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In this week’s news, we compare China’s two most popular online payment methods, WeChat and Alipay, examine India’s signing of the OECD Country-by-Country Reporting Agreement, and discuss how Vietnam’s updated Criminal Code will affect the HR systems of foreign companies operating in the country.

In this week’s Eurasian Investment News, we discuss the key takeaways from U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Vietnam, and examine the opportunities and challenges that currently exist in China’s wind power industry.

In this week’s Eurasian Investment News, we present a roadmap for investment in China’s elderly care industry, discuss how mass fish deaths in Vietnam are affecting the country’s fishing industry, and assess how the Philippines’ economy will be structured under Rodrigo Duterte.

In the first of our Eurasian Investment Weekly News, we take a look at China’s controversial new NGO law, discuss LG’s US$ 1.5 billion investment in Vietnamese electronics production, and examine estimates for the Philippines 2016 economic growth.

Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as the top financial hub in Asia; a symbolic milestone that is indicative of a wider trend of optimism towards the city state. Read more for ASEAN Briefing’s analysis on this development and learn how to effectively spearhead your expansion within the region.

Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are amongst ASEAN’s smaller economies, yet all different and facing different issues. Taken as a trio, their collective GDP performance is still less than that as China’s Yunnan Province, which lies to the north of Cambodia and Laos, and is borders with eastern Myanmar.

The Thai economy is bumping along at present, with minimal growth expected during the year. The World Bank expects 2.9 percent growth in the country in 2016. Like many Asian and indeed global economies, we have been affected by the slow down in China.

Our firm has been operating in Vietnam for several years with offices in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and the business has been growing steadily throughout since the beginning. Here, we provide sectors worth considering in 2016 when it comes to specifically assessing investment opportunities in the country.

In Asia’s competitive investment environment, the Philippines is currently more than holding its own. The Philippines is actively generating increasing amounts of FDI, capitalizing on its demographic dividend that provides it with a young and energetic new workeforce aged 20 to 45.

Malaysia is currently in a strange position concerning foreign investment. This is mainly brought about by the recent scandal involving the 1MDB Bhd, an investment arm of the Malaysian government. However, new incentives for 2016 have made certain sectors attractive for investors.