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Vietnam Nuclear Law And Russian Deal Align On 2030 Grid Needs

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The Ninh Thuan 1 agreement uses Leningrad NPP-2 as its reference design, a VVER-1200 reactor Rosatom has already deployed in five countries.
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VietJet And Vietnam Airlines Raise Surcharges As Jet A-1 Prices Hit USD 230 Per Barrel

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Prime Minister Chinh's Moscow visit produced oil and gas cooperation deals, a Novatek LNG preliminary supply agreement, and a nuclear power plant deal with Rosatom.
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Japan Trains Foreign Workers For Railway Maintenance

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The training provides foreign workers with skills needed in Japan’s railway industry.
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Hong Leong Islamic Bank Rebrands As HLB Islamic And Launches Hayat Wealth Stewardship Proposition

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HLB Islamic frames wealth management not as individual transactions but as a Shariah-guided lifecycle journey grounded in Maqasid al-Shariah principles.
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‘Big Dawgs’ Hitmaker Hanumankind Set For April 2026 Asia Tour, Including Hong Kong

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Hanumankind turns viral momentum into a live experience, expanding his reach across major Asian cities.
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HSBC Shareholders Respond As AI Job Cut Report Sends Hong Kong Shares Lower

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HSBC shares dropped 2.2% in Hong Kong trading on March 19 after the Bloomberg workforce review report was published.
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Vietnam PM Pham Minh Chinh Accelerates E10 Bioethanol Rollout To April 2026 Amid Hormuz Supply Crisis

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The Politburo issued its energy security conclusion the day after PM Chinh's E10 directive. This is a top-level state priority.
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Peak Energy Acquires Nearly 10 MW Singapore Rooftop Solar Portfolio From Maiora Renewable Energy

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Peak Energy is in advanced VPPA discussions with Singapore industrial and commercial buyers. The Hormuz-driven LNG shock of early 2026 has materially shortened the sales cycle for these contracts.
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Thailand’s New Parliament Opens As DPPA Scheme And Power Development Plan Await Government Formation

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Energy Minister Auttapol Rerkpiboon is a former PTT CEO managing both the Hormuz LNG emergency and the structural backlog of the PDP and DPPA. The incoming government inherits both problems at once.
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Grab Holdings Reports First Full-Year Net Profit As Financial Services Revenue Surges 37 Percent

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Grab authorized a USD 500 million share repurchase program, a signal that capital priorities are shifting.
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Vietnam Supplies Laos 50 Million Litres Of Fuel As Thailand Cuts Exports 25 Percent

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Thailand kept Laos on the exemption list but cut volumes by 25 percent. Mutual energy dependency was the reason stated, not goodwill.
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ASEAN Ministers Warn Of Energy Inflation As IEA Releases Record 400 Million Barrels

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ASEAN ministers flagged the ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement as a tool that may be fast-tracked. The framework allows members to supply fuel to neighbors facing shortages.
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MT Dapeng Princess Delivers Fifth LNG Cargo To Yangon, Sustaining 500 MW Of Industrial Power

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Diesel hoarding warnings and an LNG cargo arrived in Myanmar on the same day, signaling pressure on two fuel chains simultaneously.
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Singapore Exchange To Launch Asian Government Bond Futures As CEO Confirms Imminent Rollout

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India's bond market inclusion in the JPMorgan index has drawn US$21 billion in foreign inflows. SGX's new futures will let global investors manage that exposure on-exchange.
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Indonesia And Japan Sign Memorandum Of Cooperation On Critical Minerals And Nuclear Energy

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Critical minerals and nuclear energy cooperation now anchor the Indonesia-Japan bilateral agenda at IPEM 2026.
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New Bird Species Found In Japan For First Time In 45 Years

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The discovery was made in collaboration with Japan’s Yamashina Institute for Ornithology.
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How Kredivo Group’s Purchase Of Timo Redraws The Lines Between Lending And Banking In Vietnam

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Kredivo gains what most BNPL players lack: a licensed digital bank in a fast-growing Southeast Asian market.
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2C2P Extends Southeast Asian Airline Payments Footprint With Sun PhuQuoc Airways Integration Via M-PAY

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A single integration covering over 250 payment methods: how 2C2P is supporting Sun PhuQuoc Airways' booking experience in Vietnam.
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Lao Prime Minister’s Office Orders 10 Percent EV Fleet Requirement For Transport Companies By End-2026

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1,061 of Laos' 2,538 registered fuel stations were closed as of March 11. In Xieng Khouang Province, over 79% of stations shut. Rural energy access in landlocked economies carries structural risk.
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Indonesia’s Second-Mover Nuclear Strategy: Leveraging Japanese Expertise While Awaiting NEPIO Establishment

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The MoC creates no legally binding obligations. JBIC and NEXI financing are referenced as contingent on due diligence. The gap between signed agreements and commercially operational projects in the AZEC framework is a documented pattern.
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British Airways Bets On Kuala Lumpur As Its Gateway To Australia In 2027

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Four cabin classes including First will operate on British Airways' new Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne flights.
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How Doing Nothing Strategically Separates Builders From Earners

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The people designing your feeds are not bored. They have carefully protected their thinking time. You are the product of their uninterrupted focus.
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EBANX Opens Singapore APAC Headquarters As MAS-Licensed Payment Firm Reports 48% Annual Growth

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EBANX projects 30% payment volume growth from APAC in 2026, citing strong merchant demand for access to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa.
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Singapore Airlines And Cathay Pacific Emerge As Structural Winners As Gulf Hub Network Collapses

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Thai Airways quietly benefits from the crisis because its European routes were never built around Iranian or Israeli airspace. Sometimes the legacy network design turns out to be the most resilient one when geopolitics redraw the map overnight.
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Qantas Suspends Perth–London Nonstop As Gulf Airspace Crisis Forces Singapore Reroute

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The Perth–London non-stop was launched in 2018 as a symbol of ultra-long-haul ambition. It is now a two-leg service via Singapore with a flight number change and three extra hours. The same aircraft, the same passengers, a completely different route architecture — because of a conflict it had no part in.
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Mastercard Move And Bank Of Shanghai Enable Bi-Directional Cross-Border Payment Flows Between China And Global Markets

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Two announcements in two days: Mastercard launched its APAC SME commerce suite on March 11, followed by the Bank of Shanghai integration on March 12, part of a coordinated regional payments strategy.
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Cherry Trees Begin To Blossom In Japan This Season

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The blooming of cherry trees marks a seasonal transition and a celebrated time across Japan.
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DBS Expands SecureFX FX Rate-Locking Tool To All Corporate Customers In Singapore

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DBS became the first Singapore bank to offer SMEs FX rate-locking in March 2025. One year later, the service is now available to all corporate customers in the country.
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USD 107 Billion In South Asian LNG Infrastructure At Risk As Coal Pivot Deepens Investor Hesitancy

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Wood Mackenzie's full-year estimate: Asian LNG imports fall from a forecast 12.4 million tonnes to approximately 5 million tonnes in 2026. That is not demand management. That is demand destruction.
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No IEA Members In Southeast Asia: How The Region Absorbs An Oil Crisis Without Reserve Obligations

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The IEA's emergency mechanism covers crude oil. It covers nothing for the 20 percent of global LNG supply also blocked by the Hormuz closure.
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From Net Loss To Clean Energy Play: Cape EMS Returns To Profit As CEB 2.0 Takes Shape

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The AIDC Taiwan collaboration, signed in March 2025, gives Cape Renewables access to industrial-grade technology frameworks for microgrid deployment and EV infrastructure across Southeast Asia. It is the technical backbone behind the March 16 expansion announcement.
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Six Holds And A Pivot: Bank Indonesia’s Formal Break With Its 2025 Easing Posture

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Moody's in February. Fitch in March. Now a formal pivot in Bank Indonesia's forward guidance. Indonesia's policy credibility story is the most consequential emerging market narrative in Southeast Asia right now.
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Japan Starts Releasing Oil Reserves

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Authorities in Japan began releasing oil reserves to cushion the impact of disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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From BNPL To Full-Stack Banking: Kredivo Group’s Expanding Ambitions In Vietnam

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The Timo brand survives under Kredivo Group ownership, with card-based payment products to follow in phase two of a structured integration plan.
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BSP Capital Thresholds And Salmon Bank’s Path To A Broader Banking Licence

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Salmon Group has now committed PHP 1.3 billion to its Philippine banking subsidiary, signaling long-term confidence in the country's digital banking market.
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EBANX’s Singapore HQ Is The Culmination Of A Decade-Long APAC Infrastructure Build

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EBANX projects 30% TPV growth in APAC in 2026, driven by merchants expanding into Latin America and Africa through its emerging markets payment rails.
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Strait Of Hormuz Closure Exposes Philippines Grid’s Structural Dependence On Imported LNG

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With imported LNG now priced at more than double the cost of Malampaya gas, the Philippines faces a near-term choice between fuel substitution and emergency market intervention ahead of the dry season demand peak.
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Hai Phong To Become Southeast Asia’s First HVDC Transformer Production Hub Under GE Vernova Investment

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Six 9HA.02 turbines and six H78 generators across three Vietnamese LNG plants, each targeting 1.6 GW by 2030. GE Vernova's Hanoi summit produced the company's most concentrated equipment commitments in Vietnam to date.
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Thunes Appoints Guy Duncan As CTPO And Parvinder Bhatia As CFO To Accelerate AI-Driven Global Payments Expansion

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Thunes pairs a technology transformation mandate with a financially disciplined CFO profile as a precondition for global scale.
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Vietnam Issues Emergency Fuel Import Tax Decree and Deploys Price Stabilisation Fund Amid Global Oil Supply Crisis

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Hoarding was documented in multiple Vietnamese border provinces within days of the March 7 price increase. The government's explicit prohibition signals the informal market moved faster than the regulatory framework.
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ShopeePay Integrates With Alipay+ To Launch First Cross-Border QR Payment Feature For Singapore Users

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ShopeePay joins OCBC and EZ-Link in the Alipay+ ecosystem, raising the bar for Singapore wallet interoperability.
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IFC Invests USD40 Million In Malaysia’s Zetrix AI Berhad To Expand Blockchain And AI Public Infrastructure Across ASEAN

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Zetrix AI's expansion into Indonesia and the Philippines is set to accelerate with IFC's global government network behind it.
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Singapore Gulf Bank Expands SGB Net To Include Regulated Stablecoin Settlement Powered By Fireblocks Infrastructure

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Singapore Gulf Bank joins the Fireblocks Network for Payments, connecting it to global stablecoin payment flows across 100 countries.
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Vietnam Records Highest January–February FDI Disbursement In Five Years, Led By South Korea And Singapore

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Vietnam licensed 620 new foreign investment projects in two months, with average project scale continuing to rise.
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Sunway Healthcare Holdings Berhad IPO Retail Tranche Closes 5.57 Times Oversubscribed Ahead Of March 18 Bursa Malaysia Debut

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Sunway Healthcare will debut on March 18 with a market cap of approximately RM16.68 billion. How it trades against IHH and KPJ in the first sessions will set the pricing reference for every healthcare capital markets transaction in Southeast Asia for the rest of 2026.
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Southeast Asia Faces Compounded Heat And Energy Supply Risk As ASMC Flags Above-Normal Temperatures Through May 2026

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An energy analyst says the industry is back in gas crisis territory with fewer demand buffers left than 2022.
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Singapore EMA Warns Of Higher Electricity Tariffs After Qatar LNG Halt

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Most Singapore households on fixed contracts are shielded for now, but contract renewals are at risk.
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Bank Indonesia’s PBI 10/2025: What Every Payment Provider Must Do Before April 30

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Indonesia's payment sector enters a new regulatory era on March 31. Bank Indonesia's PBI 10/2025 consolidates licensing, introduces TIKMI, and requires all providers to file their first business plans by April 30.
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DBS Bank Activates 12-Hour Cooling Period For High-Risk Transactions Starting March 7

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DBS Bank activated a 12-hour cooling period on March 7 for adding payees, raising transfer limits, and updating contact details. Singapore's three major local banks now enforce the same safeguard.
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LHoFT And ADB Ventures Launch NextFin Asia Fund For ASEAN Financial Inclusion Fintechs

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The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology and ADB Ventures have launched the NextFin Asia Fund, providing direct investment to ASEAN fintech startups for the first time through the Catapult: Inclusion SE Asia programme.
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