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Malaysia’s TNB to strengthen grid, expand renewables for AI economy

Malaysia's utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) said Thursday it will continue to focus on strengthening grid resilience, expanding renewable energy capacity, advancing regional energy connectivity and enabling the growth of new industries, including the digital and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven economy.

Amazon seeks to deploy low-earth orbit satellite Internet in Vietnam

The United States giant Amazon is studying plans to deploy low-earth orbit satellite internet services in Vietnam, said David Zapolsky, Chief Global Affairs & Legal Officer at Amazon.

Taiwan cooling solution firm AVC breaks ground on $600M plant in Vietnam

AVC Technology Vietnam, under Taiwan-based cooling solution firm Asia Vital Component (AVC) kicked off the construction of a high-tech electronics components manufacturing plant in, Ninh Binh province, Vietnam, on Friday. 

CapitaLand officially opens $1.09B life sciences and innovation hub at Singapore

Singapore's property firm CapitaLand Group (CapitaLand) has on Friday officially opened Geneo, a life sciences and innovation hub at Singapore Science Park (SSP) with about S$1.4 billion ($1.09 billion) investments.

Singapore partners World Bank to launch Singapore Carbon Markets Program

The Singapore government is collaborating with the World Bank Group on a new Singapore Carbon Markets Program.

Malaysia unveils online safety, child protection codes

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has on Friday issued the notice on the publication of the Risk Mitigation Code and the Child Protection Code under the Online Safety Act 2025 (ONSA).

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Singapore launches standard on sustainability excellence to strengthen business competitiveness

Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) through the Singapore Standards Council (SSC), in partnership with the A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (A*STAR SIMTech) and the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), have launched the Technical Reference (TR) 149:2026 Specification for Organizations to Progress towards Environmental…

Vietnam’s EV maker VinFast debuts VF MPV 7 electric vehicle from Indonesia plant

VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer of Vietnam’s conglomerate Vingroup, has announced the rollout of its VF MPV 7 electric vehicle from its Subang plant in Indonesia.

Malaysia semiconductor sector gains from China+1 Shift, AI data center demand – HLIB

Malaysia’s semiconductor industry is benefiting from accelerating China+1 supply chain diversification, deeper localization by global semiconductor equipment makers and rising demand for optical and power semiconductors tied to artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data center expansion, while a recovery at Intel is also providing support to the sector, Hong…

Hisense and East Timor ink partnership to to advance digitalization, sustainable development

Chinese electronic firm Hisense and East Timor have signed strategic cooperation agreement, joining hands to advance digitalization and sustainable development.