Southeast Asia’s economic growth is expected to go into overdrive in 2025, with Asean markets leading the way. According to an Asia House report, Vietnam and Philippines will remain key growth drivers.

Malaysia’s chairmanship of ASEAN presents a pivotal opportunity to strengthen the regional bloc’s relevance and centrality in an increasingly multipolar and competitive world. Vietnam’s Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies director-general Trinh Minh Manh said Malaysia’s leadership is not only crucial for sustaining regional stability and prosperity but also for ensuring ASEAN’s continued significance on the global stage.

He says Malaysia may have border issues with neighbours, but still manages to cultivate good relations. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

In a year that saw China import US$7 billion of the fruit – a record – upstarts Vietnam and Malaysia are eyeing Thailand’s top spot.

Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (Angkasa) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vietnam Halal Cooperative (COOPHVN) to expand the halal sector and strengthen cooperative relations between Malaysia and Vietnam.

Malaysian football legend Datuk Jamal Nasir has recommended naturalization as a short-term strategy to strengthen the national team, citing a lack of quality among native players.

Singaporean and Vietnamese youths are also the most optimistic and satisfied about their countries’ political systems, law enforcement and economic future than their peers in four other Southeast Asian countries,

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Langkawi, Malaysia, on Sunday.

China, which was Malaysia’s largest foreign direct investor in 2022, saw its investments plummet from RM55.4 billion to RM14.5 billion in 2023, dropping to the fifth-largest investor, according to data from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida).

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has unveiled The Official Southeast Asia Charts, a regional hub featuring weekly music charts from six ASEAN nations. Continue to

UK-based independent EnQuest is spreading its Southeast Asian wings outside of Malaysia, having agreed to buy compatriot Harbour Energy’s Vietnam assets in an $84 million deal.