Category: News

• Business Mission on Energy Efficiency in Industry to the Philippines  →  Read more
• Mabuhay Germany 2019  →   Read more
• The Philippine Semiconductor & Electronics Convention and Exhibition  →   Read more
• Economic Outlook for the Philippines 2019  →   Read more
• AHK Philippinen certifies professionalism  →   Read more
• Germany helps boost renewable energy in PH  →   Read more
• German builders coming to explore PH construction scene  →  Read more
• German firms remain keen on PH market   →  Read more

• Myanmar 4.0 conference  →  Read more
• Market entry information on Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos for you in Germany  →   Read more
• Myanmar Trademark Law passes Parliament  →   Read more
• Myanmar Patents Law passes Parliament  →   Read more
• BASF sets up new office in Cambodia  →   Read more
• Metro wholesale starts operation in Myanmar  →   Read more

• Malaysia ranks 1st in world’s best healthcare category  →  Read more
• Crude Palm Oil Prices to Recover in 2019   →  Read more
• Siemens Malaysia Powers Up Nation’s First Rail Electrification System   →  Read more
• Visit Malaysia 2020 Targets to Bring in RM100b in Tourist Receipts   →  Read more
• Urban Development and E-Mobility in Malaysia Workshop on 8 & 10 April 2019   →  Read more
• German Business Council – 25 Years in Malaysia   →  Read more
• MIDA Portal Links Investors and Companies Interested in Sourcing for Domestic Services and Local Providers  →  Read more
• Malaysia’s First Association for The Medical Devices Industry (Non-Medical Glove)   →  Read more
• EU ambassador: Malaysia making good progress in women’s rights   →  Read more
• Mahathir’s Malaysia still ‘open for business’ with China despite stalled rail link   →  Read more

• Consultation with AHK Indonesien at Hanover Trade Fair  →  Read more
• German-Indonesian Business Forum – Biomass utilization: Sustainable energy solutions from residues from the agricultural and food-producing industry  →  Read more
• Technical Seminar on Waste Management   →  Read more
• Spargelessen 2019   →  Read more
• The Century of Upheaval – an article by the new Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Committee of the German Business (APA), Mr. Joe Kaeser   →  Read more
• Handover of 9 Training of Trainers certificates by EKONID to the in-company trainers at Bayer   →  Read more
• Indonesia Key to ASEAN Centrality   →  Read more
• ASEAN aims at creating future digitally-skilled youths   →  Read more

• Civil security technology and services focus on IT-security in Vietnam →  Read more
• Baden-Wuerttemberg Delegation from the automobile industry  →  Read more
• A brand-new English website focusing on consulting services in doing business in Vietnam  →  Read more
• German Business Incubator Vietnam and German Centre GmbH signed an MOU in Hamburg  →  Read more
• Interview with IHK Rhein-Neckar on ASEAN market and the potentials for German firms  →  Read more
• Vietnam Investment Review: GIC/AHK Vietnam on talk with the topic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Vietnam  →   Read more
• VTC10: GIC/AHK Vietnam talking on German Vietnamese relationships and the outlook in 2019  →  Read more

• GTCC Business & Study Trip to Germany “Integrated Industries-Industrial Intelligence” by visiting HANNOVER MESSE 2019 and Exclusive Site Visits on 30 March – 07 April 2019  →  Read more
• GTCC Gala Night 2019: Fairy Tales → Read more
• Covestro invests over EUR 100 million on new production line in Thailand →  Read more
• E-commerce grows 14%, highest in ASEAN →  Read more
• GTDEE receives the Certificate of Recognition awarded by Thailand’s Ministry of Education (MoE) →  Read more
• Hafele allots Baht 700m for warehouse and IT →  Read more
• Analysis: Personal privacy in the balance →  Read more
• Siemens opens a new Power Generation Service Center in Rayong →  Read more

• ‘Save the Date’ for the SGC ‘Meet-The-CEO’ Series  → Read more
• The SGC Annual Report 2018 is out now!  →  Read more
• Ratification of the EU-Singapore FTA  →  Read more
• EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) Roadshow in Germany  →  Read more
• Huge growth opportunities for renewable energy sources in ASEAN  →  Read more
• 50km coastal stretch part of URA’s Draft Master Plan for a greener Singapore  →  Read more
• Singapore’s fastest growing companies 2019  →  Read more
• Singapore’s factory production inches up 0.7% in February  →  Read more

For companies with several offices, whether regionally or globally, it is important to identify a headquarters that provides management, support, financial assistance, and other services to offices and operations. As a variety of Southeast Asian economies continue to experience rapid growth and barriers between nations are reduced, the advantages of multi-jurisdictional supply chains grows ever greater. Establishing a regional headquarters in a Southeast Asian country can prove to be a worthwhile investment because it will allow the company to have access to the massive (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) ASEAN market.

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Laos, Malaysia and Thailand on Wednesday have inked an agreement that paves the way for multilateral trade in electric power by 2018. This represents a push for regional cooperation to enhance connectivity and sharing of resources. Under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the three neighboring countries, Malaysia will import up to 100 megawatts of hydroelectric power from Laos, which will be transmitted on the existing power grid that passes through Thailand.

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