David Hutt is a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and Southeast Asia columnist at the Diplomat. He writes the Europe Meets Southeast Asia newsletter.

Credit: Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras “This is our problem now, not China’s,” an Indonesian interlocutor noted amid a lengthy delay late last year on board Southeast Asia ...

But there’s a neighboring destination that’s one-upping it in terms of growth: Vietnam now ranks as the third-most-visited country in Southeast Asia, with 17.5 million international arrivals ...

SINGAPORE: Southeast Asia is set to be a driving force of global energy trends, said Sue-Ern Tan, head of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Regional Cooperation Centre. This comes as the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) advances are fuelling a funding frenzy for data centres in Asia, spawning a series of record-breaking loans and filling the pipeline with even more potential deals.

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Vietnam was named the fourth safest country in Southeast Asia after Singapore, Brunei, and Thailand, according to the latest report published by Numbeo, the world's largest database of ...

For fiscal year 2024, the US allocated about US$4.1 billion in foreign aid to East Asia and Oceania, which includes Southeast Asia. The Sub-Saharan Africa region was the largest beneficiary with ...

Australia will shift $119 million of its foreign aid budget to the Pacific and Southeast Asia to fill the gaps in critical programs left by US aid cuts. Australia is trying to plug the gaps in aid ...

The issue of piracy in Southeast Asia presents economic, security, and governance challenges that require regional cooperation and coordinated efforts. Monday, April 14, 2025 SUBSCRIBE ...

Southeast Asia’s major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades. The largest have seen income per capita grow at least three-fold over the past 20 years amid global ...

A simplified visa process drove more than half a million Indian tourist visits in 2024 Thailand may be fully in the spotlight, where Southeast Asian tourism is concerned. Its starring role in ...