Thailand has resumed exporting durians to China following a temporary ban due to the latter’s stricter requirement regarding Basic Yellow 2, a carcinogen.

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,

Scammers under leading telecom fraud syndicates in north Myanmar are handed over to Chinese custody, on January 30, 2024. Photo: VCG. A senior officials' meeting on Lancang-Mekong

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.

Vietnamese rice prices are nearing a two-year low, raising concerns among farmers as Thai rice claims the title of the world's most expensive among leading exporters.

As Vietnam’s stock market struggles to gain momentum, foreign billionaires, particularly from Thailand and Japan, are seizing opportunities to acquire stakes in leading companies across strategic sectors.

While Singapore and Malaysia continue to be top destinations in South-east Asia for Indonesian travellers, Vietnam’s growing popularity in the market has attracted the attention of outbound agencies.

Whether through complicity or ignorance, Thailand is increasingly at the heart of foreign security operations targeting dissidents that have been deployed on its soil by authoritarian Southeast Asian regimes.

Government officials from Thailand and Vietnam have collaborated to advance regional tourism under Thailand’s “Six Countries, One Destination” plan, which seeks to enhance travel cooperation among ASEAN nations.

The optimism surrounding Asia’s tourism potential is evident from the expansion plans of major global hotel chains

Cambodian tourism players have welcomed plans for a boat link between Thailand’s Trat and Cambodia’s Kep and Kampot as well as Vietnam’s Phu Quoc, claiming it will boost regional tourism and help lure more visitors to the Kingdom’s coastal areas.

HANOI, Vietnam, Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — By the end of 2024, Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank ( SeABank, HOSE: SSB) reports 2024 business results with impressive highlights.