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Vietnam’s top leader To Lam (left) with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Singapore in March 2025. Both countries upgraded bilateral ties to the highest level then.
Singapore

First Singapore-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue to be held on Aug 25

SingaporeVietnam
Prabowo’s administration has retained the target of making Nusantara Indonesia’s political capital by 2028.
Asean Business

Indonesia’s Nusantara faces funding test as private capital takes on bigger role

IndonesiaNusantara
Technology and construction stocks are poised to be key sector beneficiaries as Malaysia undertakes the FBM KLCI overhaul.
Asean Business

FBM KLCI to expand to 50 stocks as Malaysia cuts reliance on banking overweights

MalaysiaBursa Malaysia
Johor is home to a special economic zone jointly developed by Malaysia and Singapore and launched in 2025.
Asean Business

Johor nets US$1.2 billion in investment bids after Singapore visit, says state’s chief minister

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Genting attributed the higher quarterly revenue to its plantation business, as well as leisure and hospitality operations in Singapore and Malaysia.
Asean Business

Malaysia’s Genting posts Q2 net loss despite 14% rise in revenue

2026-08-20T13:19:23.000Z
MalaysiaGenting
As Asia races to build its AI infrastructure, securing sufficient copper is becoming almost as key as securing the electricity to power it, say analysts.
Asean Business

Why copper is becoming Asia’s next AI bottleneck

2026-08-20T10:01:34.000Z
copperAluminium
A vessel at Tanjung Belungkor ferry terminal in Johor. The terminal has been proposed as the Malaysian end of a Johor-Batam RoRo service.
Asean Business

Johor-Batam truck ferry service still in limbo as Indonesia eyes mid-2027 launch

2026-08-20T07:14:59.000Z
BatamJohor Bahru
A container ship docked at Tanjung Pelepas Port in Gelang Patah, Malaysia, June 29, 2026.
Asean Business

Malaysia’s July exports jump 38% on year, higher than forecast

2026-08-20T04:28:55.000Z
ExportsMalaysia economy
The core drivers of these deals are still the AI boom, and the surge in data-centre investments that come with it, analysts said.
Asean Business

AI, energy security needs are driving surge in South-east Asia’s energy infrastructure deals

2026-08-19T23:30:00.000Z
South-east AsiaArtificial Intelligence
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Technology and construction stocks are poised to be key sector beneficiaries as Malaysia undertakes the FBM KLCI overhaul.
Asean Business

FBM KLCI to expand to 50 stocks as Malaysia cuts reliance on banking overweights

2026-08-21T06:40:22.000Z
MalaysiaBursa Malaysia
Genting attributed the higher quarterly revenue to its plantation business, as well as leisure and hospitality operations in Singapore and Malaysia.
Asean Business

Malaysia’s Genting posts Q2 net loss despite 14% rise in revenue

2026-08-20T13:19:23.000Z
MalaysiaGenting
The lesson for Asean+3 is to build the institutions and markets capable of using long-term savings, well before demographic change sharply raises the cost of doing so.
Opinion & Features

Why assets alone won’t ease Asia’s demographic pressures

2026-08-19T23:15:00.000Z
AseanJapan
China controls almost 70% of the world’s mined rare earths, showing just how dependent countries are on it for the access of such elements.
Opinion & Features

Japan’s seabed discovery is a message for Indo-Pacific rare earth sustainability

2026-08-19T23:00:00.000Z
Rare earth metalsSupply chains
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