Thailand Continues Programmes for Digital Trainers
To achieve a more digitally-aware and trained society, Thailand continues to hold Digital Citizen Trainer generation 2 which aims to help spread information to a larger target audience of all genders and ages.
Thailand Continues Robust Digital Transformation
The Thailand Ministry DES revealed that they had accelerated the implementation of numerous critical initiatives for the benefit of the citizens during the last year including the Government Central Cloud Service System.
New Initiatives to Digitally Upskill Youth in Northeast India
The government recognises the importance of digital skills in the post-pandemic scenario, as the rate of the digitalisation of products and services are rapidly increasing. It plans to set up centres and facilities for training in digital technologies.
Enhancing Digital Inclusion of Women in Rural Philippines
Aside from infrastructure disparities, a recent study in the Philippines shows how women still hesitate to join the digital sector due to factors ranging from cultural beliefs to digital anxiety.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Deploys AI Applications
The city will pilot AI technology for the urban railway supervision system, predicting passengers’ demand, analysing traffic behaviour, setting up traffic forecasting models and predicting disease transmission.
Vietnam Connects Land Database with National Population Database
Connecting the land database with the national population database will be the foundation of a fundamental shift in the way people and organisations operate in the digital environment.
University of Queensland Researchers Developing Online Driving Test for People with Dementia
Flaws in current driving tests mean people living with dementia sometimes receive no formal assessment or they are told they must stop driving as soon as they are diagnosed even when they could continue driving safely.
Thailand Boosting Compliance with Personal Data Protection Laws
The government is exploring criteria, mechanisms and regulatory measures to develop personal data protection platforms in compliance with personal data protection laws.
Indonesia Utilises Big Data to Mitigate Financial Fraud
Indonesia’s Big data centre helps the Investment Alert Task Force identify illegal financial services by monitoring and crawling the data and current activities from social media, websites, and YouTube.
Rise in Digital Payment Transactions in Rural, Remote Parts of Vietnam
The country has nearly 72,000 transaction posts providing cashless payment services of which, 39,000 are in rural and remote areas. Of the 14 million customers, 37.5% from rural areas used cashless payment services.