HANOI, Vietnam, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cathay United Bank Ho Chi Minh City Branch (CUBHCM), in collaboration with Indovina Bank Ltd. (IVB), hosted the CONNECT 2026 Seminar in Hanoi, themed “Unlocking Growth Through Resilience.” The event attracted more than 80 corporate leaders, CFOs, treasury professionals, and industry experts to exchange insights on the global economic outlook and explore strategies for strengthening business resilience, managing financial risks, and capturing new growth opportunities in an increasingly uncertain business environment.

William Huang, Executive Vice President of CUB, emphasized: “As a regional bank with a strong presence across Asia, CUB supports businesses not only through comprehensive financial services, but also through integrated solutions that help clients optimize liquidity management, strengthen risk management, and expand confidently across borders. Today, resilience is no longer simply about managing risk—it has become a key driver of long-term competitiveness and sustainable growth.”

Keng Yang Lin, General Manager of CUBHCM, said, “The future belongs to organizations that can adapt quickly, manage risks effectively, and make smart use of capital. Through initiatives such as our CONNECT 2026 Seminar, we hope to equip Vietnamese businesses with the expertise, financial solutions, and regional network they need to transform uncertainty into opportunity and build a stronger foundation for sustainable growth.”

As co-host of the seminar, IVB also highlighted the importance of resilience and collaboration in today’s rapidly changing business environment. VJ Lu, General Director of IVB, said that resilience is no longer solely about mitigating risks, but about building the capability to adapt, innovate, and seize new opportunities. Through the partnership with CUB, he hopes to provide businesses with valuable market insights and practical financial strategies to support sustainable long-term growth.

Ryan Chan, Head of Financial Products, APAC (excluding Taiwan), and Jared Wang, Vice President of Wealth Management Department, shared professional insights on corporate treasury management and global market trends. They discussed how persistent inflation, interest rate changes, and foreign exchange volatility continue to reshape corporate financial planning, underscoring the growing importance of robust treasury and foreign exchange risk management frameworks.

The session also introduced FX hedging, structured products, cross-border financing, and integrated treasury management to help businesses effectively manage risks, optimize capital utilization, and strengthen overall financial resilience. In addition, the speakers examined how persistent inflationary pressures, elevated commodity prices, changing central bank policies, and geopolitical risks continue to influence global financial markets, emphasizing the importance of strengthening risk management frameworks and maintaining greater financial flexibility to navigate future market uncertainty.

Phạm Lưu Hưng, Chief Economist and Head of Research at SSI Securities Corporation, shared his outlook on Vietnam’s economy, highlighting continued public infrastructure investment, resilient foreign direct investment (FDI), and ongoing regulatory reforms are expected to support the country’s medium- to long-term growth. At the same time, businesses will need to strengthen operational efficiency, optimize capital allocation, and enhance organizational resilience to navigate market volatility and an increasingly uncertain global economy.

Hiền Lê, Pre-sales Manager at TPIsoftware, presented a practical framework for enterprise AI adoption titled “The Iron Triangle & Sustainable Roadmap.” As AI adoption shifts from technology-driven initiatives toward value-driven business transformation, organizations can accelerate digital transformation by prioritizing high-impact applications such as predictive maintenance, intelligent monitoring, quality management, and process automation, enhancing operational efficiency and enabling more informed decision-making.

CUB continues to leverage its extensive regional network and comprehensive corporate banking capabilities—including cash management, foreign exchange solutions, derivatives, trade finance, syndicated lending, investment products, and treasury advisory services to support clients in navigating market uncertainty.

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GUIYANG, China, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from CNS:

The 2026 China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week (CAECW) recently commenced in Guiyang, capital of southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Under the theme “Empowering a Community of Friendship through Smart Education,” this year’s event aligns with the global momentum in artificial intelligence and responds to the shared aspiration among Chinese and ASEAN peoples for deeper mutually beneficial cooperation and a brighter future.

Maintaining its hybrid format, the week features a concentrated opening phase followed by year-round activities. Core programming includes the opening ceremony and parallel sessions focusing on higher education, vocational training, digital education, international industry-academia-research collaboration, and youth exchanges. Digital education serves as the central pillar of CAECW 2026, recognized as the most promising new frontier for regional educational partnership. Years of groundwork have established robust foundations, characterized by accessible resource platforms, functional delivery vehicles, structured teacher training programs, and a growing consensus on digital governance.

Lao Deputy Minister of Education and Sports Daravone Phothipalath highlighted the Laos-China jointly-built Railway Technical Vocational College as a flagship project. She noted that such collaborations have effectively supplied skilled talent for emerging sectors like railway operations, digital economy, and tourism. Looking ahead, Laos anticipates deepening cooperation in smart education, AI, higher education, teacher development, and digital pedagogy.

Echoing this sentiment, Myanmar’s Deputy Minister of Education, Zaw Min, emphasized his country’s eagerness to expand partnerships with Chinese and ASEAN universities in digital education, AI, faculty development, scientific research, and student mobility. He also expressed commitment to closer coordination with the China-ASEAN Centre to establish institutional networks and implement capacity-building initiatives benefiting the wider region.

This year’s event fosters a multilateral ecosystem defined by “co-organization, sharing, and win-win outcomes.” Notably, six of the 60 planned year-round projects will be hosted by ASEAN nations, including Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Thai Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Suthep Kaengsanthia stressed that China-ASEAN educational ties are pivotal to building an open, sustainable regional education system.

Cambodian Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Hong Kimhong underscored the “Education+” philosophy as CAECW’s defining strength. He advocated for deeper integration between education and technology, industry, culture, tourism, sports, commerce, and innovation to drive sustainable development.

Since its inception in 2008, the CAECW has drawn over 54,000 participants from nearly 90 countries and regions, involving more than 8,000 institutions across ASEAN and Belt and Road Initiative partners.

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Firmware customization and long-term supply support designed for application-specific requirements across vertical markets

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Aug. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — UD info introduced its latest industrial-grade SD and microSD card solutions, designed to help customers address application-specific storage requirements through firmware customization, fixed BOM support, and long-term supply commitment. Unlike standard off-the-shelf memory cards, UD info provides a one-stop industrial storage solution that helps customers overcome complex system qualification, limited firmware flexibility, and supply uncertainty.

“Many SD and microSD cards on the market are designed based on consumer-grade specifications, which may not fully meet the requirements of industrial application environments,” said Gibson Chen, President of UD info. “With strong firmware engineering capabilities, we aim to help customers simplify qualification, improve system reliability, and secure stable supply throughout the product lifecycle.”

A key differentiator of UD info’s solutions is firmware-level customization. UD info’s engineering team can optimize firmware behavior based on each customer’s workload and system integration needs. This helps address application-specific challenges, such as power consumption and write behavior for drone applications used in aerial inspection, mapping, surveillance, and field operations, where stable data logging and reliable image capture are critical.

To support advanced industrial applications, UD info’s SD and microSD card solutions can also be configured with optional features such as PID/VID customization, LBA customization, S.M.A.R.T. health monitoring, hardware write protection, and secure erase. These features help improve system integration, enable proactive maintenance, prevent unauthorized data modification, and support secure data sanitization.

UD info also supports fixed BOM commitments to help ensure that qualified hardware and firmware configurations remain consistent throughout the product lifecycle. The product line includes 3D TLC options with capacities of up to 256GB, along with 3D pSLC options designed for write-intensive or harsh-environment deployments. The pSLC series supports wide-temperature operation from -40°C to 85°C, while SD and µSSD solutions supporting up to 105°C are currently under development.

Customer samples will be available starting Aug 2026. Contact UD info to request samples or discuss firmware customization requirements.

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About UD info

UD info is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of industrial-grade storage solutions, including SSDs, SD and microSD cards, eMMC, USB flash drives, and DRAM modules. With strong firmware engineering capabilities and long-term supply commitments, UD info serves industrial automation, transportation, medical, energy, aerospace, and embedded computing markets worldwide. To learn more, visit https://www.udinfo-tech.com/

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