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Friday 4 July 2025
Malaysia-Singapore Special Economic Zone builds cross-border AI ecosystem amid sovereign tech race

As the global race to build "sovereign AI" gains momentum, Southeast Asia is carving out a strategic role in the next wave of digital infrastructure,...

Friday 4 July 2025
Acer Cyber Security to expand localized services in Southeast Asia with focus on Thailand
Acer Cyber Security Inc. announced plans to broaden its localized cybersecurity services across Southeast Asia in the second half of 2025, prioritizing Thailand as its key market...
Friday 4 July 2025
Acer Medical wins Singapore approval for AI bone density screening software
Acer Medical, a smart healthcare subsidiary of Acer Group, has secured market approval from Singapore's Health Science Authority (HSA) for its AI-assisted diagnostic software, VeriOsteo...
Friday 4 July 2025
Communication suppliers respond to Trump tariffs with cautious diversification
On June 2, US President Donald Trump announced a trade agreement imposing a 20% tariff on imports from Vietnam and a 40% tariff on transshipped products. The new tariffs have garnered...
Friday 4 July 2025
US-Vietnam tariff deal narrows gap, but transshipment rules remain a black box
US President Donald Trump has confirmed a preliminary tariff framework with Vietnam that lowers duties on Vietnamese exports to the US from 46% to 20%. However, the deal includes...
Friday 4 July 2025
Vietnam tariff deal triggers SEA jitters for Taiwan's PCB supply chain
Less than a week ahead of the tariff truce deadline, US President Donald Trump announced that the Commerce Department had struck a deal with Vietnam. Under the agreement, Vietnamese...
Friday 4 July 2025
Thailand moves to limit foreign workers at PCB plants amid trade tensions with China
Thailand plans to restrict foreign employment at manufacturing facilities to 70% local workers, targeting Chinese companies suspected of using the country to circumvent US import...
Friday 4 July 2025
Trump's Vietnam tariff deal eases some market uncertainty, but 40% transshipment clause raises new risks

President Donald Trump announced that the US has reached a new tariff agreement with Vietnam, lowering tariffs on Vietnamese exports...

Friday 4 July 2025
New US-Vietnam tariff pact prompts display makers to double down in Vietnam
On July 2, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced a tariff agreement with Vietnam. This agreement marks the first trade deal between the Trump administration and an Asian country,...
Friday 4 July 2025
Vietnam tariff negotiations mark Asia's first; optical industry acknowledges varied impact
Vietnam has become the first Asian country to complete reciprocal tariff negotiations with the US, with optical manufacturers including AOET and Ability operating production facilities...
Thursday 3 July 2025
Radiant merges three companies in two years to fuel meta-optics expansion
Radiant Opto-Electronics, a major manufacturer of backlight modules, acquired Finnish optics company Nanocomp in August 2023. Just over a year later, in September 2024, Radiant fully...
Thursday 3 July 2025
Trump Vietnam trade deal hits Chinese transshipment with higher tariff
US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping trade deal with Vietnam, proposing tariffs on Vietnamese and transshipped goods while securing zero-tariff access for American products,...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
VinFast opens second factory in Vietnam, plants in India and Indonesia to follow
VinFast has opened its second factory in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam, to ramp up compact EV production. The new facility will support the launch of models like the VF 3 and Minio Green,...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Thailand's 70% local hiring rule challenges Taiwanese PCB expansion
Taiwanese PCB manufacturers expanding in Thailand face a challenge as new government rules require foreign-invested firms to have at least 70% local employees and no more than 30%...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Taiwanese IC packaging and testing advances into Malaysia for auto and robotics
Since US President Donald Trump championed the "Made in America" initiative, technological competition between the US and China has intensified, rapidly escalating global geopolitical...