2016 Mekong Tourism Alliance Award Winners
The eighth annual Mekong Tourism Alliance Awards (MTAA) were held on September 7 at the…
Asian real estate: sustained optimism amid slowing growth & uncertainty
The Asian real estate market has witnessed slower growth so far in 2016 and will…
New study finds Asian Zika virus has potential to damage adult brains also (video) *updated
As the Zika virus continues to expand through the Asean Community (AC) a new study…
Poisoned chalice: why no one is rushing to embrace the PCA South China Sea ruling (video)
Analyses of state responses to the South China Sea arbitral award by the Permanent Court…
Skilful Lao Leadership Boosts Asean Unity on South China Sea
Clouded by controversy even before it began, the recently concluded 49th Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting…
Asean H1 2016 FDI Winners & Losers
Foreign direct investment (FDI) figures for the first half of 2016 paint a clear picture…
American firms in Asean put Vietnam as preferred expansion location
After playing second fiddle to Indonesia for the past two years Vietnam has returned to…
Philippine Consumers The World’s Most Confident
Consumers from Southeast Asia are among the most confident in the world according to the…
South China Sea ruling puts Asean and China at a crossroad (video)
Almost 30 years to the day that a young, Harvard-trained American lawyer won a famous…
Food Security Challenges Asia’s Rising Prosperity
Asia’s economic growth over the last decade has been relentless, bringing with it a rising…
China successfully divides Asean on the South China Sea (video)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s whirlwind tour of Brunei, Cambodia and Laos between April 22…
Achieving harmony in the wake of the South China Sea ruling (video)
Southeast Asia has descended into a maritime insecurity spiral since the April–June 2012 stand-off at…
How safe are Asean airlines? Pretty safe actually (video) *updated
The Asean Community’s open skies policy and rising levels of disposable income are fertile fields…
Ministers Eye More Tourists, But no Sign of Single CLMVT Tourist Visa
Inbound tourism to Asean is booming, or at least that’s what delegates to the 15th…
Luxury Tax Cut Expected to Boost Vietnam Auto Industry
Although Vietnam remains a country of motorbikes automobiles are becoming more common by the day.…
Singapore Remains Top Asean Logistics Hub For 10th Consecutive Year: 2016 LPI Report
The latest edition of the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index report (LPI 2016 report) see’s…