As the world’s fifth largest economy with a strong dependency on cross-border trade, supply chains play a pivotal role in ensuring continued growth and prosperity in ASEAN. While the region has successfully navigated various macroeconomic challenges, including geopolitical tensions, a volatile global economy and the lingering repercussions of the COVID-19…

Lao PDR, 29 January 2024 – With support from the Government of China, ASEAN is proud to launch the Southeast Asia Tourism Chinese Website, an initiative under the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025, on the occasion of the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024. 2024 is an opportune moment for the website…

The ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Report aims to capture the diversity of urban contexts across ASEAN Member States, in particular the increasing importance of secondary cities and the need to fully harness their potential. It seeks to support a shared understanding of the opportunities and challenges of urbanisation and highlight common…

The Study on Graduate Employability in ASEAN: The Contribution of Student Mobility aims to map the student and labour mobility trends in the ASEAN region, examine the supply side and demand side perspectives on the value of intra-ASEAN student mobility on graduates’ career outcomes, and provide recommendations to further enhance…

ASEAN in collaboration with UN-Habitat organised the ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Forum (ASUF) on 6-8 October 2021. The virtual event brought together more than 80 experts and speakers across the region and attracted over 1,400 registered participants from 48 countries. The event hosted a series of sessions of diverse nature, creating…