Southeast Asia Editorial Team

Engineers test a compact autonomous robot beside an enterprise operations display at a Singapore technology showcase.

News 24 Aug 2026

AIMX Singapore opens enterprise AI demonstrations and business matching

The Singapore event is organising demonstrations and business matching around operational AI use, but measurable deployment evidence will remain the standard.

A Singapore events-business team coordinates customer requests, scheduling and fulfilment in a compact retail studio.

News 24 Aug 2026

Singapore puts AI agents in the productivity frame for smaller firms

The National Day Rally moved the SME discussion from AI that answers questions to agents that can execute routine work, while keeping adoption tied to safeguards and worker support.

Three Indonesian small-business operators use digital tools in a batik workshop.

News 23 Aug 2026

Bank Indonesia links digital tools to productivity and finance for smaller firms

The central bank is pairing e-farming, e-commerce and financial-record tools with a broader innovation hub for Indonesia’s UMKM economy.

An illustrative Vietnamese factory team reviewing production performance beside an electronics assembly line.

News 23 Aug 2026

Ho Chi Minh City opens a 70-factory smart-manufacturing pilot

VSM 70 will give selected manufacturers a 90-day, no-fee improvement programme focused on practical production and supply-chain performance.

An illustrative Malaysian chip-design laboratory where engineers inspect a silicon wafer beside a drone prototype.

News 23 Aug 2026

Malaysia widens Arm technology access for local chip and drone developers

Oppstar and Alphaswift bring the government-Arm programme to eight technology-access awards across five Malaysian companies.

An illustrative working session with Indonesian and Chinese technology-policy specialists reviewing semiconductor and AI plans.

News 23 Aug 2026

Indonesia and China move AI cooperation into a technical working group

The new bilateral group is intended to turn high-level dialogue into work on AI development, technology transfer and industry participation.

A salon manager and business counterpart review the digital appointment workflow inside an operating beauty salon.

News 22 Aug 2026

NICE I&T takes 93% stake in Vietnam salon software platform EasySalon

The South Korean payments company has acquired control of a Vietnamese SaaS platform reported to serve more than 5,000 beauty businesses.

Regional operations leaders review a site plan at an automotive distribution and service facility.

News 22 Aug 2026

Chandra Asri agrees S$265m deal for Cycle & Carriage’s Singapore and Malaysia businesses

The conditional acquisition would move a long-established automotive distribution network into the Indonesian group’s regional mobility platform.

An Asian traveller making a QR payment at a Brazilian merchant counter.

News 22 Aug 2026

Liquid Group opens an Asia-to-Brazil QR payment corridor

The Singapore fintech has connected participating RoamQR wallets to Brazil’s Pix merchant network in the corridor’s first live phase.

Event staff checking a mobile concert ticket as fans enter a venue in Vietnam.

News 22 Aug 2026

Vietnam’s CTicket tests fan verification at concert scale

The ticketing platform says more than 150,000 buyers queued at peak as it combined fan questions, location controls and card checks across three Hanoi sales phases.

A service robot greeting customers inside a modern Malaysian car showroom.

News 22 Aug 2026

AiMOGA puts service robots to work in Malaysian car showrooms

The robotics company used World Robot Conference demonstrations to show how its Mornine units handle reception and vehicle-presenting tasks in overseas dealerships.

Indonesian software builders demonstrate a working prototype to mentors at an open-air event in Bali.

News 21 Aug 2026

ShardLab and Indonesia’s EKRAF extend blockchain-talent programme

Six Indonesian builders joined the latest 12-week Protocol Camp cohort, which concludes with a Bali demo.