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The government of the Philippines looks to more than double the ASEAN member state’s total installed power capacity from 27.6 gigawatts (GW) in 2020 to…

The United Kingdom and Indonesia held their third Partnership Forum on 7 April in Jakarta, at which the two countries pledged to increase bilateral trade…

Singapore ratified on 5 April the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA), becoming the first of the ASEAN Member States to do so. The ASEAN…

Vietnam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, that is the total pledges for investment, increased by 18.5 percent year over year to reach US$10.13 billion in…

Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) jumped by 8.2 percent on a seasonally-adjusted month over month basis in February—a fourth consecutive monthly export growth, which, analysts…

Driven by the manufacturing sector, Malaysia’s industrial production index (IPI) beat analyst expectations and increased by 1.2 percent in January 2021 compared to the same…

ASEAN member state Singapore remained in the top spot as the world’s most-free economy, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2021 “Index of Economic Freedom” published…

Singapore’s manufacturing output jumped by 8.6 percent in January 2021, compared to the same month of 2020, beating analyst expectations and confirming that the economy…

The UK-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (UKSFTA) entered into force on 11 February 2021, after the UK and Singapore completed the applicable legal requirements and procedures…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) of the ASEAN economies is set to rebound with 6-percent growth this year, thanks to receding coronavirus cases, increased vaccination…