With Vietnam emerging into the spotlight as a favoured investment geographical location in Asia, this article looks at what regulatory challenges foreign investors may want to keep in mind when entering the Vietnam market by way of acquisition.

World's top court is set to give first-ever opinion on states' legal obligations on issue.

Hailed as a major milestone, agreements resolve longstanding sensitive issues.

Vietnam's participation in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) signals a broader strategic outlook beyond economic gains.

Indonesia's foreign affairs and finance ministries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bolster institutional cooperation and support economic diplomacy, especially for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that were looking to enter global markets.

Indonesia is actively promoting collaboration, sustainable financing, inclusive partnerships, and access to appropriate technologies to accelerate the energy transition, in particular in the Southeast Asian region.

According to a recent survey, corporate cyber-attack risks in the Asia-Pacific region dropped to a moderate level last year, in line with the global trend.

Amidst the global economic crisis as well as the strengthening of the Thai baht, the utilisation of free trade agreement (FTA) benefits by Thai exporters had remained high in January.

According to global logistics company DHL, international trade growth is predicted to stall this year as countries have increased their interest rate to combat the surging inflation, which could lead to a global economic slowdown.

Thailand and the European Union (EU) have formally renewed negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), which had been postponed since Thailand’s military coup in 2014.

The Asean Business Advisory Council (Asean-BAC) has called on all 10 Asean nations to unite and unlock as much synergy as possible through tapping into the opportunities present in the region.

Vietnam needs to make greater efforts to improve their investment climate as more foreign investors turn to the country for opportunities.

In spite of the sustained performance of selected exports and domestic-orientated industries in 2022, there still exist drawback risks to the sustainability of Malaysia’s trade performance in the coming months of 2023, particularly to the trend in the output of electrical and electronics (E&E) products.

According to MIDF Research, China’s reopening has been viewed as a impetus for Malaysia’s external trade and tourism activities.

According to MIDF Research, China’s reopening has been viewed as a impetus for Malaysia’s external trade and tourism activities.

According to the British Ambassador to Vietnam, Iain Frew, UK pharmaceutical exports had demonstrated to strong growth rate of 32% in the first months of 2022.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto has stated that the Indonesian government is anticipating that the value of exports would increase by 12.8% in 2023.

Since coming into effect on 1 August 2020, the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has brought about multiple positive results, although experts believe that it would be essential to review the achieved results in order to identify and rectify issues and challenges that had been encountered in the last two years.

Multiple businesses in Vietnam have boosted their foreign fundraising in order to cope with their capital shortages amidst Vietnam’s tightening monetary policy. Under the context of the tightened and expensive domestic capital sources, mobilising capital from abroad provides opportunities for local reputable enterprises as well as banks, and many of them had declared substantial loan agreements with foreign financial institutions recently.