Dead fish present challenges for new Vietnam leadership
Over the past month an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale has unfolded along Vietnam’s north-central…
Indonesia Boosts Public Financial Management With Span
What cannot be measured, cannot be managed – so the saying goes. This motto for…
Why GVCs Are The Kickstart The AEC Needs
Asean is on the lookout for ways to accelerate trade facilitation and eliminate trade barriers…
Mahathir Should Focus on Institutional Reform, Not Personalities
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s former prime minister, seems to have missed the mark with the Citizen’s…
Battling Corruption in Vietnam
Corruption in Vietnam ranges from low-level bribery of traffic police for questionable violations, known colloquially…
Social Media Win in #GoThailandGoAsean Media Fam Trip
AEC News Today managing editor John Le Fevre was recently awarded 1st runner-up in a…
No changes mooted following Thai army bastardisation death (video)
Feature video: Mourning friends and relatives of Thai army conscript Private Songtham Moodmud, killed in…
Philippines Pig Farmers Threaten Supply Stoppage Over Smuggling Inaction
Philippines residents might soon have to look for meat substitutes for their tocino, patatim, pork…
Unearthing America’s MIA in Lao PDR (gallery)
There were no funerals. No 21-gun salutes. No folded flags. No official explanation for why…
Indonesian navy scuttles FV Viking, world’s most-wanted IUU pirate fishing ship (videos)
One of the world’s most wanted pirate fishing ships, the FV Viking, has been dramatically…
Vietnam’s FTAs Offer Challenges & Chances
When Dung Quat Refinery announced on February 24 th, 2016 that it was encountering difficulties…
Insider Trading at CP All: The Undoing of an Asian Dynasty
It started, almost 100 years ago, with a humble seed – and has since grown…
Vietnam Work Permit Regulations to Ease From April 1
The lack of opacity along with the bureaucratic red tape and hurdles needed to obtain…
Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal: the heist of the Ccentury?
Missing billions, bogus donations and more political intrigue than a Shakespearean tragedy: the 1 Malaysia…
Cambodia civil society condemns attack on striking bus drivers (video)
Thirty-four Cambodia civil society groups have released a statement condemning armed attacks against protesting bus…
No Honeymoon For 2016 Philippine General Election Winner
The winner of the upcoming 2016 Philippine general election looks set to inherit an underwhelming…