On 25 September 2015, the Competition Commission of Singapore ("CCS"), announced a consultation process on proposed amendments to its existing guidelines.

To boost flagging foreign investor confidence in Vietnam and to stem ebbing levels of foreign direct investment ("FDI") into the Socialist Republic, the governments of Vietnam and Japan inked an agreement for The Liberalization, Promotion And Protection Of Investment ("LIPPIA" or "the Agreement") in Tokyo on 14 November 2003.