Vietnam records foreign investment $14.2B in semiconductor, to further attract big tech
Vietnam's semiconductor sector has so far recorded foreign direct investment (FDI) of $14.2 billion in 241 projects and will strive to further attract global big tech to invest in…
Microsoft plans $1B investment in Thailand’s cloud and AI infrastructure
Microsoft announced a plan to invest more than $1 billion in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Thailand between 2026 and 2028, following a meeting in…
Singapore’s Groundup.ai secures $10M maintenance contract
Groundup.ai, Singapore-based agentic AI for cognitive maintenance, announced Monday it has officially closed a contract exceeding $10 million — the largest in the company’s…
Thailand’s Nightify raises $500,000 to expand nightlife experiences
Nightify, a Thailand-based platform focused on discovering, booking, and managing nightlife experiences, has raised a total of US$500,000 in seed funding, in a round led by A2D…
Southeast Asia-focused courier J&T Express records $12.2B revenue in 2025, up 19%
Indonesia-headquartered J&T Global Express, a global logistics service provider affiliated with China's smartphone brand Oppo, reported a revenue of $12.2 billion in 2025, up…
Singapore-based Bitcoin mining facilitator Bitdeer to jointly develop 180 MW AI data center in Norway
Bitdeer Technologies Group, a Singapore-headquartered technology firm focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin mining infrastructure, will jointly develop an AI data…
How a Russian bank is building its own language model GigaChat from scratch
Sber is Russia's largest bank and one of the country's leading technology companies, whose ecosystem of AI-powered digital, financial, and retail services reaches tens of millions…
Japan’s Furukawa Electric to invest $345M in data center cooling production in Philippines, Thailand, China
Furukawa Electric is set to invest at least JPY55 billion ($345 million) in expanding data center cooling production in the Philippines, Thailand, and China, the Japanese firm…
Lotte Ventures Vietnam: State fund can boost private venture capital in Vietnam
Vietnam's establishment of state funds for venture capital, such as Hanoi with a VND600-billion ($22.8 million) venture capital fund and Ho Chi Minh City with a VND500-billion,…
Maybank completes on-chain tokenized FX and cross border payment via MYR-SGD corridor
Malaysia's largest lender Maybank has successfully completed the first transaction under its inaugural pilot project for tokenized deposits and cross-border payments with Yinson…
IFC backs Southeast Asia’s first semiconductor-grade polysilicon plant in Malaysia with $125M
The World Bank Group’s private-sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is partnering with OCI TerraSus Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of South Korea’s OCI Holdings, to…
Operational advantage starts with unified workflows
Operational advantage will come less from having AI in the stack than from knowing how to organize around it. The businesses that get this right are likely to be the ones that…
Vietnam slaps 0.1% personal income tax on digital asset transaction
Vietnam applies a 0.1% personal income tax on the value of each digital asset transaction, according to the Ministry of Finance’s Circular 32/2026.
UOB sees stablecoins, CBDCs, and tokenized deposits drive digital money evolution
The global push for tokenized money is entering a new, more mature phase. According to a recent UOB report, industry expectations are shifting from isolated pilots toward scalable…
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