Lionel Lim

Lionel Lim

ASSISTANT EDITOR, BT GLOBAL

Total retail sales of goods and consumer services in Vietnam surged 12.9% year on year in the first six months of 2026.

Consumer spending can be an important pillar for Vietnam in hunt for double-digit growth

Ben King, Google’s managing director for Singapore, says the company wants to “be part of the fabric of how a country moves forward”.

Tech chief betting on a ‘clear North Star’ and ‘deep care’ to drive Google’s Apac solutions 

From left: Amity’s AI Research & Application Center chair Touchapon Kraisingkorn; founder and executive chair Korawad Chearavanont; and group CEO Keng Teik Koay.

Thai tech startup Amity to use Singapore as a hub for its global expansion ambitions

UMC unveiled a new advanced fab expansion in Singapore in 2025. It is one of the many semiconductor firms that have invested in the city-state in recent years.

Chip players in Singapore ride AI wave to bump up investments in semiconductor ecosystem

Amar Babu, president of Lenovo Asia-Pacific, says that the company is currently only in the first year of what he sees as a decade-long opportunity for it to capitalise on the AI wave.

Asia-Pacific contributing ‘reasonable part’ of Lenovo’s US$21 billion AI server pipeline

Thapanee Techajareonvikul, CEO and president of Berli Jucker, sees Vietnam as an important growth enginee for BJC, which has traditionally been heavily invested in Thailand.
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Scaling Berli Jucker’s retail empire – daughter of Thai beer billionaire seeks growth outside home country

Mynt's IPO has been mooted since late 2023, and a successful listing could provide some positivity for the Philippine Stock Exchange.

GCash parent Mynt moves closer to Philippine IPO with board approval

Monday.com's Chris Jordan says that the company's Singapore office will be a base for it to drive growth from South-east Asia, North-east Asia and subsequently India. 

AI work platform Monday.com to use Singapore as its second Asia-Pacific HQ

Stripe's head of global product Abhinav Tiwari said that being in Singapore will help Stripe better serve its clients in the region.

Stripe moves head of global product to Singapore to drive Asia-Pacific growth