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News,Vietnam,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
VinFast founder hands CEO roles of automaker, ride-hailing service to sons
Pham Nhat Vuong, the founder of Vietnam's electric vehicle (EV) manufactuer VinFast, has handed the top executive roles at his electric-vehicle maker VinFast and its affiliated ride-hailing company GSM to his two sons.
September 14, 2026
News,Electric Vehicles & Mobility,Philippines
VinFast plans 27 new showrooms with 13 dealer partners in the Philippines
VinFast has signed agreements with 13 dealer partners to develop 27 new showrooms across the Philippines as it targets a 60-dealership network in 2026.
September 14, 2026
Z.AI plans about $5 billion in share and bond financing
Z.AI proposes a Hong Kong share placement and a separate convertible-bond issue with combined gross proceeds of about $5 billion, subject to closing conditions.
September 14, 2026
News,Philippines,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
Green GSM hosts Philippines driver festival with 1,000-EV handover
Green GSM Philippines is holding a September 12 to 14 driver partner festival expected to draw up to 5,000 people, with 1,000 EVs set for handover.
September 14, 2026
News,Vietnam,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
Tesla establishes $3M automobile subsidiary in Vietnam
American automobile giant Tesla has established its Vietnamese subsidiary, Tesla Motors Vietnam LLC, according to a filing with the ministry-run National Business Registration Portal.
September 14, 2026
Vietnam’s Vietjet, France’s Thales expand aviation ties in AI, cyber, aircraft maintenance
Vietnam's budget airline Vietjet and France's aerospace giant Thales will expand their cooperation in aircraft maintenance, digital aviation, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity.
September 14, 2026
Anthropic CEO Amodei calls for slowing AI development
Anthropic co-founder and chief executive Dario Amodei has called on the AI industry to "deliberately" slow the pace of developing models.
September 14, 2026
Singapore dominates Southeast Asia’s $1.1B robotics sector funding
Southeast Asia’s robotics sector has raised $1.1 billion in all-time equity funding across 51 funded companies, with Singapore leading the region with $986 million bet.
September 14, 2026
News,SEA,AI,Singapore,FinTech,Philippines
MoneyHero reports $15.8M in Q2 revenue, 10.1M members
MoneyHero reported second-quarter revenue of $15.8 million, down 13 percent year over year. Registered membership rose 17 percent to 10.1 million.
September 14, 2026
News,SEA,Blockchain / Crypto,Singapore,FinTech
Singapore banks complete live SGD tokenized-deposit transactions
DBS, OCBC and UOB completed live domestic Singapore-dollar interbank transactions using tokenized deposits on Swift's blockchain ledger.
September 13, 2026
TrueMoney taps Fireblocks for Thailand blockchain-payment pilot
September 15, 2026
TrueMoney taps Fireblocks for Thailand blockchain-payment pilot
September 15, 2026













