Malaysia E&E supply chain: what stays local in 2026

Penang’s new air cargo park is built on a 42-hectare site, with main construction scheduled for the first quarter of 2027 and a Free Commercial Zone warehouse targeted for 2029. The Malaysian Investment Development Authority published those dates on 29 October 2026 in its description of the Penang International Logistics Aeropark (PILA). The project is […]

Indonesia PT PMA minimum capital: the 2026 rules

Under Pasal 26(10) of BKPM Regulation No. 5 of 2025, the pt pma minimum capital floor for a foreign-investment limited liability company in Indonesia is Rp2.500.000.000,00 per company, recorded in the official 698-page PDF as modal ditempatkan/disetor. Pasal 26(2) of the same regulation sets a separate investment-value test above Rp10,000,000,000, computed per five-digit KBLI and […]

Vietnam industrial park costs: North vs South in 2026

CBRE put the average asking rent for northern industrial land at US$143 per square metre per lease cycle in Q2 2026, up 2.9% year on year, against US$185 in the south, up 3.7%, and that north-south split is the only published anchor for a vietnam industrial park cost model. Net absorption in the north reached […]