The two-week course on the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao comes as part of a regional effort to boost law enforcement cooperation as fears of maritime conflict with China grow.

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Con Dao used to be an island prison where French colonizers subjected the Vietnamese to a regimented life of isolation, controlled diets, austerity and the sound of silence, all under a perceived shroud of spirits of inmates past.

Singaporean and Vietnamese youths are also the most optimistic and satisfied about their countries’ political systems, law enforcement and economic future than their peers in four other Southeast Asian countries,

Indonesia is "requesting bilateral economic cooperation to help lower tariffs," the country's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, said this week.

Vietnam's top female badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh has defeated world number five Pusarla Venkata Sindhu in the first round of the 2025 Indonesia Masters.

Meanwhile, Vietnam is exempt from tariffs ... should they attempt to introduce a currency in competition with the US dollar. Indonesia became an official member of BRICS on 6 January. Despite these looming challenges, commerce between Indonesia and ...

While Singapore and Malaysia continue to be top destinations in South-east Asia for Indonesian travellers, Vietnam’s growing popularity in the market has attracted the attention of outbound agencies.

Vietnam’s Southeast Asian neighbor Indonesia was admitted as a full BRICS member this month. But Vietnam remains reticent to join the bloc, said Nguyen Khac Giang, a visiting fellow in the Vietnam Studies Program at Singapore’s ISEAS–Yusof Ishak ...

Indonesia is one of Southeast Asia's largest potential tech markets. But industry experts warn that a maze of regulation threatens to hamper investment.

Southeast Asia’s economic growth is expected to go into overdrive in 2025, with Asean markets leading the way. According to an Asia House report, Vietnam and Philippines will remain key growth drivers.

Vietnam seeks to join the OECD to align its policies with international best practices and governance standards and boost investor appeal.