December 2, 2025
Thailand’s record foreign direct investment inflows represent a critical window of opportunity.
June 19, 2025
The flow of foreign direct investment into China has declined significantly in recent years. However, a deeper examination of the data shows the situation is more nuanced than it appears.
May 6, 2025
The automotive industry exemplifies structural transitions driven by the strategic reallocation of FDI within China.
May 28, 2024
The recent influx of investments into Johor provides a hint of optimism. Johor emerged as the top investment destination in Malaysia in 2022 and came in fourth last year, after Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
May 24, 2024
Brunei’s high dependence on the O&G sector has encountered significant hurdles in recent years amid the increasingly volatile global energy prices and challenges in domestic production.
June 11, 2021
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam has grown exponentially in the last three decades. Thanks to its economic reforms and integration into the global economy, the country is now considered to be among the most open economies in Asia in terms of FDI receipts.
May 28, 2021
Vietnam has posted strong and robust economic growth since the opening-up of its economy in the late 1980s.
October 9, 2020
The last decade saw an acceleration in Japanese companies shifting their business model further from export-oriented domestic production toward foreign direct investment or FDI-driven overseas production.
September 2, 2020
Situated on the northern coast of the Borneo island is Brunei Darussalam, a country blessed with natural endowments driving its employment and economic growth.
July 2, 2020
The COVID-19-induced economic recessions worldwide have put downward pressure on cross-border investments. FDIs in emerging and developing economies in Asia are projected to subside by up to 45 percent in 2020 according to the UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2020.
