Myanmar

Yangon trials digital construction permit system (Myanmar Times)

With the support of the International Finance Corporation, the Building Control Authority of the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) launched the Yangon Building Permit System on July 1 and it will be...

Vietnam

Vietnamese social media networks spring up to challenge Facebook (Nikkei Asian Review)

Vietnamese companies have started a string of new social networks in a bid to crack a sector dominated by Facebook, which boasts more than 60 million users out of a population...

Indonesia

Indonesia ready for greater cooperation with Singapore across industries: President Joko Widodo (CNA)

Indonesia currently has plans to build its longest sea bridge, connecting the islands of Batam and Bintan which are located near Singapore. The bridge will span seven kilometres with construction expected to...

Vietnam

Việt Nam wants to have 10 tech “unicorns” in 2030 (Việt Nam News)

Việt Nam wants to have at least five billion-dollar tech firms (unicorns) by 2025 and 10 by 2030 as planned in its draft on national strategy on the Fourth Industrial...

Vietnam

IT firms expected to lead country’s digital transformation (Việt Nam News)

“The Vietnamese Government advocates fully tapping opportunities from Industry 4.0 in service of national digital transformation, making it easier for Việt Nam to escape the middle-income trap and become a...

Indonesia

Govt allocates Rp1,162 trillion for human resource development (Antara News)

The Indonesian Government has allocated Rp1,162.83 trillion for four major projects to create high-quality human resources under the National Mid-term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020-2024. The fourth project — digitalization and integration...

Vietnam

Vietjet inks MoU with Swift247 and Grab (Việt Nam News)

Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (Vietjet) will team up with Swift 247, a technology start-up providing super express air delivery service (Swift247) and Grab to develop solutions for connecting road...

Indonesia

Telkom arm aims to be Indonesia’s SoftBank (The Jakarta Post)

With the support of its parent company Telkom Group, Metra Digital Innovation (MDI) Ventures capital investment companies aims to become the Softbank of Indonesia. The company’s total gains from one undisclosed...

Indonesia

Indonesia’s new capital to be developed as smart, forest city: Minister (The Jakarta Post)

"The development of the new capital will attract the world’s attention as we will build the new capital city in Kalimantan. But we can assure that we will build a...

Thailand

Digitalisation Projects in Thailand - Key Discussion Points from day 1 of Asia IoT Business Platform Thailand 2019

In the Government Keynote Address delivered by Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, she highlighted five primary sectors with examples of IoT...

Indonesia

Indonesia's Digital Economy Attracts Global Investors: Minister (Tempo)

The Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Minister Rudiantara thinks the USD 2 billion (Rp28 trillion) investment from SoftBank to Grab Indonesia shows that global investors see Indonesia as a potential digital market. This article originally...

Taiwan

Taiwan has the potential to inspire ICT development in the country (Manila Bulletin)

With the rise of AI and IoT, Taiwan is shifting from an economy based on high-tech manufacturing, to an economy driven by intellectual property and innovation. Taiwan’s high-tech competitiveness includes...

Indonesia

Jasa Marga develops IoT laboratory as part of digital transformation push (The Jakarta Post)

State-owned toll operator PT Jasa Marga Tbk has begun the development of an internet of things (IoT) laboratory in the company’s former Jakarta-Tangerang branch office in Jakarta as part of...

Philippines

IoT Strategies and Implementations to Speed Up Digital Transformation in the Philippines – Day 1 of Asia IoT Business Platform Philippines 2019

The 30th Edition of Asia IoT Business Platform, co-organised by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), started off with DICT Undersecretary Eliseo Mijares Rio who delivered the Government...

Indonesia

Visa invests in Indonesia’s Go-jek, eyes digital payments across Southeast Asia (South China Morning Post)

Visa has invested in Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-jek, as the two companies look to collaborate on digital payments across Southeast Asia. Both Go-jek and Visa will work together to provide greater...

Indonesia

Unprotected Digital Industry (The Jakarta Post)

With smartphone penetration estimated to near 48 percent of the population, Indonesia has become one of the most fertile grounds for e-commerce businesses in the world. Unsurprisingly, the number of...

Thailand

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, KMUTT build AI for EEC hub (Bangkok Post)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Thailand, a local unit of the US tech firm, is joining forces with King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) to build a high-performance computing prototype...

Singapore

Asean the “real prize” for Singapore’s upcoming digital banks: Maybank Kim Eng (The Business Times)

The “real prize” for Singapore’s upcoming five challenger digital banks is the Asean market, where half of the population is underbanked and incumbent banks are still catching up. Digital banking offerings...

Indonesia

AIBP Indonesia Media Briefing Takeaway: Indonesian Stakeholders are Ready for Indonesia 4.0

A media briefing was held this week as a preview to the 32nd edition of Asia IoT Business Platform in Indonesia this coming August. Local media partners were invited to learn about...

Thailand

Top Thai bank sees digital platform driving surge in loans growth (The Business Times)

SIAM Commercial Bank expects digital lending to retail customers to climb almost eight-fold this year as Thailand's biggest lender accelerates its online drive to win business. A US$1 billion investment to...