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Danantara And Jakarta Sign USD 1 Billion Waste-to-Energy MOU As Bantargebang Landfill Reaches Crisis Point

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Danantara and Jakarta signed a USD 1 billion MOU on May 4 to develop waste-to-energy plants at Bantargebang and Kamal Muara.

AirTrunk’s MYR12 Billion Johor Expansion Brings Total Malaysia Commitment To USD6.8 Billion

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AirTrunk's new Johor campuses will use 100% recycled water for cooling, an increasingly material criterion as Malaysia tightens data centre approvals on power and water use.

Singapore Overtakes South Korea As Vietnam’s Top Investor In Q1 2026

Metropolitan Asia -
Vietnam's FTSE Russell upgrade to Emerging Market status arrives in September. Its FDI data suggests institutional interest is already building ahead of that date.

Indonesia Cuts LPG And Resin Tariffs To Zero As Hormuz Naphtha Shock Reaches Packaging Shelves

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Indonesia zeroed out LPG and plastic resin duties after naphtha prices surged up to 100 percent, linking the Hormuz crisis directly to packaging costs.

Indonesia’s Energy Minister Defends Coal While Piloting CNG To Replace The Household LPG Cylinder

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Indonesia consumes 8.6 million tonnes of LPG annually but produces only 1.7 million tonnes domestically. The 6.9-million-tonne import gap is now a national energy security problem.

Japan, China, South Korea, ASEAN Affirm Cooperation Over Middle East

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Economic leaders are working together to monitor and address emerging risks.

MAS Launches Cross-Bank AI Pilot To Catch Scams Before Funds Are Lost

Metropolitan Asia -
The Singapore Police Force is part of the MAS scam detection POV. Law enforcement case data on confirmed mule accounts may be the critical ground-truth layer that bank data alone cannot provide.

Western Union Deploys Dollar Stablecoin To Replace SWIFT Agent Settlement

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USDPT integrates into Western Union's existing SWIFT reporting via MT940 format translation. Legacy finance and blockchain settlement are now running in the same stack.

Singapore Forms Tripartite Jobs Council To Manage AI Workforce Disruption

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High implementation costs and lack of in-house expertise are the top two barriers to AI adoption for Singapore's smaller firms, according to the MOM survey. Both are now targets of government intervention.

Viettel Post Named FedEx National Network Provider Across Vietnam

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Vietnam's small and medium enterprises stand to benefit directly from the FedEx and Viettel Post partnership, which expands access to 220 international markets.
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