Duc Dao

CTP, a Netherlands-based developer, owner, and operator of logistics and industrial real estate, has agreed terms to acquire 100 percent of the South-East Asia Logistics Partners (SLP) portfolio and operating platform in Vietnam for $500 million.

Japan’s Sojitz Corporation plans to buy 5 percent of Masan High-Tech Materials (UPCoM: MSR) from Masan Horizon, a subsidiary of Vietnamese conglomerate Masan Group.

Vietnam will charge VND2,549 ($0.097) per kWh for electricity used at EV charging stations connected at medium voltage, state utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) said in a statement last Friday.

Microsoft's Southeast Asia 3, its second cloud region in Malaysia, will be built in Johor Bahru.

Grab Vietnam, under Southeast Asia's technology giant Grab, will spend VND2,950.9 billion ($112 million) on fee cuts, driver refunds and incentives, and promotions in Vietnam, after the ministry-run National Competition Commission reviewed its fares calculation.

Visa has set up six global capability hubs at its new Solution Center in Paya Lebar Green, Singapore, hosting 1,500 employees working on technology across artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, quantum computing, and next-generation payments.

Panama-based Efy Finance, a cross-border payments company serving Latin America, has raised $5 million in a seed round led by Tether, with participation from Astor Management AG, and angel investors.

Skyro, a digital consumer finance group, has begun offering cash loans in Malaysia, its second Southeast Asian market.

LINE Thailand said monthly active users of LINE OpenChat, its interest-based community feature, rose to 24 million from 20 million after the company moved the feature to the third tab of the LINE app.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Semarak AI Malaysia, a national program to give government officers, students, software companies, and communities AI tools and skills to build their own solutions.