Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery sector has enjoyed steady growth over recent years, especially in food production. In 2024, the country achieved a record agro-forestry-fishery export value of 62.5 billion USD.

The Thai cabinet has approved an additional stimulus package valued at 5.8 billion baht (191 million USD) with a hope of boosting the economy to close to the country’s target of 3 percent.

Speculative funds continued to flee the Philippines in September amid a spate of geopolitical issues which affected the flow of hot money globally.

The Indonesian government, through the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) and the Ministry of Industry, is working to attract companies relocating their operation from China due to trade tension with the US, according to BKPM Chairman Thomas Lembong.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said it will take the initiative in changing trade policies and collaborate with other ministries and localities to effectively support domestic enterprises to increase exports.

A trade war waged by the US is likely to deliver a further blow to China’s economy in 2019, but the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may benefit from the dispute between the world’s two biggest economies, according to Japan’s Kyodo News.

ASEAN unity and economic integration are the key factors for its members as trade tensions between the United States and China escalate, participants in a panel on the geopolitics of trade agreed at a session of WEF ASEAN.