According to the ASEAN Investment Report (AIR) 2025, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into ASEAN reached US$226 billion in 2024, marking an 8% increase from 2023 despite an 11% decline in global FDI flows. This marks the fourth consecutive year that ASEAN has remained the largest FDI recipient among developing regions, reaffirming its position as a leading destination for investment in manufacturing, financial services, and the digital economy.
The ASEAN Secretariat recently released the ASEAN Investment Report 2024, which compiles and analyzes FDI data of ASEAN region within the period of the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 (from 2013-2025, with most updated data in 2023).
In the first 9 months of this year, Cambodia's total trade with countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) grew remarkably by 17.1%, reaching 25.54 billion USD over the same period last year and accounts for 61.6% of the country's total trade turnover.
High production input costs, plus logistics costs that have not shown any signs of "cooling down", are factors that have a strong impact on Vietnam's rice exports. However, rice exports are forecasted to be more prosperous in the second half of the year, helping to earn an export figure of over 6.4 million tons this year.
