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I.W.G’s Xiaoyan (Fiona) Zhou on how AI can help connect fragmented healthcare systems across Asia [Q&A]
As hospitals, clinics, insurers, and healthcare partners across Asia digitize their operations, the harder challenge is making medical data usable across fragmented systems and borders. In this Q&A, Xiaoyan (Fiona) Zhou of I.W.G shares her perspective on healthcare interoperability, AI-enabled referral coordination, cross-border medical data exchange, and…
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.
What “pig butchering” reveals about the new age of investment scams
While individual scam websites come and go, their DNS patterns endure. Domains are reused. Hosting providers overlap. Naming conventions recur. Configuration choices repeat across hundreds of sites. When examined collectively, these traces reveal the contours of an entire criminal supply chain.
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.
Kyrgyzstan’s national payment operator, Alipay+ to jointly launch cross-border QR payments
Kyrgyzstan's Interbank Processing Center has partnered with Alipay+, the wallet gateway under Singapore-headquartered Ant International, to launch international QR payment services for users of the ELCARD Mobile app, with the support of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic.
How can enterprise data center customers power the AI era without powering up emissions?
The future of data centers will not be defined solely by infrastructure or what happens within the server room. Instead, their enterprise customers will increasingly be measured by the efficiency of their own IT systems, particularly on the resilience, precision, and intelligence of the logistics systems that support everything beyond it.
Malaysia’s Carsome car e-commerce platform posts 85% EBITDA surge in Q1/2026 to $7.3M
Carsome Group Inc, Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, recorded its EBITDA jumping 85 percent year-on-year to MYR29 million ($7.3 million) as Southeast Asia's largest used car e-commerce platform accelerated its push toward sustained profitability.
Vietnam’s conglomerate Vingroup launches humanoid robots on global stage
VinRobotics and VinDynamics, two technology subsidiaries under Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, have displayed unveiled their humanoid robots at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2026) in Vienna and COMPUTEX Taipei 2026.
MPA, MSC ink deal to advance sustainable and digital maritime development
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen collaboration in maritime decarbonization, digitalization, innovation, and manpower development.
