Keyword: "domestic demand"

The central bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara) expects to keep inflation at a moderate level and maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 2.75% through 2026.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said in a statement that for the fourth quarter of 2025, Malaysia's economy advanced by 6.3%, driven mainly by domestic demand.

For the first nine months of 2025, total retail sales and service revenue recorded a solid increase of 9.5% year-on-year to over 5.17 quadrillion VND. Excluding the price factor, the growth rate was 7.2%, compared to a 5.8% rise in the same period last year.

The bank has also revised Vietnam’s economic growth forecast, raising it to 6.7% in 2025 and adjusting to 6.0% in 2026. Inflation projections are slightly below the previous estimates published in April this year.

Petrovietnam Ca Mau Fertiliser Joint Stock Company (PVCFC) has exported 100,000 tonnes of urea in the first days of the Year of the Snake 2025.

Vietnam’s economy showed robust recovery in the first half of 2024 and continues to maintain momentum despite global uncertainty.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised its economic growth forecast for developing Asia slightly up thanks to stronger domestic demand and export growth.

Singapore's robust economic rebound will be a key factor for Southeast Asia's growth next year, according to a quarterly survey of economists compiled by the Japan Centre for Economic Research (JCER) and Nikkei.

The Indonesian government plans to prohibit the export of liquified natural gas (LNG) to help supply domestic industries, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said.

The gross domestic product growth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) is likely to reach 4.6% this year and 4.5% next year, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)'s latest report.

The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has recently announced that Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 8.7% last year, and gave assurance that Malaysia’s economy will not be going into a recession this year.

Many localities across the country are making every effort to promote their tourism potential to international markets while stimulating domestic demand in the coming time, with the aim of capitalising on the travel season at the year's end.

Two drivers of Vietnam's economic growth – exports and domestic demand – are moderating, according to a report released by the World Bank (WB) on December 14.

Vietnam’s index of industrial production (IIP) went up 9% in the first 10 months of this year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) reported.

Coal mining enterprises are bullish about their business operations on high coal demand, after positive results in the first quarter of 2022 with many exceeding targets.

Vietnam’s economy is forecast to grow beyond expectation in 2022 as domestic demand rebounds and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows remains stable.

There is large room for Vietnam to promote coffee exports to Algeria, said the Vietnam Trade Office in the African country.

Vietnam’s Tan Thanh Holdings and 10 Pharma JSC will be distributors of COVID-19 vaccine Oravax throughout Southeast Asian nations.

Vietnam’s largest refining and petrochemical firm, Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR), exceeded both of its production and financial targets in the first quarter of this year.

Singapore will convert the rooftops of nine multi-storey carparks into farms to grow vegetables and other food crops to meet domestic demand.