Singapore, Malaysia eye end-2026 RTS Link completion; VinFast sets sights on India

This week in Asean:

• Indonesia: Presidential frontrunner grilled on defence spending 
• Vietnam: Singapore-based firm opens ‘Asia’s largest’ insect protein factory
• Singapore-Malaysia: MOU inked on Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone

Dear BT reader, 

Do you frequently commute between Singapore and Johor Bahru (JB)? In a few years’ time, it could take you a mere five minutes to make the journey. No more squeezing onto public buses, and certainly no more sitting in hours-long Causeway traffic.