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Indonesia to Acquire French Scorpene-Class Submarines

Indonesia to Acquire French Scorpene-Class Submarines

The Indonesian Navy plans to acquire French Scorpene-class submarines, which are jointly built by French shipbuilder Naval Group and Spain’s Navantia, and feature a modular ...
Medtecs Eyes USD 2-B Worth Industrial Town Project

Medtecs Eyes USD 2-B Worth Industrial Town Project

Medtecs International, the world’s leading provider and distributor of personal protective equipment (PPE), is in talks with the government to put up a nearly USD 2-billion ...
MOU to Boost Indonesia and Switzerland Investments Cooperation

MOU to Boost Indonesia and Switzerland Investments Cooperation

Switzerland, the 10th largest foreign investor in Indonesia in 2021, with an investment value of USD 599.8 million via 281 projects, has signed a three-year memorandum of ...
SIT Punggol to Build Largest Private Microgrid in Singapore

SIT Punggol to Build Largest Private Microgrid in Singapore

The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) has announced that the Singapore Power Group (SP) plans to invest up to an additional USD 6 million to enhance the microgrid it ...
Vietnam’s Race to Open Cold Storage Systems

Vietnam’s Race to Open Cold Storage Systems

Investments in cold storage facilities in Vietnam have begun to take off in recent years as a result of rising demand. According to Savills, a global services firm ...
Thailand Relaxes Tax Rules for Digital Assets  

Thailand Relaxes Tax Rules for Digital Assets  

Thailand has just relaxed tax rules for investments in digital assets. The bid to promote the industry follows a rapid growth in cryptocurrency trading in Southeast Asia's ...
Meralco Allots USD 2.9 Billion for CAPEX in the Next Four Years

Meralco Allots USD 2.9 Billion for CAPEX in the Next Four Years

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is allotting PHP 149.66 billion (USD 2.9 billion) for its capital expenditure (capex) program in the next four years. On a per year basis, ...
SAF to launch Digital and Intelligence Defense as its Fourth Service to Deal with New Threats

SAF to launch Digital and Intelligence Defense as its Fourth Service to Deal with New Threats

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has announced that it plans to launch the Digital & Intelligence Defense as a fourth service by the last quarter of this year to more ...
Next Phase of Vietnam’s Largest International Airport

Next Phase of Vietnam’s Largest International Airport

The next construction phase for Long Thanh International Airport commenced at the end of March 2022. Contractors moved on to the passenger terminal after more than a month of ...
Malaysia’s Retail Sector to Grow by 6.3% in 2022

Malaysia’s Retail Sector to Grow by 6.3% in 2022

Malaysia's retail market is predicted to rise by 6.3% in 2022, following the opening of the border on April 1 as part of efforts to restore the country's economy. Major ...
Bluebird Group Implements BlackBerry Cybersecurity Solutions

Bluebird Group Implements BlackBerry Cybersecurity Solutions

Bluebird (Bluebird Group), Indonesia's leading taxi operator, is deploying BlackBerry's AI-enabled cybersecurity software and managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) ...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Launch Starlink in the Philippines

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Launch Starlink in the Philippines

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), the aerospace company of billionaire Elon Musk, will soon be operating in the Philippines and is set to bring high-speed ...

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