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NTT Launches Bangkok 2 Data Center as International Network Exchange Hub

Apr 2021 Thailand, ICT

Global technology services company NTT, in partnership with Japan Network Access Point (JPNAP) and Bangkok Neutral Internet eXchange (BKNIX), has unveiled its new Bangkok 2 ...

Microsoft to Spend USD 1 Billion on First Data Center Region in Malaysia

Apr 2021 Malaysia, ICT

Tech giant Microsoft Corporation has announced USD 1 billion investment in Malaysia under a new partnership program with the government agencies and local companies to ...

Converge ICT Solutions to Invest USD100M in Trans-Pacific Cable System

Apr 2021 Philippines, ICT

Local fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is investing USD 100 million (around PHP 5 billion) in the joint development of a cable landing system in the ...

Vietnam Launches Nationwide Online Booking Medical Service, Digital Startup Raises USD 1 Million

Apr 2021 Vietnam, Healthcare

The Ministry of Health has announced that Vietnam plans to activate a nationwide system for booking online medical examination and treatment from the 1st of July ...

Three Major Hospital Chains to Use Remote Cardiac Monitoring Services by US’ CB Scientific

Apr 2021 Thailand, Healthcare

Three major hospital chains in Thailand, namely Bangkok Hospital Nakon Ratchasima, Ramkhamhaeng Hospital, and Bangpakok9 Hospital, have agreed to use Remote Cardiac ...

NSG, Acclivis Sign Deal to Develop Genomic-Driven Healthcare in Singapore

Apr 2021 Singapore, Healthcare

New Silkroutes Group Limited (NSG), a Singaporean investment holding company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Acclivis Technologies and Solutions Pte. ...

Nexgram to Build a Medical Complex Valued at MYR 1.6 billion in Melaka State

Apr 2021 Malaysia, Healthcare

Malaysia's multinational conglomerate Nexgram Holdings announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Nexgram Biomedic Sdn Bhd is looking to develop a medical complex in ...

Good Doctor Technology Indonesia Launches Telemedicine App

Apr 2021 Indonesia, Healthcare

PT Good Doctor Technology Indonesia (GDTI) has officially launched its smartphone app in the Indonesian market, offering teleconsulting services, online medicine purchases, ...

Baguio City Leverages AI Technology for Covid-19 Response and Management

Apr 2021 Philippines, Healthcare

Japan-based global digital business and IT services provider NTT DATA and the local government of Baguio City announced the pilot implementation of NTT DATA Telemedicine App, ...

Vietnam to Build National Water Resource Monitoring System by 2030

Apr 2021 Vietnam, Environment

Vietnam has approved the master scheme on basic investigation on water resources through 2030 with a vision to 2050. In this context, the government plans to build a national ...

US Plastic Waste Imports in Malaysia Compliant With UN’s Basel Convention’s New Rules

Apr 2021 Malaysia, Environment

The Malaysian Ministry of Environment and Water has decided to accept the plastic waste imports from the United States that arrived in March, following the new rules of ...

Singapore Mulls New Reporting Framework to Enhance Food Waste Management

Apr 2021 Singapore, Environment

As part of Singapore’s push to become a zero-waste nation, Singapore is considering a reporting framework that would require large commercial and industrial firms to measure ...

Malaysian Manufacturer Signs Distributorship Agreement to Supply 200,000 E-Motorbikes

Apr 2021 Indonesia, Environment

Malaysian electric vehicles (EV) maker Tree Technologies Sdn Bhd (Treeletrik) has signed a partnership to supply 200,000 units of its 100% electric motorbikes to Indonesia ...

DM Consunji Begins Construction of Philippines’ Largest Water Reclamation Facility

Apr 2021 Philippines, Environment

D.M. Consunji Inc., the engineering and construction arm of DMCI Holdings, announced the commencement of construction of the Philippines’ largest water reclamation facility ...

Bangkok to Have New Waste-to-Energy Plants, Sweden Supports Plastic Footprint Reduction Project

Apr 2021 Thailand, Environment

Thailand's Metropolitan Energy Authority (MEA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with private firm Newsky Energy Thailand on co-investment arrangements for two new ...

South Korean Company to Build a Large LNG Power Plant in Vietnam

Apr 2021 Vietnam, Energy

In March 2021, South Korean company GS Energy confirmed that it will jointly invest in an LNG power plant in Long An Province of southern Vietnam with its strategic partner ...

Singapore’s Energy Market Authority Appoints ExxonMobil, Sembcorp New Term LNG Importers

Apr 2021 Singapore, Energy

To enhance competition, Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) has appointed ExxonMobil LNG Asia Pacific and Sembcorp Fuels (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. as the new term liquefied ...

Siam Gas and Petrochemical Plc to Build LNG Receiving Facility in Rayong

Apr 2021 Thailand, Energy

Siam Gas and Petrochemical Plc (SGP), Thailand's second-largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) trader by volume, is planning to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving ...

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