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China offers joint AI research with Vietnam as Hanoi sets 2045 target for world-leading AI

China has proposed joint research on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) with Vietnam, including large language models (LLMs), open-source development and linking technology, talent and data resources, officials said at a Vietnam–China seminar on AI research and applications.

Roblox names Joel Neoh managing director for Southeast Asia, Oceania

Roblox, the immersive gaming and creation platform, has appointed Joel Neoh as managing director for Southeast Asia and Oceania.

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Indonesia rises to third in Cloudflare DDoS target ranking

Cloudflare ranked Indonesia third among DDoS target locations in Q3 2026 as short, low-bandwidth attacks surged across its network.

Vietnam EV maker VinFast deliveries doubles to 82,580 in Q3, founder injects $436M more

VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) maker under Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, delivered 82,580 EV globally in the third quarter of 2026, up 116 percent from a year earlier.

JCB to bring contactless tap-to-ride to Vietnam’s Hanoi metro railway in early 2027

JCB International, the international operations subsidiary of Japan's JCB, and Hanoi Metro, the operator of the city's metro railway, have signed a memorandum of understanding to introduce JCB transit on Hanoi's urban railway network.

Binance vows to cover all losses from security breach, estimated at $6.3B

Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is investigating a security incident that it estimates has an overall impact of about $6.3 billion, and will cover all losses.

Check Point, ITE to train more than 500 Singapore cybersecurity students yearly

Check Point and Singapore's ITE plan to provide cybersecurity training resources and virtual labs to more than 500 students annually.

GMO investigates Onamae breach potentially affecting 26,739 servers

GMO Internet is investigating an intrusion into Onamae.com Desktop Cloud that potentially affected 26,739 servers and exposed customer information.

Singapore invests S$150M in AI materials accelerator

Singapore will invest S$150 million in MARVEL-AI, an A*STAR-led platform combining artificial intelligence with automated laboratories for materials discovery.

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Ant Group rolls out LingGuang 2.0 AI agent in China

Ant Group has begun rolling out LingGuang 2.0 in China with cross-session memory, long-running task management and connected-service controls.