Asean and Chinese leaders will ink two agreements facilitating trade growth between the two sides under the Asean-China Free-Trade Agree-ment (FTA) at their bilateral summit this month.

Thirty-four heads of states and governments, including Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Dawei, a special economic zone in Myanmar, is a "darling" to potential investors from Japan, Thailand and elsewhere for a host of reasons, according to a new report by international professional-services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The provincial offices of the Department of Welfare and Labour Protection have been instructed to survey migrant workers wishing to send their children back home and coordinate with agencies or organisations to accommodate them.