Southeast Asia’s economic growth is expected to go into overdrive in 2025, with Asean markets leading the way. According to an Asia House report, Vietnam and Philippines will remain key growth drivers.

HANOI: Vietnam and Thailand are joining forces to redefine regional tourism through the groundbreaking 'Six Countries, One Destination' initiative which may lead to simplified visa operations and seamless travel.

Tourism authorities of Vietnam and Thailand have been working together to boost a tourism network among six regional countries, including Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar.

As Vietnam’s stock market struggles to gain momentum, foreign billionaires, particularly from Thailand and Japan, are seizing opportunities to acquire stakes in leading companies across strategic sectors.

Singaporean and Vietnamese youths are also the most optimistic and satisfied about their countries’ political systems, law enforcement and economic future than their peers in four other Southeast Asian countries,

The Czech Republic’s multinational conglomerate PPF Group should expand its operation in Vietnam after selling its entire stake in subsidiary Home Credit Vietnam to Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank (SCB),

Government officials from Thailand and Vietnam have collaborated to advance regional tourism under Thailand’s “Six Countries, One Destination” plan, which seeks to enhance travel cooperation among ASEAN nations.

As European unicorn Bolt explores a potential entry into Vietnam’s ride-hailing sector, the market is undergoing significant shifts, with local players Be and Xanh SM steadily gaining ground against Grab.

Vietnam’s durian industry achieved a record $3.3 billion in exports in 2024, fueled by high demand from China and booming profits for farmers across key growing regions.

Cambodian tourism players have welcomed plans for a boat link between Thailand’s Trat and Cambodia’s Kep and Kampot as well as Vietnam’s Phu Quoc, claiming it will boost regional tourism and help lure more visitors to the Kingdom’s coastal areas.

The optimism surrounding Asia’s tourism potential is evident from the expansion plans of major global hotel chains

Whether through complicity or ignorance, Thailand is increasingly at the heart of foreign security operations targeting dissidents that have been deployed on its soil by authoritarian Southeast Asian regimes.