12-11-2023 21:43
On November 10, Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Solar Vietnam Pte Ltd, has reached an agreement to acquire majority interests ranging from 73 per cent to 100 per cent in various subsidiaries of Gelex Group Joint Stock Company (Gelex).
09-11-2023 11:58
Learning from the development of the open innovation ecosystem model in Finland, the US, Singapore, and South Korea, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is encouraging corporations to connect international resources to allow startups, research institutes, and universities to innovate. Pham Hong Quat, director general of the National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Development (NATEC), spoke to VIR’s Bich Thuy about these efforts.
08-11-2023 16:25
The Singaporean intergrated resort operator Marina Bay Sands (MBS) announced on November 7 that a recent cyberattack has affected personal data of 650,000 members of its Sands LifeStyle rewards programme.
03-11-2023 10:00
Forty youth leaders from 10 ASEAN states gathered for the fifth edition of the ASEAN Youth Fellowship (AYF) from October 28 to November 4. The programme seeks to grow and connect emerging young leaders with a focus on public, private, and people sector collaboration.
03-11-2023 09:58
The Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) announced the Qatar-Singapore Joint Innovation Challenge (QSJIC) on November 2 as part of their participation at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH 2023) that was held in Singapore from October 31 to November 2.
02-11-2023 12:11
Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) launched the fifth edition of the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC) on October 31 to catalyse innovative collaborations between industry players, promising startups, and small- and-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the sustainability space.
02-11-2023 11:40
On October 31, Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) announced the addition of three new Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) nodes in Mumbai, Melbourne, and Sydney. The move aims to facilitate the expansion of Singaporean tech startups in India and Australia while driving innovative collaborations.
31-10-2023 14:00
The Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) 2023 opened on October 31, highlighting the transformative power of AI and advances in net-zero technologies.
31-10-2023 12:23
Regulators in Singapore, Japan, the UK and Switzerland are planning asset tokenisation tests for fixed income, foreign exchange and asset management products, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) reported on October 30.
30-10-2023 09:00
The number of retrenchments and unemployed residents in Singapore rose in the third quarter of 2023 as a weaker economic outlook dragged down sectors such as wholesale trade, according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)'s statistics.
27-10-2023 18:20
Several investment funds, including heavyweights like the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and KKR, are maintaining their substantial holdings in Vinhomes.
27-10-2023 16:44
The Spotlight Singapore in Vietnam 2023 event marked a half-century of diplomatic relations, emphasising the nurturing of young entrepreneurs and addressing the complexities of cross-cultural business environments.
25-10-2023 09:53
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) on October 24 announced that it has given tentative approval for plans to import 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of primarily wind-generated electricity from Vietnam.
24-10-2023 15:34
Vietnam will be exporting 1.2GW of low-carbon electricity, mostly from wind power, to Singapore.
24-10-2023 11:37
Protos Labs, a Singapore-based cyber risk management company, has wrapped up a seed round funding of nearly $2.2 and plans to venture into Vietnam.