Asia-Pacific

Why copper is becoming Asia’s next AI bottleneck

2026-08-20T10:01:34.000Z
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The Financial Action Task Force says Vietnam still needs to address deficiencies in 10 broad areas, including the regulation of virtual assets and virtual-asset service providers.

Vietnam rushes to pilot regulated crypto market as pressure from global watchdog builds

2026-08-19T04:24:03.000Z
Why is Apac poised to become such a significant market for aviation?

Asia-Pacific aviation: is up really the only way?

2026-08-17T21:00:00.000Z
Asian investors and central banks who used to focus on US dollar debt are now also turning to Australian and Hong Kong dollars and even euros, said an expert.
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‘Dim sum’, ‘panda’, ‘kangaroo’: Why foreign borrowers are flocking to Asia-Pacific bond markets

2026-08-17T04:07:46.000Z
The VN-Index has fallen nearly 9% in the last three months, and is down over 3% in the year to date, after surging more than 40% in 2025.

Tepid investor interest a dampener on Vietnam’s strong IPO pipeline

2026-08-16T23:00:00.000Z
FuriosaAI co-founder and CEO June Paik with a Furiosa RNGD card. The South Korean firm, founded in 2017, is one of the few startups in Asia to have secured production for its advanced AI chips.

What’s stopping Asia’s chipmakers from taking on Nvidia? The answer lies in this bottleneck

2026-08-16T08:41:00.000Z
Jiang Kai, president of Cosco Shipping International (Singapore), believes that growing trade flows to South-east Asia will boost integrated logistics demand in the region.
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Cosco Shipping eyes South-east Asia investments to power growth

2026-08-16T04:00:00.000Z
Marcelo Kaiser, chief operating officer of aviation for Aviareps, says: “There is no successful air hub without a strong national carrier behind it.”

To become major hubs, South-east Asia’s new airports need strong national carriers

2026-08-13T23:00:00.000Z
Vietnam is Asean’s second-largest trading economy by goods turnover, with merchandise trade hitting a record US$930 billion in 2025.

Three bets behind Vietnam’s three-hub free-trade-zone network

2026-08-12T03:41:05.000Z
Handled passively, satellite connectivity becomes a service that the telco distributes, while somebody else sets the economics.

When every phone becomes a satellite phone, what happens to Asia’s telcos?

2026-08-04T23:00:00.000Z