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Samsung Electro-Mechanics Vietnam (SEMV), under South Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEM), will expand activities in Vietnam by manufacturing Ultra Large Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (UL FCBGA) to serve AI servers and large data centers.

Safran.AI, the AI unit of French aerospace group Safran, will set up Safran.AI Singapore, its first international subsidiary in Singapore, the firm said in a statement on Thursday.

Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) and TADA Mobility (Singapore) Pte Ltd will launch a pilot on-demand shared autonomous vehicle (AV) service on Sentosa in early 2027, offering visitors more convenient connections to the island’s beaches, hotels and attractions.

China's Internet technology giant Tencent and American multinational payment company Visa have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore broader collaboration on payments and commerce across Tencent’s ecosystem.

Breakthrough Energy, the climate organization founded by Bill Gates, Temasek and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) have extended their support for Breakthrough Energy Fellows – Southeast Asia (BE Fellows – SEA) for another three years, to support three new cohorts of climate tech innovators, the parties said in a statement on Wednesday.

Tokenized money is increasingly becoming a mainstream tool for large corporations to move value instantly round-the-clock, with greater control across a wider network of markets, a survey showed on Wednesday. 

Vietnam’s private conglomerate Geleximco Group and China’s automobile manufacturer Chery Group will cooperate in high-technology industry and the green economy, including semiconductors, robotics, clean energy, batteries, environmental technology, and shipbuilding.

TinyFish, a Silicon Valley-based AI infrastructure startup, has opened its Vietnam office in Ho Chi Minh City last Friday.

Toku Ltd., a Singapore-headquartered AI-powered customer experience company, said foodpanda is now using its Toku Contact Centre to support customers in Cambodia and Laos.

DayOne Data Centers, a Singapore-headquartered developer and operator of data centers, and Sembcorp Utilities, a subsidiary of Singapore's Sembcorp Industries, have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore integrating power and energy solutions into DayOne’s data center projects across Asia.