A festive atmosphere accompanied the closing night of Tapin Art Festival (Fest) 2025, held at the Rantau Baru Green Open Space in the town of Rantau, North Tapin District, Tapin Regency, South Kalimantan Province on Aug. 6, 2025.

South Kalimantan Province recorded its economy growing 4.81 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. Finance Ministry Taxation Directorate-General (DJT) South Kalimantan Regional Office Head Catur Ariyanto Widodo emphasized that the achievement reflected the province's economic responsiveness to external dynamics.

Teams from within and outside South Kalimantan Province use a combined 100 bamboo rafts as they take part in the 2025 South Hulu Sungai Bamboo Rafting Festival, making it one of the leading tourist attractions this year.

The South Kalimantan Provincial Government continues to encourage the entry of green investment as a substitute for mining sector investment, which has so far been the mainstay of the South Kalimantan economy, in the backdrop of the Indonesian government targeting investment to South Kalimantan reaching Rp30 trillion in 2025.

Bank Indonesia held a business forum titled "Sustainable Growth Through Connectivity: Unlocking Indonesia's Green Investment Opportunities" on May 12, 2025, which is part of the Bank Indonesia Special Week series at the World Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan from May 5 to 18, 2025.

The Tabalong Regency Government in South Kalimantan Province is targeting for the province to achieve Rp1.09 trillion of investments in 2025 by facilitating permit access for investors. Acting Tabalong Regency Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Office Head Rowi Rawatianice includes Rp100 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, Rp300 billion for the second quarter (Q2), Rp400 billion in the third quarter (Q3), and more than Rp200 billion in the fourth quarter (Q4).

The PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) South and Central Kalimantan Telecommunications Region and Telkom subsidiary PT Telekomunikasi Selular Tbk (Telkomsel) coordinated with Bank Pembangunan Daerah Kalimantan Selatan (Bank Kalsel) and the South Kalimantan Province Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) to discuss the implementation of the Smart Water Meter (SWM) system for mining companies in South Kalimantan.