Uber inks its first mobile wallet deal in Southeast Asia

 Seeking to rise to increased competition, Uber has inked its first payments deal in Southeast Asia after it announced a partnership with Vietnam-based mobile wallet service Momo.
Momo, which raised $28 million led by Standard Chartered last year, will become a payment option inside the Uber app in Vietnam, alongside cash and credit cards. The app is the country’s top mobile payment… Read More

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Blogger gets seven years in jail after writing about toxic spill in Vietnam

A court in Vietnam has sentenced a blogger to seven years in jail for reports he wrote about a toxic spill in the country.
On Monday Nguyen Van Hoa was found guilty of spreading “anti-state propaganda” about a chemical spill that occured in Vietnam i…

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People stood outside the Apple store to resell their brand new iPhone X within minutes

Just minutes after they got their hands on their new iPhone X devices, resellers were taking to the streets to sell them to the highest bidder.
People began queueing at the Apple store in Singapore from as early as Thursday, with hundreds camping out…

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