28-03-2024 16:48
HSBC has announced a $1 billion ASEAN Growth Fund to help scale up platform players in the region’s booming digital economy.
22-03-2024 11:48
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 21 for a high-ranking delegation from the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) led by the council's President and CEO Ted Osius, during which he stressed the instrumental role played by the USABC in the growing Vietnam-US economic ties.
15-03-2024 10:18
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries will integrate QR code payments from 2025, aiming to facilitate spending between these countries without the need to exchange currency, which is time-consuming, especially for tourists, according to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
13-03-2024 09:39
Recovering consumption and production in addition to stronger global goods demand are expected to help Vietnam achieve the highest growth in ASEAN this year.
12-03-2024 16:50
The Vietnam and ASEAN story is a supply chain shift story that foreign investors are utilising to make decisions effectively.
12-03-2024 15:43
At the roundtable dialogue between Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Australian companies in Melbourne on the sideline of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, major Australian groups have shown interest to invest a total of 5.18 billion USD in the Southeast Asian country.
07-03-2024 08:54
While Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends a summit commemorating 50 years of ASEAN-Australia relations during his first official visit to Australia and New Zealand, Simon Pugh, president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Auscham), talked with VIR’s Bich Ngoc about the prospects of attracting Australian investment to Vietnam.
06-03-2024 17:39
Australia on March 5 announced its plan to increase investment in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASSEAN) by setting up a 1.3-billion-USD finance package to boost trade and investment in the region.
01-03-2024 14:08
AI was at the centre of the recent fourth ASEAN Digital Minister’s Meeting (ADGMIN) in Singapore where a new set of guidelines on AI governance and ethics was introduced, marking a critical step in ensuring that ASEAN will play a role in the development of AI across the region. Annabel Lee, head of Data Policy, Asia Pacific and Japan, Amazon Web Services (AWS), gives her view on things.
29-02-2024 10:38
Ana Mandara Cam Ranh Resort & Spa proudly secured the esteemed "Asean Green Hotel Awards 2024," recognising its commitment to well-planned investments, local culture preservation, and environmental friendliness.
26-02-2024 10:48
The Vietnamese economy targets higher growth this year. Wanwisa Vorranikulkij, senior economist at the ASEAN +3 Macroeconomic Research Office based in Singapore, told VIR’s Thanh Tung about how the country can weather various challenges to realise this ambitious goal.
21-02-2024 10:09
Malaysia aims to attract more electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers as it is striving to establish itself as an EV manufacturing hub for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an official has said.
20-02-2024 10:19
The Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Duong Lam ancient village in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi have both won ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Awards.
09-02-2024 16:22
Vietnam is sharpening its strategic approach to the Halal market, actively pursuing stronger partnerships with Indonesia and ASEAN nations to capitalise on the expanding industry.
06-02-2024 14:00
There are some new and slight improvement across the ASEAN manufacturing sector in January, according to S&P Global Ratings, with the headline ASEAN manufacturing PMI rising from 49.7 in December to 50.3. Manufacturers continued to be optimistic about the 12-month output outlook. Growth was recorded across four of the seven ASEAN members.