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Vietnam’s FPT, Singapore’s ComfortDelGro sign AI, smart mobility partnership

Vietnam's tech giant FPT Corporation and Singapore's transport giant ComfortDelGro will collaborate in artificial intelligence (AI), smart mobility, and logistics-transport across the Asia Pacific region.

Singapore leads SEA’s $1.1B climate tech funding

Southeast Asia has drawn about $1.1 billion climate tech funding across 268 rounds as of June 2026, Singapore leading with $872 million of total funding, Tracxn said Friday.

Malaysia unveils $12.39M scheme to prepare 200 SMEs for stock market listing

The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (KUSKOP), through SME Corp. Malaysia, has on Thursday launched the PKS@BURSA Program, a strategic initiative aimed at helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) access the capital market through listing on Bursa Malaysia.

DataMasque secures $4M in funding led by Wavemaker Ventures

DataMasque, the data de-identification and synthetic data platform, announced Friday it has raised $4 million in funding led by Wavemaker Ventures, the early-stage fund of Wavemaker Partners, with existing investors OIF Ventures and Icehouse Ventures doubling down.

Google, Telstra to jointly strengthen Australia’s digital, subsea connectivity

Google and Telstra have announced a partnership to enhance the reach, reliability, and security of Australia's digital infrastructure through the integration of terrestrial fiber and subsea networks, as both companies move to support the growing demands of AI applications and workloads.

Google, AirTrunk, European Energy Australia to operate 25MW Mulwala Solar Farm in New South Wales

Google, AirTrunk, and European Energy Australia will soon connect the 25-megawatt Mulwala Solar Farm in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia to the National Electricity Market of the country.

Korea’s LG already invests $10.6B in Vietnam, to build semiconductor substrate factory in Hai Phong

LG Innotek, the material arm of South Korean chaebol LG, will to expand its semiconductor substrate production into Vietnam by building a factory in the northern coastal city of Hai Phong.

Vietnam Gov’t seeks Bybit’s support in developing cryptocurrency market

The Vietnamese government has called on Bybit, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, to share its  experience in developing a regulated digital asset market, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang.

TikTok invests $5B in Vietnam, plans to establish local entity to boost data management

TikTok has invested nearly $5 billion in Vietnam over seven years of operation and plans to establish a domestic legal entity in the country.

Vietnam’s Hanoi police utilize homemade drones for urban surveillance

The police force in Vietnam's Hanoi capital city has launched a trial of AI-integrated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for traffic and surveillance operations, using drones developed entirely by Vietnamese companies.