Southeast Asia Connect Editors

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

SEA Connect23 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.

SEA Connect23 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.

SEA Connect22 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.

SEA Connect22 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.

SEA Connect22 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.

SEA Connect22 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.

SEA Connect22 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.

SEA Connect21 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.

Filipino customer-experience professionals review a speech waveform while testing headset technology.

SEA Connect21 Aug 2026

Sanas expands its Philippine speech-AI push with new market leadership

Jack Madrid and Christopher Venturina are set to support enterprise and BPO relationships as the company deepens its local presence.

A Filipino traveller presents a phone for scanning at an airport tax-refund counter.

SEA Connect21 Aug 2026

GCash brings instant overseas tax refunds into its Philippine wallet

The Alipay+ and Global Blue service converts eligible refunds into pesos across 16 countries.

Vietnamese founders demonstrate a hardware prototype during an active startup community gathering in Ho Chi Minh City.

SEA Connect20 Aug 2026

Vietnam Startup Community Day puts ecosystem links in focus

The 18–23 August programme brings founders, investors and support organisations together ahead of a main event on 21 August.

Filipino enterprise technology specialists examine server and hybrid-cloud infrastructure in a Manila partner lab.

SEA Connect20 Aug 2026

Tech Data expands IBM distribution to six more Asia-Pacific markets

The channel expansion adds Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia and the Philippines to Tech Data’s Southeast Asian IBM footprint.