Asean Business

BRUNCH

Rooting out the scam scourge in South-east Asia

2026-08-28T07:30:00.000Z
“I consider myself lucky. I don’t consider myself successful,” says Ng Yih Pyng, the second-generation leader of Tomei Consolidated.
BEHIND THE NAME

What’s luck got to do with it? Everything, says Malaysian jewellery king Tomei’s chief

2026-08-28T03:08:29.000Z
The Vietnam International Financial Centre is being developed as “one centre, two destinations” across Da Nang (left) and Ho Chi Minh City.
THE FINANCIAL HUB RACE

Vietnam pitches its real economy, not a Singapore replica, in two-city IFC push

2026-08-27T23:00:00.000Z
Singapore-based Beam Mobility tops the list, having raised about US$135 million since it was founded in 2018. It merged with Neuron Mobility in Sep 2025 to form one of the region’s top shared e-scooter operators.

South-east Asia’s top EV startups draw US$622 million in funding since 2016: report

2026-08-24T08:42:54.000Z
Genting attributed the higher quarterly revenue to its plantation business, as well as leisure and hospitality operations in Singapore and Malaysia.

Malaysia’s Genting posts Q2 net loss despite 14% rise in revenue

2026-08-20T13:19:23.000Z
The Financial Action Task Force says Vietnam still needs to address deficiencies in 10 broad areas, including the regulation of virtual assets and virtual-asset service providers.

Vietnam rushes to pilot regulated crypto market as pressure from global watchdog builds

2026-08-19T04:24:03.000Z
The VN-Index has fallen nearly 9% in the last three months, and is down over 3% in the year to date, after surging more than 40% in 2025.

Tepid investor interest a dampener on Vietnam’s strong IPO pipeline

2026-08-16T23:00:00.000Z
Vietnam is Asean’s second-largest trading economy by goods turnover, with merchandise trade hitting a record US$930 billion in 2025.

Three bets behind Vietnam’s three-hub free-trade-zone network

2026-08-12T03:41:05.000Z
Penang is looking to its established medtech ecosystem, home to global manufacturers including B Braun and Abbott, for more long-term, high-value investments.

Penang looks beyond chips with a bigger medtech push

2026-08-10T23:00:00.000Z
The Proton eMAS series continues to be the bestselling EV brand in the first six months of 2026.

Malaysia shifts EV push from consumers to factories

2026-08-07T05:00:00.000Z