Vietnamese EV maker set to take on legacy automakers and startups with its two all-electric SUVs, the VF8 and VF9

Sea's e-commerce platform Shopee plans to shut operations in Argentina, while scaling back in Mexico, Chile, and Colombia. Staff are also being laid off at its Garena gaming unit in Shanghai

India's move on Thursday is expected to lead to price increases by other major exporters, like Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. It could hit China and the Philippines hardest.

The talks in Los Angeles will seek to agree on a framework for economies to engage on trade and data flows, environmental and labour standards, supply chains and anti-corruption efforts

China's car maker has purchased 112 hectares of land in Thailand's Rayong province, which will be the electric vehicle maker's first hub in Southeast Asia, said Nikkei

An Indonesian nickel miner signed a big investment deal on Tuesday with China's Shandong Xinhai Technology to build a processing plant on Sulawesi Island.

Thailand's economy is recovering amid an influx of foreign tourists and expected to grow by 2.7% to 3.2% this year, the state planning agency has forecast.

Most Asian markets slipped on Wednesday as investor worries about monetary tightening were inflamed by strong US jobs data. But stocks in Korea edged up slightly

Maxis and U Mobile will not take a stake in a government-owned 5G agency, complicating and delaying Malaysia's 5G rollout, sources say

Bilateral deal with South Korea is a move to attract investment to develop the electric vehicle and batteries industry, while most Southeast Asian nations, China and Australia are in RCEP

"We can expect more geopolitical contestation in the Asia-Pacific," he said, adding that Singapore would try its best to avoid being caught up in the "major power rivalry".

The Philippine ambassador in Washington said his country is talking to the US about buying heavy-lift Chinooks, after Duterte scrapped a $227m Russian deal to avoid Ukraine sanctions