by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 13, 2023 | ASEAN, Economy, Southeast Asia, Technology
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are now drafting the ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics, which is expected to be released in early 2024. Singapore, the 2024 rotating chair of the ASEAN Digital Ministers Meeting, is leading...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 4, 2023 | Vietnam, Technology
AI tools have taken the world by storm, and Vietnam is no exception. “Vietnamese users respond to ChatGPT relatively well. This can also serve as a welcome signal for the AI development and application story in Vietnam,” said Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyễn Xuân Hoài,...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 17, 2023 | Business, Cambodia, News, Technology, Thailand, Travel
The Bank of Thailand and the National Bank of Cambodia have started facilitating convenient and secure payments between the two countries. Thai tourists can now make purchases from Cambodian merchants using cross-border QR through the mobile banking apps of Thai banks...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 16, 2023 | ASEAN, Lifestyle, Southeast Asia, Technology
Video-sharing app TikTok will invest “billions of dollars” in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia over the next few years as it seeks to expand its functions beyond entertainment in its quest to become a relevant business tool in the region....
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 1, 2023 | Indonesia, Technology
Indonesia is becoming a battleground for the batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) as a major Chinese company and its local partner gear up to build Indonesia’s first electric bus and lorry assembly facility. The competition is between the longer-range...
