A review of 32 banks throughout East and Southeast Asia showed none had made any clear commitments or adequate implementation plans to meet goals of the Paris climate agreement

ADB prescribed easing barriers to transport and trade, and boosting investments in education, training, health systems, social assistance, green infrastructure and technology

Simon Seow, who has been appointed to the newly created role of regional director, Southeast Asia, will lead IFPI’s work to promote recorded music

Asian brands have largely opted to either cautiously remain in Russia or keep quiet about their plans

Shares in the company, which raised 1 billion ringgit ($237.64 million) in its IPO, rose as high as 34% in the first few minutes of trading

Vietnam reopened its doors to foreign tourists with relaxed entry rules last week, but experts are worried the absence of tourists from China, Japan and Korea will be difficult to fill

The targets, outlined in the Hotel Sustainability Roadmap launched on Monday, have been set by the Singapore Hotel Association and Singapore Tourism Board

Volkswagen China said on Monday it will form joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan Group to secure nickel and cobalt supplies, to control battery costs as material prices soar

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan said Indonesia is turning to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to fill the funding gap

A planned global minimum corporate tax of 15 per cent is a headache for the two Asian financial hubs, whose attraction owes much to their relatively low rates

Both exchanges spent last year preparing new rules to encourage SPAC listings after seeing hundreds of such flotations in the US and worrying that Asian firms would be lured away to list in New York

Analysts however await a significant recovery in inbound tourism, with tourists currently a fraction of travellers entering under vaccinated travel lane scheme