Vietnam stories
Manufacturers in Southeast Asia and India will gain local help with MES rollouts as the firms target faster deployments and factory modernisation.
Rent is the main pressure point in Vancouver and Toronto, where housing takes up most monthly outgoings despite mid-table overall living costs.
The move will centralise HR across Japfa's Indonesian units as the agri-food group seeks more consistent processes and better workforce visibility.
Marketers risk misreading APAC growth as install gains slowed in gaming and retention weakened, even as finance and payments adoption lifted some markets.
Government contracts have helped the UK edtech group reach 5 million active users, while test scores in Brazil have risen 32.5 per cent.
Partners across Asia Pacific will gain broader access to IBM products and support as Tech Data adds six markets to its regional network.
The partnership could speed enterprise adoption of OpenAI tools as FPT adds frontier models to cybersecurity, software development and workflow systems.
Payroll errors and delays should ease for Aurecon after it replaced local systems with Ramco's managed service across seven Asian markets.
MBV customers in Vietnam will gain quicker overseas transfers without a costly systems overhaul as TerraPay opens access to 156 markets.
Hong Kong users of Hang Seng's mobile app can now pay abroad through Alipay+, widening access to merchants in more than 55 markets.
Users across Asia-Pacific will gain access to AI music, voice and sound tools on eligible HP consumer PCs as the partnership rolls out regionally.
Unresolved fraud is eroding confidence in Southeast Asia's digital economy, with scam victims often switching providers after losses.
Most of Southeast Asia's biggest firms still leave customers exposed to spoofed emails, with only 17% enforcing the strictest DMARC setting.
Singapore captured 82.5% of Southeast Asia's blockchain funding as the sector's annual deal count fell sharply from its 2022 peak.
Rising acquisition costs are pushing shopping app marketers to lean more on paid channels as Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia outpace global growth.
Investment is shifting beyond Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City as transport links and industrial growth redraw Vietnam's property map.
Vietnamese customers and small firms will gain faster overseas transfers as HDBank taps TerraPay to reach 156 markets without overhauling systems.
Shoppers at Central Retail Vietnam can now earn points and lower prices across multiple brands, with the scheme signing up 5.8 million members.
A quarter of Southeast Asian shoppers now use generative AI, but friends, family and online reviews still carry more weight at checkout.
Vietnam's expanding air cargo market could give Sun Phu Quoc Airways an early edge as it builds freight operations around new digital systems.