Corporate governance, i.e. the ensemble of principles and rules aiming at fostering a sustainable growth and better management of enterprises, has become particularly relevant in Southeast Asia, where the financial and economic crises during the last two years has left deep scars in the countries impacted by the crisis.The structural origins of the crisis are related to a series of bad governance practices - concentration of ownership, lack of transparency, absence of accountability, lack of risk-management systems etc. -rooted in the particular features of Asian capitalism.The crisis has forced the countries of the region to make efforts to improve corporate governance in order to provide solid and sustainable bases to the forthcoming recovery and to attract badly needed foreign capitals. But the reforms have not bore fruit yet. For good governance to be definitely installed in Southeast Asia, countries of the region still have to reinforce supervision and control nstitutions and strengthen the judicial system.