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Electricité Du Laos Signs 27-Partner Electric Truck MOU Amid National Fuel Crisis

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Laos signed an electric truck MOU with 27 partners as fuel prices doubled and filling stations closed nationwide.
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Zero Carbon Analytics: Southeast Asia’s Gas-to-Coal Switch Raises Costs, Not Security

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Solar is already cheaper than coal in 7 of 10 ASEAN states. The energy crisis is proving what LCOE data already showed.
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OKX Ventures And HashKey Capital Invest In Vietnam’s CAEX To Enter Regulated Crypto Pilot

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OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital are investing in Vietnam's CAEX exchange to help it meet a $380 million capital requirement for the country's regulated crypto pilot.
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Malaysia Leads Developing Southeast Asia At 23rd Globally As Milken Institute Releases 2026 Investment Rankings

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Malaysia ranks 23rd globally in the Milken Institute's 2026 investment index, leading all developing Southeast Asian economies across nearly every assessment category.
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Japanese PM Takaichi Seeks 1-Year Timeline For Constitutional Amendment Proposal

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The proposed timeline underscores the administration’s push to accelerate constitutional reform efforts.
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HVS Launches First Pier Expansion In 30 Years As Korean Shipbuilder Eyes 23-Vessel Annual Target

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HD Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding turns 30 this year, marking the milestone with a pier groundbreaking and a decade-end capacity target of 23 ships annually.
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Radisson’s Southeast Asia Push: Indonesia And Malaysia Lead The Expansion Agenda

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Radisson Blu Resort Dong Mo Lake Hanoi enters the confirmed pipeline as the group commits further to Vietnam's resort segment.
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Circle Internet Group Expands Stablecoin Settlement Infrastructure To Singapore With Payouts API Launch

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CPN Managed Payments is composable: institutions start fully managed and can gradually take ownership of stablecoin infrastructure as readiness grows.
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Mastercard Deploys Authenticated AI Payment Infrastructure Across Asia Pacific Markets

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Mastercard's Singapore AI Centre of Excellence will be its largest innovation hub in Asia Pacific, anchoring governance for agent-initiated payments across the region.
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IJM Shareholders Reject Sunway’s RM11 Billion Offer

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Announced deal value and realised deal value are different things. Malaysia's minority shareholders proved that on April 6.
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Malaysia Airlines Reopens The Fukuoka Corridor Two Decades After Suspension

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Malaysia Airlines opens daily Shenzhen and Changsha services from July, ahead of peak travel season and aligned with Visit Malaysia 2026 targets.
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How MoMo Went From Mobile Top-Ups To A USD2 Billion Super App Seeking New Capital

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From US$200 million raised in 2021 to a potential above-US$2 billion raise in 2026, MoMo's trajectory mirrors Vietnam's digital finance growth curve.
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Finastra And Marketnode Deploy AI To Cut Loan Onboarding From Hours To Minutes

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AI in corporate lending is moving from credit scoring into back-office operations. The Finastra-Marketnode deal marks that shift inside the Loan IQ platform.
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Malaysia’s Hormuz Carve-Out: One Vessel Through, Six Still Waiting

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The Ocean Thunder transited the Iranian-controlled northern corridor, not standard commercial lanes, carrying Basrah Heavy crude to Pengerang refinery.
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PT Pertamina Confirmed Ready As Indonesia Moves B50 Biodiesel To Mandatory Status

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Agriculture Minister Sulaiman confirmed 3.5 million tons of CPO have been earmarked for B50, drawn from Indonesia's 60% share of the global CPO market.
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Hormuz Shock Sharpens Malaysia’s Case For Nuclear Energy As Long-Term Supply Buffer

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Malaysia holds civil nuclear partnership agreements with the United States, Russia, and China, preserving multiple technology and regulatory options.
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Bank Rakyat’s RM3.85 Million In BNM Fines Over Seven Months Signals Systemic Compliance Gaps

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BNM publicly disclosed the January 2026 fine only in April, raising questions about how quickly Malaysian regulators communicate enforcement outcomes to the market.
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Thailand Virtual Bank Race Intensifies As SCBX Forms Dedicated BankX Bank Subsidiary

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WeBank Technology Services brings AI infrastructure built for hundreds of millions of users to BankX Bank, giving the Thailand venture institutional-scale capabilities at launch.
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Transnusa Opens Jakarta To Lombok Direct Service

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TransNusa Airlines launches twice-daily Jakarta to Lombok service on April 17, 2026, opening 14 weekly connections to one of Indonesia's fastest-growing island destinations.
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Indonesia And South Korea Seal US$10.2 Billion Investment Package In Seoul

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Indonesia and South Korea signed US$10.2 billion in investment agreements on April 1, spanning solar, steel, batteries, and data infrastructure.
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Dash Joins Western Union’s Global Network After Regulatory Approvals Clear

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Western Union's 200-country remittance network can now be accessed from within a locally embedded Singapore wallet platform.
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Bank Negara Malaysia Grants Airwallex E-Money And Class A Approvals For Full Launch

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Airwallex's Malaysia milestone adds to 107 percent revenue growth in Singapore, reinforcing its Southeast Asia expansion momentum.
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Pope Leo Calls For Peace, Renewal In His 1st Easter Mass Message

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Addressing over 50,000 devotees, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the importance of peace and spiritual renewal.
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Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Declares State Of Local Emergency As Fuel Supply Collapses

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Bongao, Tawi-Tawi declared a state of local emergency on April 1 after both of its gasoline stations ran dry — a supply failure driven by the collapse of its informal cross-border fuel chain from Sabah, Malaysia.
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Singapore’s HCMC: What The Activation Of The City-State’s Highest Crisis Mechanism Signals

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Singapore activated its highest crisis governance body on April 2 to coordinate its national response to the global energy crunch.
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Danantara Opens Second Waste-to-Energy Tender After China Wins Phase One

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Danantara opened its second waste-to-energy registration round weeks after Chinese firms won Phase One contracts worth nearly USD 600 million.
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DBS Bank Suffers First Digital Outage Of 2026 As MAS Engages On Root Cause

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DBS Bank services went down for 90 minutes on March 19, 2026, affecting mobile banking, PayNow, and PayLah across Singapore.
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Ripple Treasury Unifies Fiat And Digital Assets In Single Enterprise Platform

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Ripple Treasury now lets CFOs manage XRP and RLUSD alongside cash in a single enterprise dashboard.
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Bank Indonesia And Bank Of Korea Launch QRIS Cross-Border Payment Corridor

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Bank Indonesia and the Bank of Korea launched QRIS cross-border payments on April 1, 2026, eliminating currency conversion for users in both countries.
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Vietnam’s MDP Enters National Payment Infrastructure Race With 22 Bank Partners And Visa

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MDP focuses on switching and clearing at the infrastructure layer, not consumer wallets, positioning it as a direct NAPAS rival for institutional traffic.
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Malaysia E-Payment Growth Outpaces Blueprint Target For Third Consecutive Year

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Bank Negara Malaysia is advancing work on CBDC, tokenised deposits, and ringgit stablecoins in 2026, with a regulatory framework for digital assets under development.
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Malaysia Formalizes Regulator-Industry Co-Creation For Shariah-Compliant Capital Products

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FIKRALab targets innovators, financial institutions, academia, and technology providers through annual structured cohort cycles.
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The Chairman Reclaims Asia’s Best Restaurant Crown As Hong Kong Dominates The 2026 Rankings

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The Chairman in Hong Kong reclaims Asia's Best Restaurant title for 2026, its second time at the top since its historic 2021 win.
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G-7 Vows To Take All Necessary Steps For Energy Market Stability

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Authorities are prepared to respond to emerging challenges affecting energy availability.
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VinEnergo And FLC Lead Wave of Capital Into Vietnam’s Newly Enlarged Gia Lai Province

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Vietnam's Gia Lai province approved US$32 billion across 273 investment projects at its 2026 Investment Promotion Conference on March 28.
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Japan’s METI Signals Expanded Malaysia Investment Drive In Semiconductors, Data Centres, And AI

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Japan's METI confirmed plans to expand investment in Malaysia's semiconductor, data centre, and AI sectors at a Kuala Lumpur bilateral event on March 29.
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Nium’s Stablecoin Card Platform Targets Enterprise Deployment Gap

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Nium launched a stablecoin card platform connecting digital dollar balances to Visa and Mastercard merchant networks globally.
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Tazapay Raises USD36 Million To Scale Emerging Market Payment Rails

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Tazapay closed a $36 million Series B extension led by Circle Ventures to scale cross-border payment rails globally.
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From Aspiration To Policy: ASEAN’s Nuclear Moment Arrives Under Pressure

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Five ASEAN nations are formally committing to nuclear power as the Hormuz closure makes imported fuel a structural liability.
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Thailand’s Fuel Export Carve-Outs Reveal Cross-Border Power Dependencies

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Thailand's oil export ban has two exceptions: Laos and Myanmar. Both are tied to Thailand's own power grid, not aid.
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Japan Begins 1st Release Of State Oil Reserves In 4 Years

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Authorities highlighted the importance of maintaining energy security during geopolitical tensions.
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D&L Industries Stays Optimistic Despite Middle East Supply Risks

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The company remains cautiously optimistic as global tensions disrupt supply chains, relying on past experience and strategic measures to navigate uncertainty in the current Middle East crisis.
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How Malaysia Is Bringing Crypto Exposure Into Its Main Market

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Bursa Malaysia has issued a public consultation on rules to allow digital currency ETF listings, following a Securities Commission framework revision in early March 2026.
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Mastercard Launches Crypto Partner Program With 85-Plus Firms

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Mastercard launched its Crypto Partner Program on March 11, 2026, uniting more than 85 firms across blockchain, payments, and banking.
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Philippine National Bank’s Property Spinoff Wins Regulatory Green Light At PHP 56 Billion Valuation

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The SEC has cleared PNB Holdings Corp. for PSE listing at a PHP 56.32 billion valuation.
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Vietnam Stock Market Hits 11.6 Million Investor Accounts As Regulators Push For Deeper Institutional Participation

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Vietnam's securities regulator held its annual development conference on March 20, 2026, as the country's FTSE emerging market upgrade approaches.
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Jetstar Airways Opens Melbourne Avalon’s First International Route with Bali Service

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Jetstar Airways inaugurates Bali flights from Melbourne Avalon, opening regional Victoria's first international air corridor.
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MAS Releases Practical AI Risk Handbook For Banks, Insurers, And Capital Market Firms

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With agentic AI entering financial services, the MindForge toolkit addresses governance gaps that existing frameworks were not designed to cover.
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FOMO Pay AI Soundbox Merges Card, QR, And On-Chain Payments At The Point Of Sale

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With its DPT licence and Elliptic integration, FOMO Pay sets a compliance benchmark for stablecoin point-of-sale payments in Southeast Asia.
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Battery Storage Investment Stalls Without Market Frameworks, FESSIA Warns

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Power system planners across Southeast Asia were trained on predictable fossil fuel generation. FESSIA argues that mindset must change as variable renewables expand.
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