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BingX Launches U.S. Stock Trading Through Alpaca, Offering Multi-Asset Access to 7,000+ U.S. Stocks and ETFs

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PANAMA CITY, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BingX, the world’s leading multi-asset trading platform, today launched U.S. stock trading through an integration with Alpaca, a global provider of brokerage infrastructure and APIs. The new offering gives eligible users access to more than 7,000 U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), expanding the range of traditional financial assets available on BingX and advancing its multi-asset strategy.

BingX Launches U.S. Stock Trading Through Alpaca, Offering Multi-Asset Access to 7,000+ U.S. Stocks and ETFs
BingX Launches U.S. Stock Trading Through Alpaca, Offering Multi-Asset Access to 7,000+ U.S. Stocks and ETFs

Through Alpaca’s brokerage infrastructure, eligible BingX users can access U.S. stocks and ETFs directly through the platform, using their existing crypto assets to fund trades without the need for fiat deposits or a separate brokerage account managed directly by the user.

Unlike tokenized instruments that track stock prices, the offering provides access to U.S. securities through brokerage infrastructure, including the associated custody, clearing, and settlement processes. It marks another step in bringing digital assets and traditional financial markets together with a unified trading experience.

 Key features include:

  • Trade Stocks with USDT and USDC: Put your assets to work with no fiat, no wire transfers, and no additional brokerage accounts.
  • Explore 7,000+ Stocks and ETFs: From established market leaders to companies shaping emerging market trends, diversify your portfolio on one unified platform.
  • Get Started With Just $5: Access leading U.S. stocks and ETFs for as little as $5.
  • Trade 24/5: Stay connected to the U.S. markets with trading access 24 hours a day, five days a week.
  • Choose How You Trade: Place market or limit orders for greater flexibility in how you enter and exit positions.

“Expanding access to U.S. stocks is another step in making global market opportunities more accessible to BingX users,” said Kevin Lee, Chief Strategy Officer at BingX. “As markets become increasingly interconnected, developments across equities, commodities, currencies and digital assets can influence one another. By extending access to U.S. stocks through Alpaca’s brokerage infrastructure, we’re giving users more ways to engage with these markets within a unified multi-asset platform.”

“BingX has built a global community that is looking to access several markets and asset classes from one platform,” said Yoshi Yokokawa, Co-Founder and CEO of Alpaca. “Our infrastructure and APIs are designed so partners like BingX can add U.S. equities alongside their existing offerings through Alpaca. We’re pleased to support BingX as they bring U.S. stock trading to their users around the world.”

To celebrate the launch, BingX is hosting a limited-time $200,000 Stocks Mystery Box, running from October 9 to 23. Eligible users can receive $10 in Tesla (TSLA) stock upon completing their first U.S. stock trade. The launch reinforces BingX’s broader ambition to connect digital assets with traditional financial markets, giving traders more ways to navigate an increasingly interconnected global economy.

About BingX

Founded in 2018, BingX is the world’s leading multi-asset trading platform, serving more than 40 million users worldwide. From crypto to traditional markets, BingX connects users with a broad range of assets and opportunities across global markets through one unified platform.

With perpetual futures, TradFi offerings, spot trading and copy trading, alongside AI-powered innovations, BingX delivers a reliable, intelligent, and responsive trading experience designed to help traders navigate evolving markets and act on opportunities with greater confidence and efficiency.

BingX has been the Principal Partner of Chelsea FC since 2024 and became the Official Team Partner of Scuderia Ferrari HP in 2026.

For more information, please visit: https://bingx.com/

About Alpaca

Alpaca is a global agent-first brokerage and clearing infrastructure that powers access to traditional and on-chain asset classes. Today, Alpaca supports over 10 million brokerage accounts across hundreds of fintechs and institutions in more than 50 countries, backed by $400 million in funding. For more information, visit https://alpaca.markets/.

CCTV+: Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints opens in Chinese capital

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BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 2026 Beijing Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints opened on Monday, with the release of a number of research findings, reports on city hotline services, and global case studies on urban governance.

Beijing’s 12345 hotline is the city’s unified government service platform, allowing residents to report problems, lodge complaints, and seek information on public services ranging from utilities and transportation to healthcare and housing.

Since 2019, the hotline has evolved from a traditional call center into a smart governance hub powered by big data and AI. Data generated by the hotline helps identify recurring issues and informs policy decisions, turning everyday public concerns into input for improving urban services. The hotline has so far handled around 200 million requests from individuals and businesses.

Digital technology, particularly artificial intelligence, is a key focus for the two-day event.

For many participants, the forum is an opportunity to learn from Beijing’s experience in urban governance and explore ideas that could be applied in their own cities.

The discussions will continue on Tuesday, with more parallel sessions and field trips to local communities. Participants will have the opportunity to see how public services and urban governance work on the ground.

Juspay Strengthens Global Footprint as FY26 Revenue Rises 30% to $75 million

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Highlights

  • Revenue up ~30% year-on-year to $75 million (FY25: $61 million) on a constant-currency basis*.
  • International business is gaining traction in APAC, Europe, US, Latin America, and the Middle East.
  • Daily transactions rose to 400 million with an annualised total payment volume exceeding US$1 trillion across 500+ enterprises and banks.
  • Juspay remained Adjusted EBITDA positive in FY26 at $4 million, excluding ESOP costs.
  • Juspay’s core India payments business continued to scale and was profitable for the year.

BENGALURU, India, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Juspay, a global payments technology company, today reported revenue of $75 million for the financial year ended March 31, 2026 (FY26), up 30% at constant current from $61 million in FY25. Revenue has more than tripled from $39 million in FY24, a compound annual growth rate of approximately 40%.

Daily transactions on Juspay’s platform rose to 400 million during the year, for brands including Agoda, Amazon, Decathlon, Flipkart, Google, HSBC, IKEA, IndiGo, LATAM Airlines, Recurly, super.money, Swiggy, Wego, Zepto, and Zurich Insurance.

Juspay also accelerated its international expansion during FY26, strengthening its presence across APAC, Europe, US, Latin America, and the Middle East. Juspay powers payments for more than 500 enterprises globally with an annualised total payment volume of more than $1 trillion with 99.999% reliability.

FY26 was also a year of continued investment in AI and open-source infrastructure, as Juspay expanded its capabilities across enterprise AI, customer experiences and payment intelligence. These investments include:

  • Xyne, an open-source, model-agnostic and data-sovereign Enterprise AI platform developed on a Unix-like architecture. It enables organisations to build AI applications and agents around their own organisational context while retaining control over their data and flexibility in their choice of models;
  • Breeze Buddy, a no-code AI voice platform that enables enterprises to build conversational workflows for use cases such as customer support, feedback and verification;
  • Breeze Universal is the platform that enables banks, fintechs, marketplaces, and brands to deploy agentic shopping experiences directly to their user bases, boosting brand visibility while increasing conversion rates;

Juspay Genius, an AI-powered payment intelligence product that enables enterprise teams to manage their entire payments operations in an AI-native way;

Juspay remained adjusted EBITDA positive in FY26 at $4 million, excluding non-cash ESOP costs, even as it stepped up investment in its next phase of growth. The company reported a net loss of $10 million for FY26. During the year, Juspay invested in expanding its international operations and building new AI capabilities, including Xyne. The company also continued to strengthen its core technology and payment infrastructure to support the next phase of digital payments, including agentic commerce and AI driven payment experiences.

“FY26 was a year of investing in the capabilities that will support Juspay’s next phase of growth. Our international payments business is scaling, and we are beginning to see traction across markets. As we expand globally, we are also investing in AI as part of a broader strategy to build new solutions for enterprises. Xyne is one example of this investment, bringing our experience in building reliable, enterprise grade infrastructure to an open source AI platform,” said Sheetal Lalwani, Co-founder & COO, Juspay.

“These investments have an impact on our near-term financials, but they are focused on building long-term capabilities and creating sustainable value for our customers. As we scale globally, our focus remains on investing in technology and talent while strengthening Juspay’s position as a global payments company,” he added.

Juspay’s vision is centered around building open-source infrastructure that can operate across markets. The company will continue to deepen its core payments capabilities, expand its international presence and invest in open and interoperable infrastructure.

About Juspay

Juspay is a leading multinational payments technology company, redefining payments for 500+ global enterprises and banks. Founded in 2012, the company processes over 400 million daily transactions, exceeding an annualised total payment volume (TPV) of $1 trillion with 99.999% reliability. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Juspay is powered by a global network of 1,500+ payment experts operating across San Francisco, Dublin, São Paulo, Singapore and Dubai.

To learn more about Juspay, visit: www.juspay.io

Media Contact: media@juspay.in 

Fosun International Wins Five Awards at The Asset Corporate Sustainability Leadership Awards 2026, Upgraded to Platinum

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HONG KONG, Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Fosun International Limited (“Fosun International” or the “Company”) (HKEX stock code: 00656) today announced that it has been awarded the prestigious “Corporate Sustainability Leadership Awards 2026 – Platinum Award” by The Asset, a leading Asia-Pacific financial publication. Building on its Gold Award win last year, this upgrade to the Platinum Award reflects Fosun International’s steadfast commitment to sustainability and its continued excellence in ESG performance.

In addition to advancing from last year’s Gold Award to the Platinum Award in the main category, Fosun International earned broad acclaim from The Asset for its sustained efforts in green transition, high-quality disclosure, environmental and social responsibility, and corporate governance. Demonstrating its all-around excellence, Fosun International was also honored with four major single-category awards: “Best in Disclosure & Transition”, “Best Initiative in Environmental Responsibility”, “Best Initiative in Social Responsibility”, and “Best Sustainability Team”.

Commitment to Green Transition and Transparent Disclosure Earns Widespread Recognition for ESG Excellence

Fosun International remains steadfast in its long-term commitment to sustainability and has delivered strong results across major global ESG ratings. To date, Fosun International’s MSCI ESG Rating has been upgraded to the highest rating of AAA. It has been included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2026 and also named among the Top 1% in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook (China Edition) 2026 for the third consecutive year. Its Hang Seng Sustainability Rating has been upgraded from AA- to AA+. It has also been selected as a constituent of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index for the seventh consecutive year and included as a constituent of the Hang Seng ESG 50 Index. Additionally, Fosun International’s FTSE Russell ESG score has consistently been higher than the global industry average and it has remained a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series for five consecutive years.

In recent years, Fosun International has continued to strengthen its ESG management system, fully integrating sustainability into its strategic decision-making, daily operations, and every stage of its risk management process, comprehensively strengthening the Group and its member companies’ capabilities and execution in managing sustainability-related issues. At the same time, Fosun International actively supports China’s “dual carbon” goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, advancing initiatives in carbon neutrality, energy conservation, emissions reduction, and climate risk management. In 2026, the Company continued its voluntary disclosure practice by releasing its fourth Climate Information Disclosures Report, further enhancing the systematic approach and transparency of its climate-related disclosures.

Actively Responding to Climate Change and Protecting Biodiversity

The Group actively encourages its member companies to carry out climate actions. The Bund Finance Center (BFC), the Group’s main office and a landmark in Shanghai, introduced and followed the LEED Certification, which is hailed as the “Oscar Award” in the green building industry, from the early planning stage. In 2025, 97% of Club Med’s eligible resorts successfully passed audits and obtained the Green Globe Certification, the world’s leading certification for sustainable tourism. Atlantis Sanya, Taicang Alps Resort and Lijiang Club Med Resort had also obtained LEED Gold Certification, demonstrating Fosun’s ongoing efforts and achievements in green building and sustainable tourism.

In addition to honoring Fosun International with “Best in Disclosure & Transition” for its determined efforts to advance low-carbon transition and its high-quality disclosure, The Asset presented the Company with “Best Initiative in Environmental Responsibility” in recognition of its deep commitment to addressing climate change and protecting biodiversity. Notably, The Asset singled out the Sea Turtle Shelter project at the Atlantis Sanya aquarium for special praise.

As early as 2018, Atlantis Sanya, a subsidiary of Fosun, officially established an aquatic wildlife rescue station. Over the years, it has rescued a total of 42 wild sea turtles. On 23 May this year, World Turtle Day, the Sea Turtle Shelter at the Atlantis Sanya aquarium was officially inaugurated. Sea turtles with minor injuries are treated and released back into the sea upon full recovery, while those unable to return to the wild are given a permanent home at the shelter. Covering an area of 388 square meters, the Sea Turtle Shelter features rehabilitation pools, an educational exhibition hall, and breeding beaches designed to replicate a natural ecosystem, offering both a recovery space and long-term habitat for sea turtles.

Leveraging Innovation to Deliver Lasting Social Impact

Fosun adheres to an innovation-driven strategy, continuously delivering innovative achievements across its businesses to better serve society. In the Health business segment, Fosun targets unmet medical needs, with a strategic focus on key therapeutic areas including oncology, immunology and inflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases, while actively expanding into cardiometabolic diseases and rare diseases. This approach enables the development of high valued competitive pipelines and comprehensive healthcare solutions. Meanwhile, it continues to consolidate its core technical platforms including antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), small molecules, and cell therapies, while expanding into cutting-edge therapeutic modalities such as radiopharmaceuticals and small nucleic acids. Its innovative products are now available in more than 90 countries and regions worldwide. In the first half of 2026, a total of 20 indications of 7 innovative drugs were approved for launch both domestically and internationally. Meanwhile, HANSIZHUANG, HLX43, and other marketed and pipeline innovative drugs achieved several “world’s first” breakthroughs.

In global public health, as of 30 June 2026, Fosun Pharma had cumulatively supplied more than 460 million vials of artesunate for injection worldwide, saving more than 92 million patients with severe malaria.

Strengthening Social Responsibility and Empowering Primary Healthcare through Technology

In order to better promote the fulfillment and implementation of corporate social responsibility, Fosun Foundation was established in 2012. It has been making unremitting efforts in areas such as global emergency relief, rural revitalization, health, education, culture and art, youth development, to create social value. In presenting Fosun International with “Best Initiative in Social Responsibility”, The Asset singled out its “Rural Doctors” corporate social responsibility program and commended its introduction of the “AI Rural Doctor Assistant” into primary healthcare to expand access to healthcare and improve efficiency.

Since the launch of the Rural Doctors Program at the end of 2017, the program has covered 78 counties in 16 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions across the country, supporting 25,000 rural doctors and benefiting 3 million rural families. To harness AI to support rural revitalization and strengthen primary healthcare, Fosun Foundation partnered with the Alibaba Foundation to launch the “AI Rural Doctor Assistant”, a technology-driven philanthropic initiative. It transforms the Rural Doctors’ Pocket Guide, a clinical reference jointly compiled by experts, into a digital database. Rural doctors can access its intelligent question-and-answer interface at any time via a mobile phone or computer, helping them diagnose and treat patients more efficiently.

Fostering ESG culture from the top down and building a long-term ESG management system

Fosun prioritizes sustainability and has established a top-down and long-term mechanism for ESG improvement. The Company has included ESG management performance in the performance assessment not only for executive directors, but also for the CEOs of the Group and the personnel in charge of each business group. Fosun consistently fosters an ESG culture from the top down. Through regular global ESG networking workshops, ESG culture week activities and its ESG digital platform, the Company has established open and transparent communication channels across its member companies. These channels facilitate the ongoing sharing of best practices and help subsidiaries advance their ESG initiatives. The Company also maintains effective and transparent communication with stakeholders and rating agencies. The “Best Sustainability Team” award from The Asset underscores market recognition of the Company’s ESG management and its efforts to advance environmental protection, social responsibility, and corporate governance.

Looking ahead, as a global enterprise rooted in China, Fosun will continue to uphold its original aspiration of “Contribution to Society”. Through continuous innovation and responsible global operations, Fosun will actively shoulder more social responsibility, striving to build a more responsible, inclusive, and sustainable future.

VinFast announces special incentives for new electric motorcycle showrooms in Indonesia and the Philippines, accelerating distribution network expansion

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MANILA/JAKARTA – Media OutReach Newswire – 13 October 2026 – VinFast has announced a special incentive package of up to US$60,000 for each new electric motorcycle showroom opened by its dealer partners in the Philippines and Indonesia. The program is designed to help local businesses tap into the strong growth potential of the electric motorcycle market, while making VinFast’s smart electric motorcycles more accessible to consumers.

A VinFast e-motorcycle showroom at SM Mall of Asia in the Philippines, part of the company's growing dealer network across Southeast Asia.
A VinFast e-motorcycle showroom at SM Mall of Asia in the Philippines, part of the company’s growing dealer network across Southeast Asia.

Under the program, dealer partners that open new VinFast electric motorcycle showrooms in the Philippines and Indonesia by December 31, 2026, will receive basic support of up to US$40,000 per location, depending on the showroom’s size, floor area, and dealership standards. Showrooms that open by October 31, 2026, will qualify for an additional incentive of up to US$5,000 per location. Finally, partners that open three or more stores will also receive an additional incentive of up to US$15,000 per location.

The program is designed not only to create new business opportunities for dealer partners, but also to encourage more consumers to switch to greener transportation and help protect the environment. Through this initiative, VinFast continues to advance its goal of accelerating the shift toward greener, cleaner, and quieter mobility.

VinFast is committed to providing dealer partners with comprehensive support, from business consulting and marketing strategies to professional training, helping them get their operations up and running quickly. This support will also ensure that dealerships across the network follow VinFast’s standards for brand identity, showroom design, operating procedures, and customer service.

By joining the VinFast network, partners will have the opportunity to offer high-quality battery-swapping electric motorcycles that are safe, reliable, environmentally friendly, and suited to a wide range of customer needs, initially including the Evo, Feliz II, and Viper. Partners can also benefit from VinFast’s supporting infrastructure, including its continuously expanding service and warranty facilities, as well as support policies for service workshops. This will provide a solid foundation for dealer partners to confidently deploy services, enhance the customer experience, and strengthen the competitiveness of their products in the market.

Ms. Vo Thi Cam Tu, Managing Director of VinFast E-scooter Overseas Markets, said: “Expanding our dealer network is an important part of VinFast’s strategy to build an electric motorcycle ecosystem in international markets. We are looking to partner with businesses that share our long-term vision for green mobility, while giving dealers the support they need to make the most of their strengths within the VinFast network. From developing showrooms to running day-to-day operations and serving customers, VinFast will continue to work closely with our partners to build a stronger electric motorcycle network.”

The expansion of the electric motorcycle dealer network is part of VinFast’s broader plan to expand its distribution network in the Philippines and Indonesia, with the company targeting hundreds of stores in the two markets, respectively, by the end of 2026. As of September 2026, VinFast has 63 electric motorcycle dealerships operating in Indonesia and the Philippines. Going forward, VinFast will continue to expand its presence and bring its electric vehicle products and services closer to consumers across Southeast Asia, supporting the region’s transition to greener, smarter, and more modern mobility./.

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DXC and LangChain Advance Agentic AI Harnesses for Mission-Critical IT Operations

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  • Partnership brings together DXC’s decades of experience operating mission-critical enterprise systems with LangChain’s technology for safely and securely managing AI agent harnesses
  • DXC OASIS, built on LangChain’s open-source LangGraph runtime, is scaling toward 125 customer environments across regulated industries and multiple geographies
  • Across 500 measured use cases, OASIS has reduced resolution time by 95% on average, with diagnostic accuracy of 92% or better

ASHBURN, Va., Oct. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner, today announced a partnership with LangChain, the company behind the open-source LangGraph agent framework and LangSmith agent engineering platform, to advance governed agentic AI across mission-critical enterprise IT environments.

The partnership builds on DXC’s use of LangGraph within DXC OASIS, its intelligent orchestration platform and operating model for mission-critical IT operations. DXC is also licensing LangSmith to support the development, evaluation, and observability of OASIS agents. OASIS is already in production and scaling toward 125 customer environments across regulated industries and multiple geographies. Together, these capabilities help DXC build, orchestrate, evaluate, and continuously improve AI agents while applying the enterprise context, governance, human oversight, and continuous assurance required for critical technology environments.

Bringing Agentic AI Into Mission-Critical Operations

Through the partnership, DXC is using LangGraph and LangSmith to advance how OASIS agents are built, orchestrated, evaluated, and continuously improved. LangGraph provides the open-source framework for agent orchestration, including capabilities such as delegation, state management, and human-in-the-loop workflows, while LangSmith provides tooling for agent development, evaluation, and observability.

OASIS integrates these capabilities to enterprise IT operations, enabling agents to respond to operational events, investigate issues in parallel, draw on specialized capabilities across technology domains, and bring people into the process when judgment or approval is required. This allows human experts to focus on higher-value decisions while agents provide the capacity and speed to address operational issues at scale. Across specific production use cases, filesystem incidents that previously took 53-90 minutes can be resolved in 3-6 minutes, while database performance incidents have moved from 2-3 hours to 5-12 minutes. Complex problem management that previously required 2-6 days has been reduced to 8-10 minutes.

“Agentic AI has the potential to fundamentally change how enterprises operate their most critical technology, but models alone are not enough,” said Dan Gray, President, Global Infrastructure Services, DXC Technology. “Across more than 500 measured use cases, OASIS has reduced resolution time by 95% on average, with diagnostic accuracy of 92% or better when validated against senior engineer judgment. Through our work with LangChain, we’re bringing together advanced agent technology, operational expertise, and governance to put AI agents to work safely at enterprise scale.”

Scaling Agentic AI with Governance and Human Oversight

A core focus of the partnership is helping enterprises expand the use of AI agents while maintaining appropriate governance and human oversight. Using LangChain technology, OASIS now enables agents to operate within defined authority while maintaining the controls required for mission-critical environments. Actions are assessed based on factors including reversibility, impact, verifiability, and an agent’s track record. Sensitive actions can be paused for human approval before execution, while agent decisions, tool calls, and outcomes are traced to provide visibility into how agents operate.

OASIS also grounds agents in the specific enterprise environments in which they operate. Agents can draw from system-specific and customer-specific information, DXC operational expertise, and vendor documentation, helping them reason using the context and requirements of each customer environment rather than relying solely on general model knowledge. By combining this enterprise context with defined governance policies and human oversight, OASIS enables organizations to expand the role of AI agents in production while maintaining accountability and control.

“Agents are transforming the application layer for every business, and the enterprises pulling ahead are taking ownership of their agent stack,” said Julia Schottenstein, Chief Operating Officer, LangChain. “That means adapting the harness to their business, grounding agents in proprietary context, and building the governance and continuous improvement loops that make agents reliable in production. We’re proud to bring that model into mission-critical enterprise operations through our partnership with DXC.”

An Open Approach to Enterprise Agentic AI

The partnership also supports an open approach to agentic AI designed to give enterprises flexibility and control as AI technologies evolve. OASIS is model agnostic and supports interoperability with third-party and customer-owned systems, enabling organizations to select different models for different workloads based on requirements including quality, cost, latency, and privacy. OASIS is also designed to continuously improve as it operates, using insights from agent executions to improve performance and incorporate lessons from individual scenarios into the broader system over time.

Deployments can span public cloud, private cloud, dedicated, and sovereign environments without requiring a redesign of the underlying architecture. Customers retain control of their data, workflows, and the operational capabilities they build on top of the platform, while preserving flexibility across models, infrastructure, and deployment environments.

DXC and LangChain detail their approach in a new technical white paper, DXC OASIS: The Harness for Mission-Critical IT Operations, which explores how organizations can operationalize AI agents while maintaining governance, accountability, and human oversight across mission-critical environments. 

About DXC Technology

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner delivering software, services, and solutions to global enterprises and public sector organizations — helping them harness AI to drive outcomes at a time of exponential change with speed. With deep expertise in Managed Infrastructure Services, Application Modernization, and Industry-Specific Software Solutions, DXC modernizes, secures, and operates some of the world’s most complex technology estates. Learn more on dxc.com.

Graduating Students Cook, Serve French Dinner at Luang Prabang Academy

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Chef Wochirawish Lerttanapornsit from Rosewood Luang Prabang helped train students at The Academy Luang Prabang Training Hotel and Restaurant. (Photo: European Union in Laos)

It was a busy day in the kitchen at The Academy Luang Prabang on 18 September. A group of students who were about to graduate were hard at work, preparing a special four-course French dinner.

The students cooked for nearly 40 guests, served the food, poured glasses of wine, and kept things moving in the dining room as the evening went on.

At The Academy, it was a chance to put months of training into practice, this time with real guests sitting at the tables and waiting to be served. For the students, it was a chance to see what it was like to handle a full dinner service from start to finish.

Chefs Thongsa Soulisack from Gaspard and Wochirawish Lerttanapornsit from Rosewood Luang Prabang worked with the students to prepare the dinner. The menu included four French courses and wine pairings, while the students took charge of cooking and serving under the chefs’ guidance.

This was different from practicing in class. The students had to keep up with a real dinner service, getting the food ready on time, sending out plates together, and making sure guests were not left waiting.

“It was a great experience. I learned many things I had never known before, which are important for working in hospitality and will help me find a job,” said Anout Chanthamaly, 18, from Thapaen village near Kuang Si Falls.

Anout Chanthamaly. From Thapaen village near Kuang Si Falls, Anout learned guest service, barista skills and bartending and is preparing to work at a local hospitality establishment. (Photo supplied by Anout Chanthamaly)

Chanthalack Phommachith, 27, who previously worked in the media industry, said the program changed how she sees the work.

“Before, I thought serving was not that difficult. I thought it was just about serving food and setting up tables. But after joining the program, I realized that hospitality requires much more than that,” she said.

That is the kind of experience the academy wants its students to have before they graduate and enter the hospitality industry.

The academy opened in November 2025 after the former Lanith Luang Prabang Training Center was renovated and upgraded. It is part of the Luang Prabang Technical-Vocational College.

The students come from Luang Prabang and nearby provinces. Many are young people who might not otherwise have been able to continue their education because of family or financial reasons. The academy offers them free training, giving them a chance to learn practical skills for work in the hospitality industry.

Over about three months, students learn everything from preparing and serving food to managing events. Their teachers also help them look for work in hotels and other parts of the hospitality industry after graduation.

The dinner gave them a chance to put those skills to work.

Graduates have different plans. Anout learned guest service, basic barista skills and bartending. A hospitality establishment near his home village offered him a job, and it is scheduled to open in November 2026. While he waits to start work, he has begun studying Chinese to communicate with Chinese-speaking guests.

Moukphachanh Panyakeo, 19, came from Phongsaly Province to study architecture at Souphanouvong University but decided after his first year that the field was not for him. His older sister, a former academy student, encouraged him to apply. He now works as a trainee at a hotel in Luang Prabang, and he said the program made him more confident around people. He used to avoid speaking in front of groups.

Moukphachanh Panyakeo. Originally from Phongsaly Province, Moukphachanh switched from architecture studies to hospitality and now works as a hotel trainee in Luang Prabang. (Photo supplied by Moukphachanh Panyakeo)

“I like drinking coffee, but I enjoy alcoholic drinks even more,” he told The Laotian Times, laughing. “You can make many different drinks with different flavors, and that is what makes them special. I have decided that I want to become a barista or bartender in the future.”

Chanthalack left the media industry to try something new and has decided to work as a bartender at a bar in Luang Prabang.

Chanthalack Phommachith (left). After leaving the media industry, Chanthalack trained in hospitality and plans to work as a bartender at a bar in Luang Prabang. (Photo supplied by Chanthalack Phommachith)

“I love talking to different people every day, and that makes the job exciting,” she said.

Rosewood has been working with the academy throughout the students’ training. Its head chef and food and beverage director teach weekly classes at the center.

Manysone Manychit, 18, from a village near Kuang Si Falls, grew up cooking Lao food with her mother and worked as an assistant chef at the academy, where the chefs from Gaspard and Rosewood taught her French cuisine. She had been studying at a university in Vietnam before she returned home. Her mother did not want her to study far from home, so she decided to continue at Souphanouvong University in her hometown.

Manysone Manychit. A former university student in Vietnam, Manysone learned French cuisine through hands-on training and is preparing to work at a tourism business near her village. (Photo supplied by Manysone Manychit)

She must take an exam next year to enter, so she joined the academy instead of waiting idle.

“Before joining, I mainly cooked Lao food, but now I have the opportunity to learn other styles of cuisine that I have wanted to explore for a long time through hands-on experience,” she said. She is about to start work at a tourism business near her home village.

The academy is supported by the Skills for Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry, or STAF, program, which helped pay for the renovation, equipment, and student scholarships. STAF is co-financed by the governments of Laos, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, and the European Union.

Students also get to work at the center outside their regular classes, helping run its food, beverage, and event services. The center also offers additional training for people already working in tourism and hospitality in Luang Prabang and nearby areas.

The program follows a similar model to The Academy Training Hotel and Restaurant in Vang Vieng, which is also supported by STAF.

Chamet Brings Real-Time AI Translation in 50+ Languages and Multimodal Safety AI to Cross-Border Video Chat

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Live translated subtitles help users talk across languages, while multi-model moderation and multimodal age-risk detection support user protection

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 13 October 2026 – Chamet, a global live streaming and video chat platform with more than 50 million downloads on Google Play worldwide, today detailed two AI systems behind its experience: real-time translation during video calls, and multi-model AI for content moderation and user protection.

Real-time AI translation

Chamet’s AI translation turns spoken dialogue into translated on-screen subtitles as people speak. It supports more than 50 languages and is free for users. Subtitles appear within the call itself, so people across Asia, the Middle East, the United States and other regions can talk without language barriers.

AI for a safer community

Chamet uses AI detection and human review together to find and act on violations in real time. Two methods sit at the centre of this work.

Multimodal detection of suspected minors: Chamet has zero tolerance for underage users. Instead of relying on a single signal, its system combines profile photos, live-stream frames, video, voice, text, self-reported age and account behaviour to assess whether an account may belong to a minor. Each case receives a risk level based on model confidence. Depending on that level, the system can restrict content, limit interactions or restrict the account, and human reviewers check cases before final decisions. Accounts found to have falsified their age are permanently suspended.

Multi-model fusion for content review: Chamet uses several moderation models and third-party services, each with its own labels, confidence scales and strengths. The platform maps all of their outputs onto one shared risk scale. It then weighs the results by content type, such as images, video, audio or text, by where the content appears, such as a live stream or a profile, and by each model’s track record. The result is a single risk level and a consistent action for each piece of content, with the highest-risk cases prioritised for reviewers.

These systems work alongside real-person face verification, client- and server-side safeguards against unauthorised screen recording, in-app reporting and blocking, and an appeals process. Together they help reduce risk on the platform.

“Our commitment to ‘Make Chat Borderless’ starts with helping people understand one another,” said David Qi, Chief Marketing Officer of Chamet. “We built translation into the call and kept it free. And because these are live conversations, we use AI to help our review teams spot risk sooner and act more consistently.”
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About Chamet

Chamet is a global live streaming and video chat platform. It offers live streaming, video chat, party rooms and feeds for social discovery. AI-powered real-time translation helps people talk across languages. Community guidelines, AI-assisted and human moderation, and in-app report and block tools support user safety. Learn more at .

Chamet is owned and operated by FULIAO HONG KONG LIMITED (HK Fuliao), a Hong Kong-based technology company. HK Fuliao provides the development, localisation, content management, customer service and operations behind Chamet. Learn more at .

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