Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo Wednesday topped a rain-affected final day of the official MotoGP test at Sepang circuit in Malaysia ahead of his teammate Valentino Rossi and rival Marc Marquez.

Italian Danilo Petrucci topped the timesheets Tuesday in an incident-packed second day of pre-season MotoGP testing at Malaysia's Sepang circuit featuring a dramatic high speed tyre blow-out involving Frenchman Loris Baz.

A Malaysian man has been detained by police in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa for trading counterfeit money.

The Star-a Malaysian online newspaper- has cited Hanoi among top 10 cities for holiday shopping in Asia.

The Jerusalem Post reported last week that the Israeli team for next month's world team championships had yet to obtain visas, despite working with Malaysian officials for months to solve the issue.

On December 29, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Malaysian Teknik Janakuasa Group signed the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract to build Duyen Hai 2 thermal power plant in the southern province of Tra Vinh.

Twelve Malaysian tourists and a Thai were killed on Sunday in a bus crash in Thailand, a country with some of the world's most dangerous roads, according to information from police and a tour operator.

Totalgaz Viet Nam Limited has announced the acquisition of Malaysian company Petronas's liquefied petroleum gas business in Viet Nam.

Fashion show producer and model Jessica Minh Anh is an expert in transforming the world's most iconic venues into phenomenal catwalks. Before her most recent "floating catwalk" on the River Seine in Paris in October, Jessica created the world's first solar-powered catwalk at the award-winning solar plant Gemasolar in Sevilla, Spain in July. Other world-famous places such as the Eiffel Tower in France, the Tower Bridge in London, One World Trade Center, Gardens by the Bays Skyway in Singapore and the Petronas Twin Towers' Skybridge in Malaysia have been featured in her work. During her recent visit to Viet Nam, the Ha Noi-born woman chatted with Nguyen Thuy Hang about her unique work.

He had tried to sell "a piece of the clothing he used at the crash site" when teams were investigating the disaster, as well as a packet of Malaysia Airlines tissues and another unknown item which allegedly came from the downed plane.

On November 14, a number of publicly-listed companies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, were honoured at the first ASEAN Corporate Governance Conference and Awards (ACGCA), held in Manila Philippines.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung urged the US to quickly recognize Viet Nam’s market economy status while meeting with Trade Representative Michael Froman on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday.  

Indonesian President Joko Widodo affirmed his country’s consistent policy of fostering friendship and cooperation with Viet Nam while meeting with PM Nguyen Tan Dung on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 22.  

Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Sunday urged Russia to quickly ratify the free trade agreement between Viet Nam and the Eurasian Economic Union while meeting with Russian PM Medvedev on the margin of the 27th ASEA Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  

ASEAN leaders signed the Declaration on the establishment of the ASEAN Community this morning in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking a landmark in the development history of the bloc.