Vietnam approves Amazon’s Kuiper to test satellite-based telecommunications service

Amazon Kuiper Vietnam, the local satellite unit of U.S. technology group Amazon, has received a Vietnamese licence to run a private satellite-based telecommunications network.

Backed by $450M defense deal, US’ Elmet acquires 5% in Vietnam’s tungsten producer MSR

The Elmet Group, the U.S. tungsten producer that secured a $450 million investment from the U.S. Department of War in mid-September, will buy a 4.99 percent stake in Vietnam's…

A*STAR expands A*StartCentral deep tech hub as supported ventures raise S$1.6B

Singapore’s A*STAR has launched A*StartCentral 2.0 with an 18,000-square-foot footprint, expanded labs and engineering capabilities, and more support for deep tech startups moving…

Klook, Visa partner across six Southeast Asian markets on travel experiences

Klook and Visa have signed a memorandum covering Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, combining travel experiences, cardholder offers and…

Hong Kong’s fintech TROOPS to commit $12M to new Southeast Asia AI-infrastructure unit

TROOPS, a Hong Kong money-lending and property group listed on Nasdaq, will commit $12 million to launch a business unit building AI computing infrastructure in Southeast Asia.

Singapore’s NUS Enterprise rebrands as NUSX, launches AI licensing tool, sets outposts in Munich, Shanghai

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), has rebranded as NUSX and unveiled an AI tool for commercializing research patents along…

Estha’s Eric Lam on local AI, privacy and SME deployment [Q&A]

Estha Co-Founder & Creator Eric Lam discusses where local AI is practical for SMEs, how on-device inference compares with the cloud, and the security, governance and cost…

MAS flags risks from potential AI investment pullback

A sharp pullback in artificial intelligence (AI)-related investment and a reassessment of AI asset valuations could weigh on Singapore’s corporate earnings, household incomes and…

Vietnam’s data center operator CMC, Viettel petition ministry over power pricing after cutoff threat

Two of Vietnam's largest data-center operators, CMC and Viettel, have asked ministries to clarify a dispute over electricity pricing that brought their Ho Chi Minh City facilities…

US President Trump rejects ‘globalist’ AI control, clashes with OpenAI, Anthropic

U.S. President Donald Trump rejects international oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) as a "globalist scheme" and said the United States would rename the technology "super…

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