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FPT, among the largest tech firms in Vietnam Vietnam, and South Korea's NAVER Cloud will jointly develop and sell artificial-intelligence (AI) services across Asia-Pacific.

Two American businesses, WEX Inc. and payments group Mastercard, will combine fuel, maintenance, tolling, and parking payments for vehicle fleets into a single system across Asia-Pacific.

Dropbox has launched its cross-cloud content governance product in Singapore, the second market worldwide after Japan.

VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) maker under conglomerate Vingroup, remained Vietnam’s single biggest vehicle seller in the first nine months of 2026, delivering 177,697 cars at home, or roughly a third of a combined national total at 495,138 units.

Saigontel, an infrastructure builder in Vietnam, has become an authorized distributor of SpaceX's Starlink satellite-internet service and won a license to resell it.

FPT's Minh Ta Tran discusses cross-border automotive software delivery, software-defined vehicles, AI-assisted engineering and the role of Poland in the company's European expansion.

Malaysia’s Budget 2027 offers tax relief for middle-income earners and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), alongside incentives for strategic industries, as the government seeks to stimulate economic activity while narrowing the fiscal deficit, according to PwC Malaysia tax leader Steve Chia.

According to Anwar, Malaysia's economy is projected to expand by a commendable 4.2 percent to 5.2 percent in 2027. Growth in 2026 is projected at between 4.8 percent and 5.3 percent.

The additional allocation is expected to benefit around another 9,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) including microenterprises to have access to affordable working capital, Bank Negara said in a statement following the tabling of Budget 2027.

Firmus has withdrawn its planned A$7 billion Australian IPO and will pursue private funding after investor concerns over valuation and expansion risk.