In 2025, Southeast Asia’s digital economy surpassed 305 billion USD, growing 15% year-on-year across six major ASEAN markets, with video commerce, digital finance and AI emerging as the main drivers.
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on July 29 called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to focus the bloc’s energies inward, towards building a more integrated and resilient ASEAN economy.
The ASEAN economy has proven to be resilient and continues to grow beyond global economic growth and other areas with a population of 680 million people, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said at the opening of the ASEAN Indo-Pacific Forum (AIPF) in Jakarta on September 5.
Thailand’s banks have continued to gear up for regional business expansion, aiming to create higher income from the growth potential of the ASEAN economy in the post-pandemic period.
The ASEAN Secretariat on January 26 held a webinar to discuss the Consolidated Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for ASEAN which was recently adopted by the ASEAN Leaders at the 38th Summit in October 2021.
ASEAN+3 countries must work together to complete a legal framework for cyber security, looking towards building common ASEAN rules and standards for information security based on voluntary codes of conduct, said Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam.
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung is heading a delegation of leading ICT firms of Vietnam to attend the 18th ASEANTelecommunications Ministers Meeting (TELMIN), which kicked off in the Indonesian island of Bali on December 5.
Standard Chartered Bank continues to expect Vietnam’s robust gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7 percent in 2018, driven by strong FDI-supported electronics manufacturing and rising consumption.
The President of Bangkok Bank delivered a speech at the AEC Business Forum 2018 on June 19, expressing confidence in the ASEAN economy despite the escalating trade war between the United States and China.
