The Indonesian government has cut its target for relocating senior civil servants to the new capital city of Nusantara this year to 6,000 from the initial number of over 11,900.

Laos continued to witness a high number of fatalities due to road accidents nationwide, despite the implementation of numerous preventive measures.

Thailand’s Cabinet has approved a special budget of 104.87 million THB (more than 2.9 million USD) for holding the “Maha Songkran World Water Festival” in Bangkok and some key provinces in mid-April.

Cambodia has reviewed the Comprehensive Intermodel Comprehensive Master Plan (CIT-MP) for the next decade, stressing that some 36.6 billion USD is needed for building prioritised infrastructure projects.

Three people were killed in a helicopter crash in Indonesia’s eastern province of North Maluku on February 20, head of the Search and Rescue of the province Fatur Rahman has said.

Indonesia's exports of refined tin all but evaporated in January with just 400 metric tonnes shipped abroad by the world's largest exporter, all in the form of solder.

The ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee held its third meeting from February 16-19 in New Delhi to review and discuss changes to the agreement.

An influx of cheap imports from China is posing a serious threat to Thai manufacturers, according to Thai Kasikorn Research Centre (KResearch).

Thailand’s Revenue Department is developing a data analytics system to facilitate entrepreneurs to integrate into the tax payment system and fight against falsified tax invoices, the Director-General of the Revenue Department, Kulaya Tantitemit has said.

The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) targets 2.4 billion MYR (about 500 million USD) in revenue from health tourism this year.

Indonesia’s National Library (Perpusnas) aims to build 10,000 village libraries across the country in the fiscal year 2024 to improve the literacy of the community.

Malaysia’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) on February 16 announced that the total number of commercial crime cases from the beginning of this year to February 12 recorded an increase of 34.3% to 4,741, involving a loss of about 117 million USD.

Thailand will host the THAIFEX – HOREC ASIA 2024 next month.

Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has sought approval for the upcoming fiscal budget of 411 billion THB (11.4 billion USD), more than three times higher than the previous budget, aiming to triple incomes of farmers within the next four years.