Accountancy Industry Digital Plan Launched in Singapore

Sep 1, 2019

On 22 August 2019, the Accountancy Industry Digital Plan (IDP) was launched in Singapore to digitally transform the country’s accountancy sector. The IDP was developed by the Singapore Accountancy Commission (SAC), the Institute of Singapore Chartered...

DEPA Thailand Preparing Bidding Terms for Digital Park Thailand

Sep 1, 2019

It is expected that the Thai Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA) will soon issue the terms of reference for the private sector to invest in the Digital Park Thailand project, which is located at Chonburi’s Sri Racha district. The USD 130 million project is part of...

Vietnam’s First Citywide IoT Network Activated in Ho Chi Minh City

Sep 1, 2019

Vietnam’s largest telecom operator, Viettel, has installed and activated around 1,000 Narrow Band – Internet of Things (NB-IoT) broadcasting stations in Ho Chi Minh City, covering all 24 districts in the city. This makes the city the first one in Vietnam to be...

AI Helps Facebook to Map Nearly 500,000 Km of Thai Roads

Aug 1, 2019

In July 2019 it was revealed that Facebook mapped 300,000 miles (487,000 km) of previously unmapped roads in Thailand by using artificial intelligence (AI), making the results available to the public. According to Facebook, the project was completed in 18 months, less...