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USAID Gives USD 5.6 Million to Address Impact of Covid on Education and Economic Growth in Laos

Deputy Administrator (DA) for Policy and Programming for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Isobel Coleman and Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce Dr. Manothong Vongsay at the ceremony.
Deputy Administrator (DA) for Policy and Programming for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Isobel Coleman and Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Dr. Manothong Vongsay at the ceremony.

Isobel Coleman, Deputy Administrator (DA) for Policy and Programming for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced USD 5.6 million in additional assistance to address the impacts of COVID-19 on economic growth and primary education in Laos.

Thai Journalist Apologizes for Failure to Recognize Lao PM

Thai newscasters apologize for failing to recognize Laos Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh
Thai newscasters apologize for failing to recognize Laos Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh.

Thai newscaster Sophon Ong-karn has apologized for a gaffe during live television yesterday during which he failed to recognize the Prime Minister of Laos, Phankham Viphavanh.

Biden Hails “New Era” of US-ASEAN Ties at Washington Summit

Biden addresses Southeast Asian leaders at the US-ASEAN Special Summit.
Biden addresses Southeast Asian leaders at the US-ASEAN Special Summit in Washington, DC.

US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the first summit held in Washington with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marked the beginning of a “new era” in the US-ASEAN partnership.

Come Celebrate Four Years of BingX With Four Weeks Of Rewards Worth over $50,000 USDT!

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 13 May 2022 – BingX is excited to celebrate its fourth anniversary in May 2022. To make the event even more joyous, BingX will conduct a month-long contest with individual and group prizes to the tune of over $50,000 USDT.

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BingX was initially founded in 2018 and always aimed to make trading easier for everyone. To that extent, the team has explored various options, leading to developing a global digital asset, spot, and derivatives trading platform supporting hundreds of cryptocurrencies. As a result, users can benefit from a safe, reliable, open, and user-centric ecosystem featuring intuitive social trading elements. Today, BingX has become the world’s leading social trading platform.

With over 20,000 copy traders and a cumulative 5,000 daily traders relying on BingX’s state-of-the-art copy trading feature, the platform continues to build momentum. BingX is a regulated and government-approved platform wherever the platform can be accessed, including the EU, US, Canada, and Oceania. BingX holds the necessary operating licenses in all these regions, confirming its regulatory compliant nature.

As BingX blows out four candles, the team will hold a four-week contest for all users. Registration kicks off on May 14, 2022, and closes on June 10, 2022. The contest itself starts on May 20, 2022, until June 17, 2022. The contest consists of top income earners and the popularity list.

All registered BingX users will rank based on their total week’s income. The top five of those users will earn weekly rewards based on their ranking. Furthermore, users will automatically enter the popularity contest, where they can collect “likes” from other BingX users every day. All participants can like one other player daily.

BingX’s $50,000 USDT competition will heat up over three weeks, leading into the grand finals. The finals will see the top 30 users every week, and the top 100 most popular players will compete.

The three groups of top 30 players will battle it out to determine the top 10 income earners, who will gain ranking rewards worth up to $117,000 USDT.

The 100 most popular users will become part of a team popularity list. Players can join any team to increase its popularity, with more players leading to more popular teams. The three most-popular teams will share in the bonuses and rewards worth over $45,000 USDT.

Communications and Public Relations Director at BingX, Elvisco Carrington, adds:

“This tournament will be an adventurous one comprising of many fun-filled activities for everyone. We believe this is a great way for us to show our users how much we appreciate them. Competitions help to foster community engagement and interaction and this is exactly what we want.”

Mark your calendars and be ready to join in the BingX 4th-anniversary contest and win!

About BingX

Founded in 2018, has grown to become the world’s leading social trading platform offering popular coins such as , , and . It is a global digital asset, spot, and derivatives trading platform that provides a safe, reliable, user-centric, and open ecosystem with intuitive social trading features created to enrich the entire cryptocurrency industry. In the countries and regions where BingX operates, it has registered or obtained recognized and regulated by local governments.

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BingX Joins Consensus 2022 as an Official Sponsor

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 13 May 2022 – BingX, the world’s leading social trading platform, is proud to be a sponsor of Consensus 2022. Hosted by Coindesk, this is one of the world’s biggest and longest-running cryptocurrency festivals.

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From the 9th to the 12th of June this year, Consensus 2022 will be focusing on the future of digital finance and its mainstream impact. The festival is also designed to be interactive and will include elements of Web3 and emerging technologies.

“Consensus has always had this big tent approach,” says Brad Spies, managing director of Consensus, “it deals with all of the different chains, finance, regulatory issues, and now NFTs, DAOs, the creator community. There’s just so much happening in the space and there’s so many industries that are touched by this event.”

According to a report by CryptoDotCom, the number of global crypto users is expected to surpass the one billion milestone mark by the end of 2022 – up from just 295 million the previous year.

With the industry growing at an exponential rate, industry events like Consensus become critical meeting places for thought leaders, developers, academics, policymakers, and the community.

“Indeed, it is a great pleasure for BingX to be one of this year’s sponsors of Consensus 2022. This is a grand opportunity to showcase and introduce BingX to the world as a community-driven and people-centric exchange. Through this event, we hope to expand our reach, learn and grow, while strengthening and establishing new relationships within the crypto arena.” – Communication & Public Relations Director at BingX, Elvisco Carrington.

BingX lends a voice to and empowers the community. Being a proud sponsor creates this unique opportunity to grow, make connections and add value to the diverse community of blockchain, crypto, and Web3 enthusiasts as the world’s leading social trading platform.

About BingX

Founded in 2018, BingX has grown to become the world’s leading social trading platform. It is a global digital asset, spot, and derivatives trading platform that provides a safe, reliable, user-centric, and open ecosystem with intuitive created to enrich the entire cryptocurrency industry with top and trending coins such as , , , , & . In the countries and regions where BingX operates, it has registered or obtained financial services licenses recognised and regulated by local governments.

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Tiger Bank provides five core community resources to support their holders Build an NFT community of professionally successful people

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 13 May 2022 – Tiger Bank, an NFT project founded by Asian digital marketing group Eagle Sky, announced that it will release its project roadmap on the 13th of this month. The biggest feature of this project will be its unique community operation model. This is a community dedicated to professional and successful people in various fields. Members come from different regions of the world. The project party has designed rich community mechanisms for sustainable operation. The goal is to build bridges for people from different countries and industries. Meanwhile, Tiger Bank community will provide a variety of courses, expert lectures and trend analyses related to blockchain and NFT.

Official Website: https://tigerbanknft.com/

Holding “Tiger Bank NFT” is the best way to join a community of successful people

To assist beginners who are not yet familiar with NFTs and all holders who have just come to its community, the biggest feature of the project will be to focus on establishing a network of contacts within the community and expanding its influence outwards continuously. Therefore, holders can immediately feel and enjoy community service after joining this community and get more NFT resource support.

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Long-term values in both Web2 and Web3 Worlds: Five Community Resource Support

The first is “consulting service”. Holders of Tiger Bank NFT can consult advertising, marketing, branding and business development related questions and exchange assets in the virtual world for real resources. Second, Tiger Bank will provide diversified courses because this is a community that helps each member grow. The project party will collect the actual needs of holders to provide courses and lectures; the third community support is to hold NFT master seminars. Besides experts and first-hand information from key opinion leaders, the community also provides opportunities for members to ask questions of experts. The fourth community resource is that the project party will regularly publish NFT trend reports, not just news! Finally, Tiger Bank will also hold offline events on various themes in different countries, allowing members to meet in the real world while building a Web2 and Web3 contacts network.

Tiger Bank’s community resources come from the project’s unique salary mechanism – besides its rarity, each NFT has its “salary leaderboard” called “TigerDollar”, and holders can earn more their NFT TigerDollar for richer community support.

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SEA Games Opening Ceremony Held in Hanoi

The opening ceremony the 31st SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam(photo: Việt Nam News)

The official opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games was held at My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi in front of a large crowd of spectators and athletes.

Announcing Microsoft AI for Accessibility Hackathon APAC winners: Thailand, Singapore, and Philippines accelerate inclusive innovation

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 13 May 2022 – Teams from Thailand, Singapore and Philippines are winners of the Microsoft AI for Accessibility (AI4A) Hackathon in APAC. In its third year, the AI4A Hackathon features teams who are deeply committed to solving real-world challenges faced by people with disabilities (PwD). The hackathon acts as a springboard for creators and developers to launch their applications, with cash prizes, access to Microsoft Technical experts to co-build their solutions on Microsoft Azure and continued mentoring support to build out their solution.

ABOVE: Team Asclepius from Thailand developed a sign-to-text app to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing. L-R: Krissada Singhakachain, Peerapat Sangpattrachai, Kittipon Amornprasertkij, Papop Lekhapanyaporn, Nunticha Praphanturakit
ABOVE: Team Asclepius from Thailand developed a sign-to-text app to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing. L-R: Krissada Singhakachain, Peerapat Sangpattrachai, Kittipon Amornprasertkij, Papop Lekhapanyaporn, Nunticha Praphanturakit

Drawing on real-life challenges faced by PwDs, 14 non-profit organizations (NPOs) shared problem statements that the 75 teams in the AI4A Hackathon used to build innovative solutions around the themes of transport, wearable devices and language tools.

Team Asclepius from Thailand, Team SWIFT Responders from Singapore and Team EIA from Philippines created solutions to bridge the disability divide, which include building an AI-enabled communication aid for people who are deaf, a smart system that allows people with physical disabilities to live independently, as well as inclusive banking for people who are blind.

In addition to these winners, two additional teams from Indonesia (Arabic Braille Converter) and Singapore (MeetMeHear) will receive coaching by Microsoft and its partners, including access to cloud architects, business consultation guidance to develop their solution, from a proof-of-concept to an application hosted on Microsoft Azure.

“We are inspired to see the continued enthusiasm of submissions this year for the hackathon to improve the lives of PwDs and congratulate the winners who so passionately brought their solutions to fruition,” said Pratima Amonkar, Chair for D&I and Accessibility for Microsoft Asia Pacific. “The month of May will be an important time for us to see the tremendous possibility of the contribution of PwDs as we roll out exciting awareness, training and mentorship programs with our customers, partners and wider community across the region.”

With more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world, and 650 million in Asia, Microsoft believes that accessibility is essential to delivering on our mission to “empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” Accessibility is the vehicle to enable inclusion of people with disabilities. To highlight how technology can unlock solutions that empower people with disabilities and enable transformative change within communities in APAC, Microsoft has dedicated the month of May in 2022 to Accessibility Awareness Month, with a series of workshops, trainings and events as well as awarding and celebrating winners of the AI for Accessibility Hackathon winners.

Thailand: Team Asclepius

To help people who are deaf or hard of hearing, Team Asclepius from Thailand, developed a sign-to-text application that uses AI deep learning models to capture movement sequences and body postures that predicts alphabets, words and numbers based on American Sign Language. This group of passionate high school students from Thailand have ambitious plans to include other commonly used sign languages such as British and French Sign Language and enhance it for wider tech applications such as live web events.

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ABOVE: Team SWIFT Responders from Singapore developed a smart system for people with physical disabilities to live independently. L – R: Madeline Lim, Abhimanyu Bhatia; foreground: Nurulasyiqah Mohammad Taha.

Singapore: Team SWIFT Responders

From Singapore, Team SWIFT Responders designed an AI-enabled solution that supports the independent living of adult persons with muscular dystrophy who use motorized wheelchairs for mobility. The Support Wheelchair-user Independence Fall Tracker (SWIFT) smart system that they have developed renders immediate assistance to a wheelchair user who falls off-balance from their functional position. This inspires confidence for wheelchair users, and assures their caretakers, that they can live independently and engage in meaningful activity as their safety is assured.

ABOVE: Team EIA from the Philippines hard at work. They developed an inclusive banking platform for people who are blind. L – R: Christian Calonge, Ivan Christopher Carrillo
ABOVE: Team EIA from the Philippines hard at work. They developed an inclusive banking platform for people who are blind. L – R: Christian Calonge, Ivan Christopher Carrillo

Philippines: Team EIA

To build a more inclusive banking experience for the blind and the elderly, Team EIA from the Philippines developed an Accessibility and Vision Assistant (AVA), powered by AI and machine learning, that works as a smart financial assistant and mobile wallet for the blind and elderly that makes digital banking accessible and clear. This drives financial inclusion for these groups of people and enables them to access payments and banking services quickly and securely.

Two additional outstanding teams have won coaching by Microsoft and its partners to bring their projects into fully running applications hosted on Microsoft Azure:

1. Arabic Braille Converter (Indonesia): an app that could scan and convert Arabic text or graphics into Indonesian Braille format which can be read by screen readers or braille displays. It also has the function to back-translate from Arabic Braille into Arabic text.

2. MeetMeHear (Singapore): an app to assist the deaf and hard-of-hearing to better communicate with others during physical meetings, through the use of AI for speech recognition to provide more accurate live captions.

Problem Statements from Non-Profit Organizations

NPOs across the region contributed to the hackathon through problem statements, based on real experiences faced by PwD. Some of the problem statements shared include:

  • How can AI provide wearable devices that will help persons with visual impairment traverse the streets independently and safely?
  • How can AI provide accessibility for online applicant assessment tools such as language assessments, verbal reasoning tests, and abstract reasoning tests?
  • How might we automatically create closed captions for offline use to help the deaf and hard of hearing community?

The NPOs represent a variety of organizations committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities in Asia Pacific.

Korea – Korea Differently Abled Federation Malaysia – Malaysia Pan-Disability Football Club Philippines – AHA! Learning Center
Philippines – Atriev Philippines – Project Inclusion Philippines – Virtualahan
Singapore – SG Enable Sri Lanka – MJF Charitable Foundation Thailand – Tab Foundation
Thailand – The Redemptorist Foundation for People with Disabilities United Nations Development Program Vietnam – Disability Research and Capacity Development

About Microsoft

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

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