The Scroll Asia

Zakat, Sadaqah, and Waqf services are now embedded directly into the HLB Connect app, removing the need for separate platforms to fulfill Islamic financial obligations.

A new chapter unfolds as Hanumankind brings his dynamic live show to audiences across Asia.

Vietnam approved its revised PDP8 in April 2025 and is actively attracting data center and clean energy investment. Thailand's equivalent plan remains unfinished, a gap its own industry has flagged as a competitive liability.

Malaysia contributed over USD 1 billion to Grab revenue in 2025, its fourth consecutive year as top market.

Vietnam's Dung Quat refinery expects its first 60,000-tonne ethanol batch by end of March as the crisis compresses biofuel timelines.

Cross-border low-carbon electricity imports for Singapore remain tied up in multi-jurisdiction licensing. Until those supply chains mature, domestically aggregated rooftop solar is the only scalable alternative corporates can contract today.

Myanmar's LNG-to-power program collapsed after the 2021 coup. Four years later, the same infrastructure is running again.

SGX posted its highest half-year profit since its 2000 IPO. The Asian bond futures launch adds a new fixed income dimension to its multi-asset growth strategy.

Japan deepens its energy cooperation footprint in Southeast Asia with a new bilateral pact signed in Tokyo.

As of March 21, only 144 of 255 petrol stations in Vientiane Capital remained open, three weeks into the regional fuel crisis.