An estimated 70 million more people shopped online in six Southeast Asian countries since the pandemic began, according to a report from Facebook and Bain & Company. As governments encouraged peo…
Digital Economy
Combating Deforestation: Planet Partnership with the Government of Malaysia
Combating Deforestation: Planet Partnership with the Government of Malaysia Malaysia’s megadiverse ecosystems are home to thousands of species of flora and fauna that sustain the country’s envi…
Vietnam aims to connect 5 million farming households to e-commerce platforms
Vietnam looks to connect 5 million farming households to e-commerce platforms this year, which would create breakthroughs in the development of the digital economy in the agriculture sector, Deputy Mi…
Vietnam aims digital economy to represent 20 pct of GDP
Vietnam is in a hurry to catch up with the world in terms of digital economy in general and e-commerce in particular, according to Bloomberg. It wants its digital economy to account for 20 percent of …
Malaysia’s BigPay scores $100m investment
BigPay, the fintech arm of airline AirAsia, has secured an investment of up to US$100 million from South Korea’s SK Group. Founded in 2017, BigPay offers users in Malaysia and Singapore a digita…
MDEC aims to boost Malaysia’s digital economy with DIF5 by generating RM50bn worth of investments, and more
The five-year plan is also targeting to provide 50,000 high-value jobs in the MSC, Malaysia’s high-technology business district. To enhance Malaysia’s digital economy by 2025, the Malaysia Digital Eco…
Malaysia’s Maybank to implement $11.9 bln sustainable finance framework
Malaysia’s largest lender by assets, Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) (MBBM.KL), said on Monday it was committed to implementing a 50 billion ringgit ($11.88 billion) sustainable product framework …
TCS to help Malaysia in building a digital economy
IT firm to work with Human Resource Ministry of Malaysia India’s tech major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd. is working closely with the Malaysian government to help that country develop a digital…
Digital economy cooperation opens new doors
In October, Nguyen, a man in Vietnam who has the inherited blood disorder thalassemia, successfully booked an online appointment with a medical expert in China. The man, who only wanted to be known by…
Malaysia: Scalability in digital banking licence bid
BANK Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) offer of digital banking licences attracted applications from 29 consortiums at the end of June, six months after the central bank released its Licensing Framework for Dig…