On 22 August 2022, Singapore and Malaysia announced the substantive conclusion of two Frameworks of Cooperation, one in the green economy and another in the digital economy. The Frameworks of Cooperation serve as the basis for future bilateral initiatives related to...
Chandra Asri Petrochemical, Indonesia’s largest integrated petrochemical company, is collaborating with LX International, a trading and investment company based in South Korea, for a potential investment in developing a Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) facility that...
Infrastructure Asia, a project facilitation office set up by Enterprise Singapore and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), announced in August that they had launched an online platform to increase the exposure of Asia’s infrastructure project pipeline. The...
In August, Google and Tencent, a China-based multinational technology company, announced the completion of their respective investments in Singapore. Google announced the completion of its third data center in Singapore. In contrast, Tencent announced the agreement of...
In August, Zalora Group collaborated with Adidas to launch a supermarket-inspired pop-up store in Bugis Junction, a shopping mall located in Central Singapore. The pop-up store, which ran for about a week, was designed with a supermarket layout, featured pop colors...
On August 4th, China fired live-fire drills near Taiwan as a sign of retaliation to the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. This has led to Airlines canceling flights to Taipei and rerouting others to avoid the nearby airspace that has been closed to civilian...
Thai startups are exploring the use of insects to make animal feed in an effort to lower prices and increase sustainability. In effect, traditional farming methods consume large volumes of grains as feed. One of the most notable players in this area is Biovert...
The government of Thailand has recently announced that it aims for a USD 62 billion investment in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) over the next five years. The 2023-2027 plan for the EEC, a special economic zone, will include incentives for industries such as...
Leading Austrian power generation solution company INNIO just announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with B.Grimm Power to collaborate on building new power plant projects in Thailand. B.Grimm is a multinational conglomerate based in Bangkok...
It has recently been announced that Thailand’s first electric locomotive will be tested at Bang Sue Grand Station in Bangkok by the end of 2022. Local company Energy Absolute (EA), a renewable energy and electric vehicle (EV) developer and operator, is currently...
The Centre of Excellence in Cancer at Prapokklao Hospital recently launched a pilot program called EZ Liver Clinic (Easy Liver Clinic) as part of its goal to reduce liver diseases in Thailand, increase access to treatment, and help the public to understand risk...
Thailand´s National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) plans to expand the enforcement of its standard framework of security requirements from the current 60 organizations of critical information infrastructure (CII) to 120 by the end of 2022, according to NCSA’s...
