Singapore

EU-Singapore trade pact an anchor for both economies amid Covid-19: President Halimah (The Straits Times)

Madam Halimah, who was speaking at the Europe Business Summit organised by the European Chamber of Commerce Singapore at Fullerton Hotel, called on both sides to sign a digital economy...

ASEAN

Asia needs ESG to boost longer-term GDP growth: report (The Business Times)

Digitalisation and data analytics could help solve existing problems around ESG assessments, identify sustainable enterprises and correlate ESG with financial performance. Despite the tremendous opportunities in Asia, there are a number...

Vietnam

Vietnam Taking Steps to Accelerate Digital Transformation

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung asserted that the COVID 19 pandemic is a once-in-a-century opportunity to accelerate digital transformation on a national level. He further stressed that...

ASEAN

Cohesiveness will be vital for Asean’s post-pandemic economic recovery (The Business Times)

We will see increased digitisation and automation of everything. We will see significant shifts in supply chains as businesses look to diversify the sources of essential components away from single locations. We...

Philippines

COVID-19 accelerates digital transformation in PH (Inquirer)

“Digital transformation is no longer just part of a future direction or a nice-to-have—it has now become an imperative,” says Eduardo Bonoan, senior general manager and marketing head at Epson...

Vietnam

Can Tho to become first smart city in Mekong Delta by 2025 (Vietnam Plus)

Can Tho, the most populated city in the Mekong Delta region, has achieved outstanding results in developing a project to build a smart city after nearly two years of implementation. Vo Thi Hong...

ASEAN

2020 will be the year of making smart cities sustainable (The Business Times)

5G is fast becoming a reality, with Asia Pacific leading the 5G race in terms of deployment and adoption. South Korea was the first in the world to launch commercial...

Global

Coronavirus: How Artificial Intelligence, Data Science And Technology Is Used To Fight The Pandemic (Forbes)

As China initiated its response to the virus, it leaned on its strong technology sector and specifically artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and technology to track and fight the pandemic...

ASEAN

ASEAN Economy & Enterprise Digital Transformation Projects amidst COVID-19

To curb the COVID-19 outbreak, countries in ASEAN have implemented measures such as shutting down their borders, public places and enacting social distancing and quarantine procedures. Many enterprises have turned...

Vietnam

The Race of Building Smart Cities in Vietnam

A report published by the United Nations in January shows that in the past 5 years, Vietnam's e-government development index has jumped 11 ranks, making Vietnam among the top countries...

Malaysia

Intelligent Transport for Malaysia's Smart City Vision

Since the introduction of Smart Cities Initiatives as part of the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020), Malaysia has started deploying an intelligent IoT network in cities like KL, Iskandar, Selangor and Putrajaya. These...

Thailand

Smart buses a priority for Democrats (Bangkok Post)

The Democrat Party rolled out its policy platform Sunday, aimed at upgrading Bangkok residents' quality of life, including a smart bus project to push for 5,000 electric buses in seven...

Singapore

Aquaculture tech startup Umitron snags US$2m funding for Peru project (The Business Times)

AQUACULTURE tech startup Umitron, together with its Peru partner Abaco and its subsidiary Piscis, has been approved for a US$2 million project funding to improve aquaculture productivity in Lake Titicaca, Peru. This...

Thailand

Will there be 100 smart cities in Thailand by 2038?

Thailand set the target to develop 100 smart cities within two decades. The government has established the National Smart City Committee and invited various agencies and experts to join including...

Thailand

BCPG seeks out partners for green drive (Bangkok Post)

"BCPG is very keen on solar rooftops using blockchain technology, a part of the Internet of Things (IoT)," Mr Bundit said. BCPG has set aside 10 billion baht to expand the...

Indonesia

Indonesia expands smart city network to ASEAN (ANTARA News)

Indonesia itself has set a target to achieve 100 smart cities in 2018. Last year, a total of 25 cities/districts succeeded in developing smart city program. Thus, the Ministry of...

Asean

How the World Bank is utilizing the Internet of Things to improve social outcomes

The report also offers a rough toolkit to government agencies looking to incorporate IoT, with suggestions such as, using “sandboxes” to test policy and technical issues and identifying coordination agencies...

ASEAN

2017 in Review: What's Next in Maximising the Full Potential of IoT?

Anthony Bourne, VP Global Industry Solutions at IFS, said that the three pillars to a successful digital transformation is technology, investment and people. For us, we will like to add...

Myanmar

Trash can be collected the smart way: Internet of Bins

In the survey carried out by the Yangon City Development Committee’s Pollution Control and Cleansing Department (YCDC), it was found that by 2015 each person disposed 0.41 kg of garbage...

ASEAN

Earth Day Special: Alleviating Environmental Woes in ASEAN with IoT

Earth Day will be commemorated this Saturday, 22 April. It marks the anniversary of the contemporary environmental movement that started in the 1970s. On this day, environmental issues are thrown...