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FESSIA operates across industry, government, academia, and think tanks, positioning itself as the policy bridge the Southeast Asian storage sector currently lacks.

Russia signed two energy deals with Vietnam in Moscow on March 23: the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear framework and a preliminary LNG supply contract through Novatek.

Vietnam's jet fuel crisis is a downstream consequence of the Strait of Hormuz closure, showing how quickly supply chain exposure becomes operational disruption.

Authorities highlighted the importance of skilled labor in ensuring efficient railway operations.

HSBC shares dropped 2.2% in Hong Kong trading on March 19 after the Bloomberg workforce review report was published.

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.

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.