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A consortium, led by U.S.-based investment firm KKR with Singapore's Singtel, has completed its acquisition of Singapore's STT GDC, taking full ownership of the data-center operator, STT GDC said in a statement on Wednesday.

In the interview, Alex Phan, an investor and Co-Founder of startup incubator XYZ Foundation, takes the diagnosis deeper: Vietnam's legal framework has begun running ahead of its market, collateral-bound banks leave intangible tech firms stranded, and founders are chasing the wrong prize. An IPO that was never the only exit and rarely the right first one.

Vietnam will roll out artificial-intelligence (AI) lessons across its general education system, from grade 1 to grade 12, starting in the 2026-2027 school year, according to a decision issued by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Japan's SBI Holdings has acquired, through a subsidiary, a 20 percent stake in Ajaib Group, an Indonesian online multi-asset investment platform, making the Jakarta-based company an equity-method affiliate.

ShunSin Technology Holdings, a subsidiary of Taiwan's electronic manufacturer Foxconn, will invest up to $65 million to set up bumping and redistribution-layer process production lines at its Vietnam subsidiary, funded through a capital injection of the same amount.

The United States-based Apple will open its Apple Education Hub, its first Vietnam education center, to train employees of its supplier companies, with courses starting this autumn through a partnership with Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

The Philippine government and U.S.-based Meta Platforms, known for its social media platform Facebook, agreed to deepen cooperation on protecting children online and countering disinformation, harmful content, and threats of violence.

Hong Kong-based digital bank, Ant Bank, and its embedded-finance provider, Bettr, both under Singapore's Ant International, were selected for the liquidity-risk management track of Hong Kong regulators' GenA.I. Sandbox++.

Singapore's fileAI, the developer of file automation software fileForge, has secured investments from the corporate venture arms of Japan's SMBC and Singapore's Singtel Group, though the parties did not disclose other details.

Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has completed a month-long flight-test campaign in Germany with Singapore's first electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) aircraft designed and built in the country.