Malaysia on track to post high growth this year: PM
Malaysia’s economy expanded by 5.2% in the third quarter of 2025, compared with 4.4% in the second quarter, driven by robust performance across all sectors.
ASEAN pledges support for multilateral trade amidst global economic turbulence
The joint statement highlighted ASEAN's resilience against external headwinds, particularly as the global economy grapples with slowing growth, shrinking international trade, and declining investment flows.
Vietnam still “an FDI darling”: Singaporean bank
Vietnam’s 2023 growth is below-trend amid global external headwinds, but its position as a manufacturing FDI darling remains intact, DBS, Singapore’s leading consumer bank, said in a report released on July 3.
US-China trade war negatively affects Southeast Asian economies
Southeast Asian economies will likely face continued external headwinds in the remaining months of 2019 as the US-China trade tensions weigh on the region, according to Nikkei Asia Review of Japan.