Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: June 29, 2025
The Jakarta Fair (PRJ) Kemayoran 2025, one of Southeast Asia's largest multi-product exhibitions, is aiming for Rp 7 trillion (approximately US$430 million) in transactions this year as crowds pack the venue despite a shorter event duration.
Seventy-three of the 97 people evacuated from Iran - among them an Iranian citizen married to an Indonesian - have arrived safely in Indonesia, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced on Friday.
1. INVESTORS INVITED TO DEVELOP YANGON FILM CITY -- THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR
The Myanmar Motion Pictures Organisation is inviting investors to develop the Film City Project in Yangon jointly. Located on 80 hectares, the project includes restaurants, recreation halls, studios, outdoor shooting sites, ethnic model houses, a miniature golf course and cinemas.
2. YANGON PORT TO WELCOME 60 VESSELS IN JULY -- THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR
The Myanmar Port Authority announced that 60 container vessels are scheduled to call at Yangon Port in July. So far this year 362 vessels arrived at the port. The port handled 633 container vessels last year and 629 in 2023.
SINGAPORE
1. S'PORE INCREASED ITS SECURITY POSTURE AMID RISING TENSIONS FROM IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT: SHANMUGAM -- THE STRAITS TIMES
Singapore has increased its security posture amid rising tensions from the Iran-Israel conflict, said Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam.
2. HOW THESE SINGAPOREANS ARE CHASING THEIR DREAMS AND CUTTING COSTS BY 'SUPER COMMUTING' BETWEEN CITIES -- CNA
Mr Rayson Koh, 29, rents an apartment in Bangkok where he lives, but every month the Singaporean flies back to the Republic to attend work meetings as a financial adviser, splitting his time between the two cities.
THAILAND
1. UN EXPOSES CAMBODIA AS HUB OF TRANSNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ONLINE SCAM OPERATIONS -- THE NATION
The United Nations has issued a report implicating Cambodia as a central node in a sprawling, transnational human trafficking network that exploits victims by forcing them to work in online scam centres generating billions in illicit profits.
2. PROTEST LEADER: WE DON'T WANT A COUP BUT... -- BANGKOK POST
Leaders of a major rally held on Saturday in Bangkok are united in the belief that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra must step down to take responsibility for the deepening border crisis with Cambodia.
VIETNAM
1. FOUR PILOTS SUSPENDED AFTER AIRPORT MISHAP -- VNEXPRESS
Vietnam Airlines has suspended four pilots after two of its planes collided at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport on Friday when a Boeing 787 was taxiing for take-off to Ho Chi Minh City. The Boeing's wingtip and the Airbus' tail fin were damaged.
2. ONLINE GAMES PRODUCERS TARGET RM1.8 BILLION REVENUE -- VIETNAM NEWS
Vietnamese online games producers are aiming to earn RM1.82 billion (US$430 million) revenue this year after earning RM1.3 billion (US$315 million) last year. Earnings touched RM909 million (US$215 million) in the first half of this year.
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