Foreign-invested enterprises (FDI) are the most optimistic, with 87% forecasting either improvements or stability in production and operations. State-owned enterprises follow with 84.7%, and non-state firms at 84.1%.

Malaysia's foreign direct investment (FDI) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 increased to 9.08 billion MYR (2.2 billion USD), reflecting a strong inflow of foreign capital.

In its most recent macro-economic updates about Vietnam, Standard Chartered Bank forecasts Vietnam’s Q2 GDP growth to moderate to a still-strong 5.3% year-on-year (from 5.7% in Q1).

Processing and manufacturing enterprises have forecast better performance in Quarter 2 despite global headwinds posed by conflicts and high production costs, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO)’s survey.

Despite experiencing a strong recovery in tourism sector, Thailand’s economy grew at a much-slower-than-expected pace in the second quarter of 2023, as weak exports and the lingering in new government formation have prompted the Southeast Asian country to lower its 2023 growth forecast.

Vietnam’s manufacturing and processing industry is optimistic for the second quarter of 2018, with 91 percent of enterprises in the industry predicting production volume to expand or stay flat from the first three months of the year

Indonesia’s second-quarter economic growth has surpassed expectation as spending surged, particularly during Ramadan holiday, said the country’s statistics bureau.

The MoT will divest from non-core businesses in 59 State-owned enterprises under its management in the second quarter of this year, planning to collect 6.367 trillion VND (275 million USD).