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As many as 62 percent of Vietnamese buyers utilize AI, including generative AI, to research before making purchase decisions, according to a survey of local market research firm Q&Me.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's biggest economic hub, will help startups by pushing venture capital, said Truong Minh Huy Vu, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, at the "SAIH: Applied AI Lab Demo Day 2026" event on Thursday.

MAS' guidelines provide a comprehensive framework for AI risk management across the financial sector. They apply to all FIs and all forms of AI technologies, while allowing each FI to assess how best to meet MAS’ supervisory expectations based on the nature and scale of its AI use, and the associated risk materiality.

Malaysia's mobility app Setel has introduced Voice Fuelling, an AI-powered experience that lets users activate their fuel pump using voice commands.

The AI trend can help drive up the economic growth of Southeast Asia and Vietnam can top the region's GDP growth in 2026 with 7.4 percent, followed by Indonesia with 5.2 percent and Malaysia with 5.1 percent.

Singapore-based Granite Asia, a $11 billion private capital platform, and Google's AI Futures Fund will jointly back AI startups in Asia, co-investing up to $2 million in each alongside access to Google's AI models.

AMD will acquire World Labs, an AI model and research lab led by Fei-Fei Li, for $8.2 billion, the company said in a statement on Monday.

South Korea's Samsung and five affiliates will invest a combined $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, an AI-infrastructure company set up by private-equity firm KKR.

Ropedia, a Singapore-based physical-AI startup spun out of Nanyang Technological University, has launched a program giving academic researchers access to its wearable data-capture device.

South Korea's LG Electronics has joined NVIDIA's partner network as a preferred supplier of power and cooling systems for AI data centers.