News
Vietnam accepts tungsten export, but only deep-processed products
Vietnam seeks to permit tungsten (wolfram) exports, but only for deep-processed product, such as ammonium paratungstate (APT) and commercial tungsten oxide.
October 6, 2026
Vietnam’s Vingroup, France’s Alstom sign deal for 200 Hanoi metro trains, with local assembly
Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup has signed a contract with France's Alstom for 200 metro trains for Hanoi capital city, as the Vietnamese conglomerate builds out the capital city's rail network.
October 6, 2026
News,Malaysia,Telecommunications
Axiata CEO Nik Rizal Kamil appointed to GSMA global mobile-industry board
Nik Rizal Kamil, CEO of Malaysian telecoms group Axiata, has been appointed to the board of the GSMA, the global mobile-industry association, for a two-year term starting in January.
October 6, 2026
News,Indonesia,Venture Capital
Indonesia-based MDI Ventures refocuses on enterprise AI, digital-asset infrastructure
MDI Ventures, the corporate venture-capital arm of Indonesia's state-owned telecom group Telkom, has revamped its Southeast Asia investment strategy to focus on enterprise AI and digital-asset infrastructure.
October 6, 2026
Malaysia’s Agmo reaches Select tier in Anthropic’s Claude partner network
Agmo Studio, a Malaysian software firm, has reached the "Select" tier in the partner network run by Anthropic, the creator of Claude AI models.
October 6, 2026
Singapore-based DayOne Data Centers files for IPO on Nasdaq
DayOne Data Centers, a Singapore-headquartered digital infrastructure company, has filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO).
October 6, 2026
News,Vietnam,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
Vietnam to require public EV charging stations to support compatible vehicles from July 2027
Vietnam has issued a technical regulation requiring public electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations to serve any compatible EVs and to disclose their prices.
October 6, 2026
FOMO Pay taps Sumsub for compliance and fraud defence
Singapore-headquartered FOMO Pay has partnered with Sumsub to add verification, transaction monitoring and fraud-prevention capabilities across its expanding operations.
October 5, 2026
News,AI,Philippines,Digital Transformation
PLDT says AI agents save tens of thousands of work hours annually
PLDT says its internally developed AI agents are reducing manual work across enterprise sales, knowledge retrieval and risk management.
October 5, 2026
Sygnum brings Fidelity tokenized liquidity product to Singapore
Sygnum has made Fidelity International's first tokenized liquidity solution available to accredited and institutional investors in Singapore.
October 5, 2026












