InvestASEAN Web Site

1. The InvestASEAN website provides information about investment environment, markets and industries in the region as well as other related reference materials.

ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) and Related Documents

1. ASEAN Investment Comprehensive Agreement (Signed 2009, entered into force 2012)
   • Reservation Lists (2012)
   • Modified Reservation Lists:
     1. Brunei Darussalam (2012)
     2. Indonesia (2012)
     3. Lao PDR (2012)
     4. Malaysia (2018)
     5. Myanmar (2015)
     6. Philippines (2021)

2. First Protocol to Amend the ACIA (Signed 2014. Entered into force 2014)
3. Second Protocol to Amend the ACIA (signed 2017. Entered into force 2020)
4. Third Protocol to Amend the ACIA (signed 2017. Entered into force 2020)
5. Fourth Protocol to Amend the ACIA (Signed 2020, Entered into force 2023)

Other Instruments

• ASEAN Investment Facilitation Framework (2021)

Investment Agreements Superseded by ACIA

1. Framework Agreement on the ASEAN Investment Area (Signed 1998, Entered into force 1999)
2. Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on the ASEAN Investment Area (Signed 2001, Entered into force 2006)
3. Agreement for the ASEAN Promotion and Protection of Investments or the Investment Guarantee Agreement (ASEAN IGA) (Signed 1987, Entered into force 1989)
4. Protocol to Amend the ASEAN IGA (Signed 1996, Entered into force 2005)

Information about ACIA

1. ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement: An Introduction
2. ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement: A Guidebook for Businesses and Investors

ASEAN Investment Reports

1. ASEAN Investment Report 2024 : ASEAN Economic Community 2025 and Foreign Direct Investment
2. A Special ASEAN Investment Report 2023 – International investment trends: Key issues and policy options
3. ASEAN Investment Report 2022: “Pandemic Recovery and Investment Facilitation”
4. ASEAN Investment Report 2020-2021: “Investing in Industry 4.0
5. ASEAN Investment Report 2019: “FDI in Services: Focus on Health Care”
6. ASEAN Investment Report 2018: “Foreign Direct Investment and the Digital Economy in ASEAN”
7. ASEAN Investment Report 2017: “Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Zones in ASEAN”
8. ASEAN Investment Report 2016: “Foreign Direct Investment and MSME Linkages”
9. ASEAN Investment Report 2015: “Infrastructure Investment and Connectivity”
10. ASEAN Investment Report 2013 – 2014: “FDI Development And Regional Value Chains”
11. ASEAN Investment Report 2012: “The Changing FDI Landscape”
12. ASEAN at 50: A Historic Milestone for FDI and MNEs in ASEAN

OECD Investment Policy Reviews

1. Cambodia
2. Indonesia
3. Lao PDR
4. Malaysia
5. Myanmar
6. Philippines
7. Thailand
8. Viet Nam

Press Releases

1. ASEAN Launches the ASEAN Investment Report 2024
2. ASEAN launched Investment Report 2023
3. ASEAN launches Investment Report 2022
4. ASEAN Holds Forum on Sustainable Investment, 5 November 2021
5. ASEAN launches-Investment Report 2020-2021 – Investing in Industry 4.0
6. ASEAN launches investment opportunities 2021 e-brochure
7. ASEAN launches Investment Report 2019: FDI in Services: Focus on Health Care
8. ASEAN Investment Report 2018 published
9. ASEAN Launches Investment Report 2017 and ASEAN at 50: A Historic Milestone for FDI and MNEs in ASEAN
10. ASEAN Launches Investment Report 2016
11. ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) Forum in Myanmar
12. ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) Forum in Thailand & Singapore
13. 2nd ASEAN-OECD Investment Policy Conference
14. ASEAN Launch a Guidebook for Businesses and Investors, 5 April 2013
15. How to Invest in ASEAN?, 8 March 2013
16. ASEAN Investment Promotion Agencies to Intensify Concerted Efforts to Promote The Region as a Single Investment Destination, 20 November 2013
17. Growth Will Remain a Top Priority at The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting in Siem Reap, 31 August 2012
18. ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) Enters Into Force Creating a Stable and Predictable Business Investment Environment, 24 July 2012
19. Enhancing Trade, Services, and Investment Facilitation For a Better Integrated ASEAN Market, 27 March 2012
20. Timor-Leste Keen on Attracting ASEAN Investment, 15 January 2012
21. 1st ASEAN-OECD Investment Policy Conference