Singapore’s Prime Minister recently highlighted how both the city-state and Vietnam share a stake in the stability and prosperity of the Southeast Asia region. During a visit of Singapore’s Prime Minister to Vietnam, where he met his counterpart, the two leaders...
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has just announced the signing of a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with US specialist Dragos, Inc., covering information-sharing, capacity and capability-building for Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity...
During an official state visit of Singapore’s Prime Minister to Vietnam, Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) and Singapore’s Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd were granted a survey license to execute a project to develop offshore renewable energy in Vietnam...
In August 2023, Vietnam and Singapore agreed to broaden the scope of their bilateral economic cooperation and inked agreements in several sectors, including the green economy and innovation. Accordingly, Vietnam’s Minister of Planning and Investment had letters...
Singaporean steel company Meranti Steel has taken a significant step towards new green steel production in Thailand as it establishes a strategic cooperation with Bangkok Industrial Gas (BIG), a Thai gas and climate technology company. The two parties have just agreed...
Brazil’s postal service Correios announced in late July 2023 that it had signed an agreement with shopping app Shopee to boost exports of Brazilian products to Southeast Asian markets. Owned by Southeast Asian tech giant Sea, Shopee signed a memorandum of...
In July 2023, Singapore-based semiconductor start-up Silicon Box unveiled its USD 2 billion factory in Tampines, designed to manufacture semiconductor chiplet interconnections that can be applied in areas such as artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and...
The eight projects that won the first Jurong Lake District (JLD) Innovation Challenge were unveiled at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Centre in mid-July. Organized by URA, Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) and the Infocomm Media Development...
Singapore-listed Thomson Medical Group (TMG) has announced that it had purchased FV Hospital, Vietnam’s largest private healthcare group, for USD 380 million. The purchase is the largest healthcare acquisition in Southeast Asia since 2020, and marks TMG’s strategic...
In mid-July, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) for companies to submit proposals to design and promote the adoption of full-electric harbor craft (e-HC) in Singapore. The EOI was issued in the wake of the...
The Energy Market Authority (EMA) has announced plans to increase its generation capacity over the next five years to meet Singapore’s growing demand for electricity, but with greener, more energy-efficient power plants. This announcement came in the wake of Keppel’s...
Despite the country’s size, Singapore has seen steady growth in its space industry, with the country sending up over 20 satellites to space since 2011, 3 of which were launched in June 2022. According to Singapore’s Office for Space Technology and Industry, there are...
