Vietnam, Malaysia exports expand in first 4 months

Vietnam’s exports rose 6.5% to US$14.35 billion in April 2016 year-on-year, according…

Asia’s Mighty 5 seen to represent a ‘New China’ of manufacturing—study

The rise of the MITI-V (“Mighty 5”)—consisting of the Asian nations of…

Cars and electronics lead declines in Korea’s exports, industry output

Declining exports have adversely affected both the industrial output and seaport cargo…

Air cargo expands in April but outlook stays somber

Global air freight markets for April 2016 showed growth year-on-year following a…

PH Customs modernization act signed into law

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on May 30 signed into law the long-awaited…

Myanmar crafting foreign investment law; Laos economy seen to grow 7%

Growing Southeast Asian economy Myanmar is now drawing up a foreign investment…

Asia-North Europe freight demand inches up

Since the middle of April, the Asia-North Europe westbound trade has taken…

Singapore, HK exports hurting as global economic activity remains low

Both Singapore and Hong Kong, whose economies are heavily dependent on external…

New PH law tags agricultural smuggling as economic sabotage

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on May 23 signed into law a…

IMO gives 3-month leeway in implementation of VGM

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) is allowing governments…