Despite rising trade tensions and geopolitical risks, half of ASEAN’s member states are among the top drivers of global growth.

THE Fourth Industrial Revolution presents manufacturers in Southeast Asia with significant risks as well as tremendous opportunities at a time when technology and geopolitics are reshaping the global production landscape.

Digital consumers in ASEAN will be spending three times as much in 2025 according to a new study from Facebook and Bain & Company.

Till 30 September since 1988-89 fiscal year, the foreign investments by nine Asean countries in Myanmar, reached 38.155 billion US dollars, accounting for 46.6 per cent of the total FDI, according to the figures released by Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA).

News and World Report of the US has ranked Vietnam eighth among 29 best economies to invest in, and first among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the list.

To consolidate its emergence as a powerful trading bloc, ASEAN member states have been promoting special economic zones (SEZ) as a cornerstone for efforts to encourage more foreign investment.

The Philippines and seven other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will exchange customs and trade-related documents over a platform that is intended to facilitate cargo clearance and economic integration of Asean countries by year-end.

The Southeast Asian internet economy has expanded by 39 percent this year to hit 100 billion USD for the first time, according to a recent report by Google, Temasek and new partner Bain & Company.

Region's internet economy grows past $100 billion for the first time this year, with Indonesia and Vietnam clocking growth rates of more than 40%, and the e-commerce sector seeing the fastest growth to hit $38 billion.

Vietnam is fully plugged into Asean as Southeast Asia's regional family, Tran Viet Thai of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam says in the conversation below.