Thailand’s Ministry of Finance is preparing to convert Thai Airways International’s debt into equity as part of the airline’s capital-raising plan.

As many as 17 banks in Vietnam have announced programmes to support their customers who were affected by Typhoon Yagi.

Thailand’s major financial institutions are preparing for a difficult second half of 2024, as a struggling economy and high household debt force banks to take a more conservative approach to lending.

Thailand has kicked off a debt suspension and relief programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as part of the government's commitment to address the problem.

Indonesia aims to raise 170 trillion rupiah (10.92 billion USD) in the capital market in 2023, including from initial public offerings and debt instruments, well below the amount raised in 2022, the country's financial regulator said on January 2.

Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has said that the country's State budget for 2022 is better than the previous year.

Personal debt among young adults in Singapore has been rising during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the situation could worsen once interest rates start to rise.

National carrier Garuda Indonesia has grounded two-thirds of its fleet, citing leasing issues and maintenance needs.

The State has yet to pay its committed capital to the investor of the Hanoi – Hai Phong expressway, putting it at risk of bankruptcy.

The Government aims to reduce the number of fully SOEs from 137 to 103 by the end of 2020, according to a plan approved by the Prime Minister.

The Government plans to borrow 342.06 trillion VND (15.05 billion USD) this year, according to a borrowing and debt payment scheme recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. ​

Total debt for basic construction in the new-style rural area building programme was reduced to about 9.55 trillion VND (434 million USD) at the end of 2016 from over 15.27 trillion VND (694 million USD) early last year

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the federal government debt is still under control and far smaller than that of other developed countries such as the US and Japan.

The central bank is seeking to lay the grounds for the development of a secondary debt market in an effort to accelerate the handing of bad debts.

Terms for bonds issued by the Vietnam Asset Management Company to buy bad debts from credit institutions, will be extended from five years to 10 years in some cases.

One hundred impoverished households in Tra Bong district in the central province of Quang Ngai have been presented with a breeding cow each to help with their livelihood.

The chairman of the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has recommended the National Assembly issue special legal regulations to expedite the current sluggish sales of non-performing loans (NPLs).

The Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) will increase its charter capital from current 2.48 trillion VND (113.8 million USD) to 6 trillion VND (273.2 million USD).