Asia’s secondary cities hold the the key to the continent’s future, writes Lawrence Yeo.

Thailand’s military junta has launched its plan to make the country's eastern provinces a hub for advanced manufacturing and high-end industries. Tenders for the needed infrastructure are being rolled out, and private investors such as Alibaba are already making a move, as Jacopo Dettoni reports. 

Dr Bambang Brodjonegoro, minister of national development planning of Indonesia, tells Sebastian Shehadi how predictions for the country’s economic trajectory are fuelling its growth plans and why the current focus is on deregulation.

Vietnam's rise as a recent FDI star is down to its increasing integration into global value chains as well as strong economic fundamentals, believes Bradley LaLonde, co-founder of advisory firm Vietnam Partners. Emerson Davis and Sebastian Shehadi report

When president Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, its future was shrouded in doubt. However, 11 countries signed up to the free-trade agreement in early March, and optimism is running high among the signatories, as Philippa Maister discovers.

Vijay Eswaran, executive chairman of multinational conglomerate QI Group, talks to Wendy Atkins about Africa’s potential, and why entrepreneurship is the key to bringing down unemployment levels and delivering prosperity to developing countries.