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Regional developments across East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

ASEAN+3 Confronts Severe Energy Shock from a Position of Strength

AMRO releases AREO 2026 on ASEAN+3 growth and energy shock risks

AMRO released AREO 2026, projecting 4.0% ASEAN+3 growth in 2026 and 2027 while flagging energy-supply disruptions as a downside risk.

Power Automation Partners TBEA to Expand Power Equipment Portfolio

Power Automation signs exclusive Singapore distributorship with TBEA

SP Group says Power Automation has signed an exclusive Singapore distributorship with TBEA to widen its power equipment portfolio.

GDP in the first quarter of 2026 is estimated to increase by 7.83%.

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 4

Xinhua's April 4 Asia-Pacific roundup reported Vietnam's 7.83% first-quarter GDP growth, Sri Lanka's plan to digitize services at 21 cooperative-owned hospitals, flooding in Indonesia's Central Java that displaced about 3,000 people, and a Bangladesh factory fire that killed at least five.