The World Economic Forum ranked the Philippines as the seventh fastest-growing remote work hub in the world in 2023

Rescuers on March 21 located two of the six foreign nationals who went missing while hiking in a volcanic mountain in central Philippines.

Hanoi’s authorities have granted approval for more than 1,200 apartments in two prominent residential projects, Lumi Hanoi and Heritage West Lake, to be sold to foreign buyers.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has dismantled a syndicate involved in smuggling foreign nationals from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and Nepal into the country.

Bali authorities have tightened the screening of foreign nationals entering the Indonesian resort island in response to a surge in tourist arrivals this year.

The Indonesian government will take firm action against foreign nationals who violate Indonesian laws and norms, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has said.

Border guards in the northern border province of Cao Bang have arrested eight foreign nationals who were attempting to enter Vietnam illegally and then come to work in Cambodia.

Vietnam jumped 28 places to the 90th in the January edition of Nikkei’s COVID-19 Recovery Index, thanks to a world-leading vaccination rate and signs of its tourism industry reopening.

Vietnam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as it tentatively reopens its borders, according to a notice from the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

Relevant agencies of Vietnam have been actively assisting representative agencies of foreign nations in the country to carry out citizen protection measures amid rapid developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said on April 3.

The Malaysian home ministry announced three measures to curb human trafficking and falsifying of passports at the country's main entry points on May 17.

The Thai Cabinet has approved the extension of work permits for foreign nationals from one year to two years, while giving employers four months to help their workers register for the document.

Central Da Nang’s police held a press conference on December 30 to announce investigation results of a murder involving foreign nationals.

Senior officials from Cambodia and Vietnam met to work out the agenda for the 14th plenary meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on Cooperation in Economics, Culture and Science-Technology.