Japan's experimental miniature SS-520 rocket launch ends in failure on Jan. 15.
Economy

The 'final frontier' is now the next place of business

Startups find new opportunities for trade and innovation in space

27 January 2017
Japan's experimental miniature SS-520 rocket launch ends in failure on Jan. 15.
Economy

The 'final frontier' is now the next place of business

Startups find new opportunities for trade and innovation in space

26 January 2017
Container ships and other vessels sit anchored near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Dec. 2, 2016.
Economy

Patrick Low: Don't write off the WTO

Global body is best-placed to address issues blocking mega-regional trade deals

19 January 2017
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Economy

CapitaLand plans plush office tower for Ho Chi Minh City

Singapore government-linked company has $500 million fund planned for Vietnam

17 January 2017
A vegetable vendor walks past a VinMart+ shop in Hanoi. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

Corporate reform in Vietnam is slow going

Investors are excited about opportunities, but wary of obstacles

14 January 2017
Vietnam's garment industry will likely have to get by without the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. (photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

As TPP hopes fade, Vietnamese companies chart new paths for expansion

Internal reforms, other trade pacts provide tailwind for likes of Vinamilk, FPT

12 January 2017
Security personnel stand guard as people line up outside the Reserve Bank of India to exchange old bank notes in New Delhi on Dec. 30.
Economy

India's cash crunch hits factory activity

Manufacturing gauge falls into contraction territory, snapping yearlong rise

12 January 2017
The Po Nagar temple in Nha Trang, Vietnam, is popular with Chinese tourists. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

Chinese ties are an economic boon but a diplomatic minefield

Vietnam struggles to strike a foreign policy balance between Beijing, Washington

12 January 2017
A vegetable vendor walks past a VinMart+ shop in Hanoi. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

Corporate reform in Vietnam is slow going

Investors are excited about opportunities, but wary of obstacles

12 January 2017
The International Labor Organization estimates that 86% of the 2 million jobs in Vietnam's clothing and footwear industries are at risk over the next decade.
Economy

Phuong Nguyen: Vietnam's reformers struggle to find the right way forward

Communist government faces challenges to extend markets and sustain growth

12 January 2017
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Economy

Beyond Doi Moi

A reform plan hatched 30 years ago has made Vietnam one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing economies. Today, the question is how to keep up the pace.

12 January 2017
Vietnam's garment industry will likely have to get by without the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. (photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

As TPP hopes fade, Vietnamese companies chart new paths for expansion

Internal reforms, other trade pacts provide tailwind for likes of Vinamilk, FPT

12 January 2017
U.S. President Barack Obama, back center, is joined by Asian leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum for a group photo in Lima on Nov. 20.
Economy

Trump's Asia summit dilemma: Irritant or opportunity?

Whether the next US president attends the usual Asian summits will say more than words about his goals

10 January 2017
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump
Economy

The fissure that runs through Asia

With Trump discarding the TPP, China's sway grows

10 January 2017
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Economy

Fate of Asia Inc. wedded to Trump, say analysts

Internal demand and the tech industry also possible drivers for 2017

2 January 2017
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, gestures while inspecting a model of the high-speed train that will connect the capital, Jakarta, to the country's fourth-largest city, Bandung.
Economy

Finding investors a challenge for ASEAN connectivity projects

Profitability issue often derails public-private partnerships

1 January 2017
A man walks out of a CIMB Bank in Kuala Lumpur.
Economy

Company in focus: Malaysia's CIMB spreads its wings in ASEAN

Bank reignites regional ambitions with Vietnam expansion, digital push

15 December 2016
Malaysian and Vietnamese officials attend CIMB Vietnam's opening ceremony in Hanoi on Dec. 9. (Courtesy of CIMB Group Holdings)
Economy

CIMB reignites regional ambitions on digital banking

Malaysian lender focuses on neighbouring markets to weather external headwinds

11 December 2016