.1 million tons the…
International News Singapore to build SE Asia’s largest EV fast-charging hub Nada Ali Jul 8, 2024 0 Volt Singapore announced plans on Monday to construct Southeast Asia's largest public electric vehicle (EV)…
Featured CICC eyes expansion in Southeast Asia Aya Anwar Jul 4, 2024 0 China International Capital Corp (CICC) plans to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia by opening offices in…
International News China’s BYD to open factory in Thailand on Thursday Nada Ali Jul 3, 2024 0 Chinese EV giant BYD is set to open its first Southeast Asian factory in Rayong, Thailand, signalling its…
International News Indonesia opens SE Asia’s 1st EV battery plant Nada Ali Jul 3, 2024 0 Indonesia marked a milestone in the electric vehicle industry with the opening of its first battery plant in…
International News Thailand seeks entry into BRICS Nada Ali May 29, 2024 0 Thailand targets BRICS membership this month to enhance its global standing alongside Brazil, Russia, India, China…
Energy Asia’s LNG prices surge on summer demand Aya Anwar May 21, 2024 0 Asia's liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices surged to their highest level since late December, driven by robust…
International News Malaysia becomes ASEAN’s 2nd largest auto market Nada Ali May 15, 2024 0 Malaysia has surpassed Thailand to become the second-largest auto market in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia.
Tech/AI Amazon to invest $8.88b into Singapore cloud infrastructure Nada Ali May 7, 2024 0 Amazon.com is ramping up its presence in Southeast Asia, announcing a S$12 billion ($8.88 billion) investment over…
International News Thailand plans to raise minimum daily wage to 400 baht in Oct. Nada Ali May 2, 2024 0 Thailand's government announced plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht ($10.84) starting in October.
Featured Microsoft to invest $1.7b in Indonesia’s cloud, AI infrastructure Aya Anwar Apr 30, 2024 0 Microsoft is set to invest $1.7 billion in Indonesia's cloud and AI infrastructure over the next four years.
Tech news Apple plans $250m expansion in Singapore Nada Ali Apr 18, 2024 0 Tech giant Apple will invest over $250 million to expand its regional campus in Singapore's Ang Mo Kio district.
News Southeast Asia struggles to meet green investment targets Aya El Sayed Apr 15, 2024 0 Southeast Asia is significantly lagging in green investments needed to reduce emissions, according to a report by…
International News Vietnam seeks to learn from China with high-speed rail plan Nada Ali Apr 1, 2024 0 Vietnam is looking to China for guidance in developing its first high-speed railway network, with plans for a 1,545…
Featured Thailand advances with $13.9b stimulus Aya El Sayed Mar 20, 2024 0 Thailand’s government is pushing forward with a 500 billion baht ($13.9 billion) stimulus package, which may…
Money Indonesia’s trade surplus poised to widen in Feb – poll Aya Anwar Mar 14, 2024 0 Indonesia's trade surplus for February is anticipated to have slightly expanded compared to the previous month.
Featured Kia eyes Thailand for new EV plant Aya El Sayed Mar 5, 2024 0 Kia Corp., a South Korean car manufacturer, is reportedly in discussions with Thailand to establish an electric…
Mining Pertamina to boost exploration activities Aya Anwar Feb 28, 2024 0 Indonesia's Pertamina aims to boost exploration activities in the nation's eastern territories to reinforce…
Featured Vietnam likely to reform trade unions, risking investors Aya El Sayed Feb 27, 2024 0 Communist Vietnam will likely ratify the UN treaty for free trade unions this year, say UN officials and diplomats.…
Banks Singapore’s UOB lowers loan growth amid profit rise Aya El Sayed Feb 22, 2024 0 Singapore’s United Overseas Bank (UOB) announced on Thursday that it is reducing its loan growth projections for…
Banks Thailand seeks emergency rate cut Aya Anwar Feb 20, 2024 0 The Prime Minister of Thailand Srettha Thavisin requested that the central bank call an emergency meeting of its…
Featured Thailand leaves rate unchanged for 2nd time Aya Anwar Feb 7, 2024 0 Bank of Thailand fix its benchmark interest rate for the second consecutive meeting defying government pressure to…
Featured Economic crisis in Thailand looming – poll Aya El Sayed Jan 28, 2024 0 Most Thais perceive an urgent economic crisis in the country, according to a report by the National Institute of…
Featured Low-emissions power to meet global demand – IEA Aya El Sayed Jan 24, 2024 0 Power generated from low-emission sources like wind, solar, and nuclear will suffice to satisfy the increase in…
News New York returns more than 40 stolen antiquities to Italy Sama Mousa Aug 9, 2023 0 New York authorities returned more than 40 stolen antiquities to Italy on Tuesday worth nearly $3.5 million.
Tech/AI TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia – Shou Zi Chew Nada Ali Jun 15, 2023 0 TikTok would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia in the next few years, as it doubles down on the region…
Money TikTok targets $20 bln in e-commerce business in 2023 Nada Ali Jun 8, 2023 0 ByteDance-owned TikTok seeks more than quadruple the size of its worldwide e-commerce operations to $20 billion in…
Featured Egypt’s tech transport start-up Swvl heads to Southeast Asian in 2019 Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 22, 2018 0 Egyptian transport tech start-up Swvl plans to expand into Southeast Asia next year after securing what the company…
International News Southeast Asia’s biggest economy incurs first trade deficit in 19 months Yomna Yasser Aug 15, 2017 0 Indonesia posted its first trade deficit since late 2015 in July, as imports rose more than exports did, the…