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Vietnam’s VinFast, Germany’s TÜV Rheinland to jointly develop vehicle testing center
Vietnam's electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast and Germany's TÜV Rheinland will collaborate to develop the VinFast Testing Center to international standards and provide…
July 20, 2026
What Southeast Asia’s digital economy needs beyond growth
As more livelihoods depend on digital systems, the quality of those systems will matter as much as their reach. Southeast Asia already knows how to build digital growth. It now…
July 20, 2026
ChatGPT for beginners, Claude for experts, AI competition continues: GenAI Fund
A new study of Vietnam-based GenAI Fund shows that OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude are running nearly equal in overall platform adoption, but diverge sharply when builders…
July 18, 2026
Southeast Asia IPO raised surges 85 percent on year to $2.5B in first half – EY
Southeast Asia saw a total of 35 initial public offerings (IPOs) that raised $2.5 billion, down 30 percent in volume and 85 percent increase in proceeds compared with 50 IPOs…
July 17, 2026
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Singaporeans use Gemini for professional tasks, Vietnamese for math-coding, Malaysian for creative: Google
Singapore leads Southeast Asia in per capita adoption of Google's Gemini AI platform and ranks first globally by the same measure, while Vietnam dominates the region in…
July 17, 2026
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ASEAN emerges as key market, manufacturing hub for EVs – BMI
As electric vehicle (EV) adoption accelerates across South East Asia, ASEAN is evolving from an emerging demand center into an increasingly important manufacturing and…
July 17, 2026
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US investor Srinivasan seeks meeting with Anwar’s office after startup school in Forest City raided
Earlier this week, Malaysia launched an immigration probe into people associated with Srinivasan's startup school, saying that individuals may have flouted immigration rules.
July 17, 2026
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Singapore’s cryptography solution firm pQCee raises $3.9M seed round to scale quantum-safe encryption globally
Singapore-based pQCee, a post-quantum cryptography solutions firm, has raised $3.9 million in a seed funding round co-led by SGInnovate and Lotus One Investment, with…
July 17, 2026
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Singaporean-founded Paymonade secures license to provide crypto-asset services in Europe
Singaporean-Founded Paymonade has been granted a MiCA license by Liechtenstein's Financial Market Authority (FMA) to provide regulated crypto-asset services across all 30 states…
July 17, 2026
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Singapore’s Crypto.com secures $400M strategic investment from Citadel Securities
Crypto.com announced Thursday a strategic $400 million investment from Citadel Securities valuing the company at $20 billion.
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