Pakdee Tanapura, the international director of the International Executive Committee for the Study of the Kra Canal Project, tells Jacopo Dettoni why the construction of the canal will provide a boost to a the struggling Thai economy, as well as to the trade routes of China and the rest of south-east Asia.

Property billionaire Wang Jianlin's $9bn commitment to build an industrial park in northern India is part of an influx of Chinese investment in a country that needs foreign capital for vital infrastructure projects.

Electronic components, textiles and food and tobacco led FDI into Vietnam over the last quarter of 2015.

With the Indian government pursuing Vodafone over a $2.1bn tax bill, assurances by prime minister Narendra Modi that India has dropped its policy of retrospective taxation may not be enough to satisfy investors.

The slowdown at home and a need to diversify are causing Chinese investors to focus on the US, but, according to a new report, concerns about the regulatory environment are widespread.

North American software and IT services project numbers and investment are both increasing in Asia-Pacific.

Hong Kong has lost its pre-eminence as an Asian port to mainland competitors. Now its government has unveiled a range of measures to try to win back logistics and freight business from cities such as Shanghai and Dalian.

Asia's infrastructure deficit is a hindrance to local economic growth but represents an opportunity for foreign investors.