China

Singapore-based Ant International has introduced a new Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP) to support the growing agentic commerce by enabling secure, AI-driven payment connections across mobile services.

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of Chinese giant Alibaba Group, continued as the largest Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider by revenue in the Asia-Pacific region, increasing its market share to 22.5% in 2025 from 20.8% in 2024.

Vietnam-based Goertek Technology Vina Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Chinese manufacturing giant Goertek, has invested VND527.1 billlion ($20 million) more in its factory in the northern province of Bac Ninh, according to its draft environmental impact assessment sent to the provincial authorities.

China's online and mobile payment platform Alipay has launched a new AI-powered payment service that allows autonomous AI agents to make purchases and complete transactions based on user instructions.

BYD Electronics (Vietnam), under Chinese giant BYD, was granted a certificate to increase its investment in Vietnam's northern province of Phu Tho to $479.8 million.

Tencent Cloud, a leading cloud company, has launched its 2026 “AI CAN DO IT” Game Development Hackathon during the “Tencent AI Campus Tour” event held at the University of Hong Kong on April 16.

Vietnam's affordable airline Vietjet and China's SPDB Financial Leasing (SPDBFL), a subsidiary of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, have signed an agreement for the finance lease of 10 COMAC C909 aircraft.

Victory Giant Technology, a Chinese manufacturer of printed circuit board (PCB), posted a revenue of RMB3.23 billion ($473 million) in Vietnam in 2025, according to the firm's "Global Offering" filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) on April 10.

J&T Global Express (J&T Express), a global logistics service provider affiliated with e-commerce platforms such as TikTok, Temu, SHEIN, reported first-quarter 2026 parcel volume of 8.33 billion, a 26.2 percent increase year-on-year, with average daily volume reaching 92.5 million.

Vietnam’s telecommunication giant Viettel Telecom (VTT) and China-based AI company iFLYTEK have signed a strategic cooperation agreement with to develop voice artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for the Vietnamese market, with a focus on speech processing and localization.