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Vietnam’s EV maker VinFast to sell production lines, allocate $530M gain to pay $400M debt
VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) maker under Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup, is set to restructure by offloading its entire domestic manufacturing footprint with factories, production lines, and battery facilities, in a deal worth $530 million.
Finan raises $3.8M to expand Vietnam SME management Platform across Southeast Asia
Finan, the Singapore-headquartered company known for small-business management platform SoBanHang serving Vietnamese firms, has raised an investment in a pre-Series A funding round with participation from OSK-SBI Venture Partners.
Exaforce raises $125M Series B to expand AI-native security operations platform
Exaforce, a agentic security company, has raised $125 million in a Series B funding round to expand its AI-native security operations platform and grow its international presence.
Malaysia’s semiconductor firm FusionAP raises $2M to expand advanced semiconductor packaging
FusionAP Sdn Bhd, a Malaysia-based advanced semiconductor packaging company, has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round co-led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India and Southern Capital Group.
Malaysia’s TNG Digital expands SME financing access with CIMB as its first partner
TNG Digital Sdn. Bhd, the operator of Malaysia’s digital financial services and lifestyle app TNG eWallet, has on Tuesday announced the launch of its first fully digital, in-app business financing platform that connects micro and small businesses to financial institutions, with CIMB Bank Berhad (CIMB) as its first financing partner on the platform.
Debug by Google expands Singapore site to accelerate AI, automation against mosquito-borne diseases
Debug, a Google initiative to reduce mosquito-borne diseases, announced Tuesday the expansion of its research and development (R&D) and mosquito production capabilities in Singapore.
Singapore’s Agibot to supply 143 AI robots for Michigan data center project
Singapore-based AGIBOT Pte. Ltd, under Chinese humanoid robot developer AGIBOT, will supply up to 143 robots for deployment at a Michigan data center, focused on artificial intelligence (AI) operations.
Bridge Data Centers, Ecoceres complete HVO-powered backup fuel pilot for data center in APAC
Bridge Data Centers (BDC), a Singapore- headquartered hyperscale data center provider, and EcoCeres, a China-based innovation and commercialization of renewable fuels and green molecules firm, have successfully completed their inaugural Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO)-powered backup fuel pilot in Asia Pacific at BDC's data center campuses.
Qualcomm opens R&D center in Vietnam to expand high-tech research
Qualcomm Technologies opened a new research and development (R&D) center in Hanoi, marking an expansion of the U.S. technology company’s high-tech research operations in the country, Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology said on Tuesday..
Southeast Asia’s private equity deal value surges 2.5 times on year to $9.2B in first quarter
Southeast Asia (SEA) saw a strong start in private equity (PE) investment in the first quarter of 2026, with deal value surged 2.5 times year-on-year to $9.2 billion in the first quarter, EV said Tuesday.
