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Wahyoo Receives Investment from Coca-Cola Amatil X

Wahyoo Receives Investment from Coca-Cola Amatil X

The venture capital platform Coca-Cola’s Amatil X has participated in Series A investment for Wahyoo, a Jakarta-based start-up that provides value added services to small ...
UOB Launches Digital Bank in Indonesia

UOB Launches Digital Bank in Indonesia

UOB launched its digital bank, TMRW, in Indonesia to tap into the country’s digital generation. Customers can enjoy a fully digital banking experience, starting from the ...
Thorcon and Indonesia’s Defense Ministry to Develop Thorium Nuclear Reactor

Thorcon and Indonesia’s Defense Ministry to Develop Thorium Nuclear Reactor

Thorcon International Pte Ltd, a United States-based nuclear company, has partnered with the Indonesian Defense Ministry for a study to develop a 50 MW thorium molten salt ...
Siemens and Bentley to Develop Digital Twin for Petrochemical Company in Indonesia

Siemens and Bentley to Develop Digital Twin for Petrochemical Company in Indonesia

Siemens and Bentley Systems plan to build the first petrochemical digital twin in Indonesia for Chandra Asri, Indonesia’s largest integrated petrochemical company, which has ...
New USD 6 Million Waste-to-Energy Plant Inaugurated in Indonesia

New USD 6 Million Waste-to-Energy Plant Inaugurated in Indonesia

The Indonesian government inaugurated a waste-to-energy power plant in Cilacap, Central Java, worth USD 6 million. The refuse-derived fuel (RDF) facility is a pilot project ...
Indonesia to Prioritize Three Sectors for 2021 Budget

Indonesia to Prioritize Three Sectors for 2021 Budget

The Indonesian government has decided to focus on three priority sectors for the budget next year. They are food security, industrial estate development and ICT. President ...
Indonesia Plans Purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon Jet Fighters

Indonesia Plans Purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon Jet Fighters

The Indonesian Defense Minister, Prabowo Subianto, has expressed interest in buying 15 second-hand Eurofighter Typhoons from the Austrian Air Force, stating that the ...
Indonesia Grapples with Increasing Medical Waste

Indonesia Grapples with Increasing Medical Waste

The development of COVID-19 has put the issue of medical waste in Indonesia in the spotlight. According to the Indonesian Environmental Scientists Association (IESA), there ...
Indonesia Develops Seven Irrigation Networks

Indonesia Develops Seven Irrigation Networks

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has developed seven irrigation networks to support the country’s economic setback due to COVID-19 pandemic. Besides the ...
Global Electronics Companies Continue to Shift Production to Vietnam

Global Electronics Companies Continue to Shift Production to Vietnam

Major global tech companies, including LG, Panasonic, Samsung or Foxconn, are looking to shift or expand production in Vietnam in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period, according ...
Central Retail Group Plans to Increase its Vietnam Footprint

Central Retail Group Plans to Increase its Vietnam Footprint

Thai retail conglomerate, Central Group plans to expand its presence in Vietnam through its Central Retail subsidiary, aiming to cover around 90% of Vietnam's provinces in ...
AstraZeneca Partners with Vietnamese Firm for Pharmaceutical Products Distribution

AstraZeneca Partners with Vietnamese Firm for Pharmaceutical Products Distribution

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, through its Vietnam subsidiary, signed an agreement with the National Phytopharma Joint-Stock Company No 2 (Phytopharma) allowing the latter ...

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