The first train carrying just freight from China to Laos set off from Shenyang in northeastern Liaoning province on Friday for Kunming and then down to Vientiane

The order will not apply to companies with approved foreign investments, firms in special economic zones, UN agencies, embassies, INGOs and state airlines

Do Duc Nam was accused of colluding with executives of two local companies, Louis Capital and Louis Land, to manipulate the companies' share prices

Total revenue in the January-March quarter surged 32.1% from the same period last year to 501 trillion rupiah, while spending fell 6.2% to 490.6 trillion rupiah

The government in Indonesia, which is the globe's top palm oil producer, has faced pressure to control rising cooking oil prices

Thunes has taken a majority stake in the Tookitaki financial crime detection and prevention company for $20 million

The deal will lead to the integration of Ant's Alipay+ payment service with 2C2P's platform used by merchants in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas

Passenger traffic is down to negligible levels at the Hong Kong International Airport as China enforces its strict zero-covid policy

Wong was chosen as leader of the ruling People's Action Party's (PAP) so-called fourth generation team, paving the way for him to become prime minister

The move by the Italian company - following similar halts by Hershey and General Mills - is a further reputational blow for Sime Darby and for Malaysia

Vietnam's central bank seeks to stimulate economic growth while keeping the inflation beast at bay.

Global policymakers have moved quickly to prevent soaring inflation from derailing a fragile world economic recovery