PTT, Thailand’s largest energy company, has just signed an agreement with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup Hozon aimed at expanding the Southeast Asian country’s EV market. The startup will regard Thailand as the center for its global strategy and...
Thailand’s Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Siriraj Hospital, and Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. have jointly launched the “Siriraj World Class 5G Smart Hospital”. This is branded as the first and largest 5G smart...
The government of Thailand has just allocated THB 2.4 billion (USD 72 million) in fiscal 2022 for the implementation of six digital projects under the Thailand Digital Government Development Plan (2023-27). This represents an increase of one-fifth compared to the...
Sungrow, an inverter solution supplier for renewables, has agreed to cooperate with Super Energy, a leading renewable energy provider, to build Southeast Asia’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Thailand. Sungrow will supply the...
Ford Motor Company has announced the modernization of its Thailand manufacturing operations with a USD 900 million investment in new technologies and systems. This is the company’s largest-ever single investment in Thailand. Part of the Ford+ plan for growth and value...
PTT Oil and Retail Business (PTTOR), the retail arm of Thailand’s state-owned energy giant PTT, has announced that it expects to double its net profit by 2025 as the company moves away from a gas station-based business to one more focused on retail and electric...
In December 2021, Foodpanda, the largest food and grocery delivery platform in Asia outside of China, announced the commencement of operations for a new pandamart store in Western Singapore, retailing over 5,000 products ranging from snacks, ready-to-eat meals,...
The Singapore government has unveiled a 3-stage digital roadmap for the precision engineering industry, called the Precision Engineering Industry Digital Roadmap (IDP). Overseen by Enterprise Singapore and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore,...
The Housing Development Board (HDB) is looking to ramp up the supply of new Build-To-Order (BTO) flats over the next two years to meet the strong housing demand from Singaporean households. An estimated 23,000 flats are expected to be launched per year from 2022 to...
Hilleman Laboratories, an organization with a mission to develop affordable vaccines and biologics against infectious diseases, has announced a first-of-its-kind vaccine and biologics development and manufacturing hub in Singapore. Established with the support of the...
WeLab, a fintech startup from Hong Kong, has acquired a 24% stake in PT Bank Jasa Jakarta to set up a digital bank that is expected to be operational in the second half of 2022. WeLab has raised USD 240 million from existing and new investors to fund the acquisition....
The Social Health Insurance Administration Body (BPJS Health) has formed a partnership with PT Good Doctor Technology Indonesia, a local company that provides online health consultation through a telemedicine application. The partnership was marked by the signing of...
