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Thailand’s National Council for Peace and Order has approved a US$23 billion project to connect two high speed railways with China’s rail network by 2021.

ASEAN manufacturers can be divided into those that have invested in mid- and high-tech manufacturing and those which are concentrated in low- or no-tech assembly. In this article, we look at ASEAN’s leading manufacturing destinations, including Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

As one of Vietnam’s largest trade partners, China will take note of the country’s growing economic ties with Japan, a sign Vietnam is looking to diversify its relations across the region.

Australia’s trade and investment links with Asia are set to strengthen in the coming years, with Asian nations continuing to be the country’s largest export markets, according to a recent HSBC report.

Home to the burgeoning Chinese and Indian markets, the Asia-Pacific region now dominates global business travel spending, according to the latest findings by the Global Business Travel Association.

India has the highest consumer confidence in the world, according to the global Consumer Confidence Index, created by research firm Nielsen.

Regulatory compliance issues and a lack of secure business communication processes are among the key challenges in corporate governance faced by companies operating in Asia-Pacific, according to the latest results of the Thomson Reuters and EY 2014 Governance Survey.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed new measures to improve investor protection, including extending current regulatory safeguards to cover non-conventional investment products and making it mandatory for all investment products to be rated according to their complexity and risk.

Asia may become the next center of Islamic finance as Hong Kong prepares to issue Sharia-compliant bonds and demand grows for Islamic finance in the region.

Several recent developments indicate Canada has its sights firmly set on the Asia-Pacific region as the key to securing its economic future.