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Vietnam is planning to establish a national artificial intelligence (AI) development fund, with the State budget funding at least VND30,000 billion ($1.14 billion), according to the Ministry of Science and Technology's draft decree for the fund.

Farmnet, the Vietnam-based trading arm of agricultural supply chain firm TechCoop, has received a $11.75 million senior secured loan from Symbiotics, a Geneva-based impact investment firm.

Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, will invest $58.3 million more in its Vietnamese subsidiary Fushan Technology (Vietnam), according to a filing of the Taiwanese electronic giant sent to the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) on Wednesday.

AEON360, a personalized retail service, and AI-powered cloud platform Google Cloud will jointly develop a “continuous commerce” experience across AEON’s retail, finance, and lifestyle services in Southeast Asia, Google Cloud said in a release on Thursday.

VinSpace, the aerospace subsidiary of Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup, is developing nanosatellite technology with plans to launch its first satellites into orbit by 2027, as part of efforts to build a domestic space industry supporting socio-economic development.

Switzerland-based The Hashgraph Group (THG), a Web3 & AI engineering firm, and Malaysia-based air logistics firm Teleport will jointly co-develop a Digital Customs Documentation System (DCDS) to digitize and manage the lifecycle of customs documentation for cross-border trade.

Singapore-headquartered insurtech firm Igloo has appointed Ramjit Lahiri as its Philippines Country Head, as the country’s insurance premiums reached PHP502.6 billion ($8.37 billion) in 2025 amid ongoing gaps in coverage and penetration.

HDBank, associated with Vietnamese female billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, has signed a strategic partnership with the London Stock Exchange to support Vietnamese businesses in accessing international capital markets, alongside plans to issue up to $300 million in green bonds.

As many as 64 percent of Singapore businesses are now consistently using artificial intelligence (AI) in daily workflows, but only 18 percent have progressed to deploying fully autonomous systems capable of making decisions and executing tasks independently, according to new research from HubSpot.

Indonesia-based Baskit, a technology and financial services platform focused on digitizing offline distribution networks in Southeast Asia, has secured $4.4 million in a Series A funding round.