Thailand will accelerate negotiations to finalise the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) by the end of 2025, in a bid to promote ASEAN as a digital hub in the Asia-Pacific region.

Malaysia aims to establish and sign the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) this year to promote digitalisation across Southeast Asia, according to Sugumari S Shanmugam, Director of the ASEAN Economic Integration Division at Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade, and Industry (MITI).