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29-Aug-18 Millions of Indonesians have recently opened a bank account for the first time thanks to companies like Go-Jek. Smartphone adoption and e-payment apps are penetrating Indonesia's unbanked population on a scale that banks have never achieved. [image: Akira Kodaka / Nikkei Asian Review]
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24-Aug-18 Work has been completed on 2,000 kilometres of new roads, seven major bridges and a container terminal servicing the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in Cambodia. All these initiatives have largely been backed by the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. [image: Shutterstock_HKTDC]
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22-Aug-18 Vingroup, Vietnam’s biggest private sector company, plans to expand into artificial intelligence, software and big data and set up a tech hub in Hanoi. Vingroup aims to become "an international-standard technology-industry-service conglomerate" by 2028. [image: Financial Times]
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20-Aug-18 With drastically changing demographics set to transform many Asian countries into elderly-centric economies, the region is looking to learn from nations that have already successfully managed this reinvention as they rethink facilities such as nursing homes and healthcare services. [image: HKTDC]
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16-Aug-18 Grab has partnered with Ping An Good Doctor to deliver "transformative online healthcare services in Southeast Asia." The partnership will provide integrated medical services such as AI-assisted medical consultations, medicine delivery and appointment bookings through an online platform. [image: Red Pulse]
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