HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — An increasing number of Vietnamese families are turning to the EB-5 investment immigration program as a sustainable pathway to obtain U.S. Green Cards for the whole family. In this situation, BAI Capital – the only EB-5 developer with a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City – will host a seminar on “U.S. Investment & Immigration through the EB-5 Program. The event will take place from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Saturday, August 23, 2025, at JW Marriott Saigon.

The seminar is expected to be one of the most notable events this August, offering Vietnamese investors a rare opportunity to meet and exchange directly with leading U.S. immigration experts.

A rare chance to meet EB-5 experts in Vietnam

The event will feature one-on-one consultations with EB-5 immigration specialists from the United States. This provides local investors with a unique chance to directly discuss their source of funds, receive personalized case assessments, and stay updated on the latest EB-5 legal and regulatory developments.

Especially, attendees will have the opportunity to meet Attorney David Van Vooren, Managing Partner at David Hirson & Partners—one of the top five U.S. immigration law firms. With nearly 20 years of experience, Mr. Van Vooren is recognized as a pioneer in EB-5 law. The program will also feature Iván Rodríguez, Managing Director of Asian Markets at BAI Capital, who has a deep understanding about U.S. real estate and finance.

Archer Place – A secure and sustainable EB-5 project

A highlight of the seminar will be an in-depth introduction to Archer Place, an EB-5 student housing project developed by BAI Capital in Gainesville, Florida. The project has already been approved by USCIS under Form I-956F, which is expected to help shorten processing times for investor petitions.

Unlike many EB-5 projects still on paper, Archer Place began construction in early 2025 and is now under vertical development. This underscores the developer’s commitment and execution capacity, mitigating common risks of delays often associated with EB-5 projects.

Why student housing is considered sustainable

Archer Place is designed to serve more than 60,000 students and faculty of the University of Florida, ranked among the Top 5 U.S. public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The student housing market in Gainesville has consistently shown high occupancy and stable demand, making it a resilient real estate segment.

Located within walking distance of the university campus and close to Butler Plaza – one of Florida’s largest retail complexes – Archer Place is well positioned to meet the housing needs of students..

BAI Capital – A bridge for Vietnamese families to the U.S.

With more than 16 years of experience in U.S. real estate development and EB-5, BAI Capital is among the few companies that serve simultaneously as Project Developer (JCE) and EB-5 Fund Manager (NCE). This integrated model enhances transparency, reduces intermediary costs, and maximizes security for investors.

The upcoming Ho Chi Minh City seminar is part of BAI Capital’s ongoing EB-5 events in Vietnam, reflecting the company’s long-term commitment to supporting local families in finding secure and effective U.S. immigration solutions.

Event Information:

• Time:2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Saturday, August 23, 2025
• Venue: JW Marriott Saigon

Register here to join the event!

• Website: https://baicapital.com/vietnam/

DKSH Business Unit Healthcare has reached a significant milestone in building a more sustainable healthcare supply chain by successfully tracking carbon emissions across its value chain through a collaboration with UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator and Smart Tradzt in Thailand. This achievement also marks the implementation of a reusable cold-chain packaging solution. The initiative underscores DKSH Healthcare’s ongoing commitment to environmental responsibility and its proactive approach to advancing sustainable business practices.

BANGKOK, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — DKSH Business Unit Healthcare has achieved a significant milestone by successfully measuring Scope 3 carbon emissions within its supply chain in Thailand. This initiative was accomplished through a collaboration with UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator and Smart Tradzt, a Singapore-based sustainability technology provider.

Scope 3 emissions, representing indirect greenhouse gas emissions from sources across the value chain, constitute a substantial proportion of the total healthcare and logistics emissions. Accurately tracking these emissions is important but remains a complex task.

Recognizing this challenge, DKSH Business Unit Healthcare tapped on UOB FinLab’s GreenTech Accelerator, a regional program which resulted in 16 successful pilots across Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand between corporations and innovative startups to address regional sustainability issues in the areas of energy, sustainability reporting and carbon management, circular economy and waste management, food and agriculture, sustainable cities and urban planning. UOB FinLab provided financial support, mentorship and access to community networks for Smart Tradzt, reducing costs for DKSH to undertake this comprehensive assessment.

The collaboration saw DKSH Healthcare Thailand partner with Smart Tradzt to utilize their digital platform for executing a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), providing a comprehensive view of the environmental impact of its operations and suggestions on sustainable processes optimizations.  The analysis adhered to internationally recognized standards, including the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol and PACT Methodology, covering all life cycle stages from material sourcing to manufacturing, distribution, product use, and disposal.

Despite facing operational challenges such as limited LCA awareness from small scale suppliers resulting in more limited data availability and limited visibility into end-user disposal practices, the LCA showed clear results – DKSH Healthcare’s reusable cold-chain packaging solution, B-Box, demonstrated a significant reduction in carbon emissions over its lifecycle. Specifically, its reusable B-40 box recorded emissions of almost 27.19 kg CO₂e per box over five years, establishing a clear advantage over single-use Styrofoam alternative which recorded roughly 5.03 kg CO₂e per box.

Building upon these results, DKSH Business Unit Healthcare will be able to more effectively disclose the impact of avoided carbon emissions as it expands its reusable packaging to other markets. This increasing transparency across the value chain is a milestone benchmark for what can be explored across the region. Ultimately, sustainability tracking initiatives will assist clients and partners in addressing growing regulatory and stakeholder demands for accurate environmental reporting and sustainability accountability across value chains.

Bijay Singh, Global Head Business Unit Healthcare, DKSH, commented: “Our collaboration with Smart Tradzt and UOB FinLab details the importance we place on the topic of sustainability. Even as we continue to advance our goal of achieving equitable healthcare across Asia Pacific, we are committed to keeping our supply chain transparent and accountable. Scope 3 carbon emissions remain complex and require deep value chain collaboration.  As healthcare partners, this initiative not only help us in meeting the growing regulations, they also let our clients and partners see tangible datapoints which can be used for their own reporting. Whilst challenging, this step is a showcase for our commitment to value chain transparency and sustainability.”

Shannon Lung, Head of UOB FinLab, added: “At UOB FinLab, we are proud to serve as a community enabler, helping companies like DKSH Healthcare accelerate their sustainability journeys. Through our GreenTech Accelerator and other outreach programs, we connect corporates with innovative solutions that drive measurable impact. This collaboration is a testament to how targeted support and strategic partnerships can empower businesses to meet their sustainability goals, enhance operational transparency, and set new benchmarks for environmental accountability across ASEAN.”

About UOB Finlab

Established in 2015, UOB FinLab is the strategic community enabler of UOB, dedicated to driving SME growth across ASEAN through AI, digitalisation and sustainability. With a regional presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, UOB FinLab has supported more than 33,000 SMEs across 48 countries, helping businesses to transform and thrive in the digital economy. Its signature programmes include the UOB SME Elevate Programme, AI Ready Programme, GreenTech Accelerator, Sustainability Innovation Programme, and Womenpreneur Digitalisation Programme, each designed to foster innovation, build capabilities, and promote inclusive growth. https://thefinlab.com/

About Smart Tradzt

Smart Tradzt specializes in carbon footprint and decarbonization, offering enterprise sustainability software and consulting to support carbon accounting, energy transition, and net zero pathways. Our PACT (by WBCSD) Conformant platform enables organizations to accurately quantify corporate (Scope 1, 2, and 3) and product carbon footprints, comply with ISSB Standards, and collaborate across value chains. Smart Tradzt’s end-to-end Decarbonization Enablement facilitates a closed-loop process toward achieving a realistic net zero pathway. With Smart Tradzt’s award-winning innovations in a future-ready Green Procurement Platform, we empower supply chain and Scope 3 decarbonization, as well as streamline Green Financing Enablement. Headquartered in Singapore and ISO 27001 Certified, we deliver industry-ready solutions powered by disruptive technologies such as AI. https://www.smarttradzt.com/

About DKSH

DKSH’s purpose is to enrich people’s lives. For 160 years, we have been marketing, selling, and distributing high-quality products and brands for multinational and Fortune 500 companies. Through our Business Units Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Performance Materials, and Technology, we deliver sustainable growth for our partners. We contribute to improving the quality of life for our employees and people in the local communities in which we operate. Headquartered in Switzerland, DKSH is publicly listed and operates in 36 markets across Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. We employ over 28,000 specialists and produced net sales of CHF 11.1 billion in 2024. As a strategic healthcare business partner, DKSH Business Unit Healthcare distributes and commercializes pharmaceuticals, consumer health, and over-the-counter products as well as medical devices. With around 8,000 specialists, Business Unit Healthcare generated net sales of CHF 5.7 billion in 2024. www.dksh.com/hec

– Nets and Suns Will Play Preseason Games on Oct. 10 and 12 at The Venetian Arena in Macao –

– NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal, MIRROR Member Keung To, and Hip-Hop Artist MC Jin to Headline NBA Fan Day on Oct. 11 –

MACAO, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sands China Ltd. (HKEx: 1928.HK) today announced that tickets for The NBA China Games 2025 presented by Taobao 88VIP and NBA Fan Day will go on sale to the public today at 12 p.m. China Standard Time (CST) at Cotai Ticketing, Taobao 88VIP, Trip.com and MPay^*. The NBA China Games 2025 will feature the Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns playing preseason games on Friday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. CST and Sunday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. CST at The Venetian Arena in Macao.

The NBA and Sands China also today announced that four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal, MIRROR member Keung To, and hip-hop artist MC Jin will headline NBA Fan Day, an interactive fan event on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 4 p.m. CST at The Venetian Arena. NBA Fan Day will celebrate the NBA and the game of basketball with a variety of fan entertainment featuring Nets and Suns players, including a skills challenge, three-point contest, half-court shooting contest, team mascots appearances, performances by the Suns and Nets dance teams, a slam dunk contest featuring professional dunkers, and musical performances by Keung To, MC Jin. Fans will have the opportunity to participate in oncourt activities with celebrity guests including MIRROR members Edan Lui, Stanley Yau and more who will be announced at a later date. Fans can stay up to date on the latest event information at nbachinagames2025.f1sz.com.

Tickets will start at MOP/HKD 488 for the games and MOP/HKD 388 for NBA Fan Day.

The Nets currently feature 2023 NBA champion Michael Porter Jr., center Nic Claxton and 2025 No. 8 overall pick Egor Dëmin. The Suns currently feature two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time NBA All-Star Devin Booker, 2021-22 NBA All-Rookie First Team member Jalen Green and 2022-23 NBA All-Defensive Second Team member Dillon Brooks.

The NBA China Games 2025 presented by Taobao 88VIP will reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories on television, digital media and social media. Sands China, the Official Integrated Resort Partner of NBA China, will serve as the Official Promoter of the games. The games and surrounding events will be supported by a roster of partners, including Presenting Partner Taobao 88VIP; Official Partners Ant International, Ctrip, Gatorade, JACK & JONES, Mengniu, Nike and Tissot; and Promotional Partners NBA 2K and Wilson.

^*Ticketing Channels:

Cotai Ticketing

• NBA China Games 2025 presented by Taobao 88VIP (online):
  • English: https://www.cotaiticketing.com/shows/nbachina2025
  • Simplified Chinese: https://cn.cotaiticketing.com/shows/nbachina2025
  • Traditional Chinese: https://hk.cotaiticketing.com/shows/nbachina2025
• NBA Fan Day (online):
  • English: https://www.cotaiticketing.com/shows/fad2025
  • Simplified Chinese: https://cn.cotaiticketing.com/shows/fad2025
  • Traditional Chinese: https://hk.cotaiticketing.com/shows/fad2025
• Phone:
  • Macao: +853 2882 8818
  • Hong Kong: +852 3065 9899
  • Mainland China: 4008 42 9018 (toll-free)

Trip.com

• Online: 
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  https://hk.trip.com/travel-guide/attraction/macau/nba-china-games-152781413/
• Phone:
  • Macao: +86-21 3406-4888
  • Hong Kong: +852-3008-3295 / 3002-3252
  • Mainland China: 95010 / 400-632-1088 / 400-830-6666

MPay 

• Online: https://h5.macaupass.com/sale/s.html#/index?utm_source=NBA 
• Phone:
  • Macao: +853 2872-7688

Taobao 88VIP Member Center (members only)

• Online: https://www.taobao.com (search 88VIP)

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SINGAPORE, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — From jewellery and fashion to art, wellness, gastronomy, and lifestyle, UltraLuxe returns for its fourth year, spotlighting Singapore’s creative spirit to celebrate SG60 during Grand Prix™ Season Singapore.

Happening 2–12 October at the Tent@Ngee Ann City on Orchard Road, UltraLuxe presents Race to Discover Iconic SG60 and Niche Luxury from Around the World — uniting local visionaries with world-renowned talents to honour Singapore’s 60^th year of independence.

The opening features VerveArté, 2–4 October, an immersive journey through four curated spaces: Eternia showcases ageless beauty and wellness with advanced diagnostics and personalised programmes by leading practitioners; Style Inc. celebrates Singapore’s fashion and jewellery scene, from reimagined Asian heritage styles to avant-garde designs and transformative jewellery, appreciated with fine wines; Spiritium presents the heritage of Scottish whiskies with rare, limited-edition selections curated by Bitcask, Singapore’s premier whisky purveyor; Haute offers refined gastronomy featuring rare beef canapés paired with jewels, art, spirits, and sophisticated living propositions.

From 6–12 October, JeweLuxe transforms the Tent into an exploratorium featuring: The GemCentric world-renowned jewellery houses, Star Power designers who have styled celebrities such as Rihanna and Taylor Swift, Asia’s Brilliant Edge with innovative designers redefining the craft, the Italian Edit of masterpieces prized by collectors, and Whispers of the Past, a curation of collectable vintage jewels. 

Beyond the Tent, UltraLuxe extends islandwide: wellness enthusiasts can enjoy exclusive treatments with leading practitioners; gourmands embark on the Surf and Turf Supreme journey spotlighting a rare wagyu across acclaimed dining destinations; and fashion and jewellery lovers explore culturally rich designs and dazzling masterpieces at boutiques across Singapore.

Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, UltraLuxe enhances Singapore’s luxury landscape through engaging experiences that captivate global audiences.

“We welcome the return of homegrown luxury festival, UltraLuxe. With its expanded programme and well-curated lifestyle experiences, this festival exemplifies Singapore’s commitment to creating distinctive experiences for increasingly discerning visitors. By providing a platform to showcase local independent brands alongside international ones, UltraLuxe enriches the diverse retail and lifestyle offerings in Singapore, while strengthening our appeal as a premier lifestyle destination,” said Ms Guo Teyi, Director, Leisure Events, Singapore Tourism Board.

Discover iconic niche luxury in Singapore and beyond. Visit www.ultraluxeglobal.com for details, book VerveArté experiences, and pre-register for JeweLuxe shopping expeditions.

KALISPEL, Montana, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Eventista, a technology company delivering a comprehensive ecosystem to optimize revenue and fan engagement for entertainment events, has been named a Gold Stevie® Winner at the International Business Awards® (IBA) 2025. Trusted by prestigious global and Asian iconic pageants such as Miss Earth, Miss Cosmo, Miss Global Mr. World, Miss Thailand, Miss Philippines Earth and various national editions of Miss Universe,… Eventista is redefining how technology can transform both financial growth and meaningful audience connections.

FROM VISION TO PIONEER IN EVENT TECHNOLOGY – EVENTISTA BECOMES A GOLD STEVIE® WINNER AT THE 22ND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS

The International Business Awards® (IBA), part of the Stevie® Awards programs, is one of the world’s most prestigious honors, recognizing outstanding achievements across business, technology, services,… with over 12,000 nominations each year. Eventista’s recognition as a Gold Stevie® Winner in the New Product & Product Management Categories marks a landmark achievement, highlighting its impressive success in optimizing revenue and fan engagement for over 600 entertainment events across 30 countries within just one year.

The judging process involved over 200 global business leaders, who highly praised Eventista for its bold vision: Empowering event organizers to transform fan engagement into a sustainable revenue stream. The company also impressed the judges with its two flagship platforms: 1Vote and 1Zone. 1Vote has become the leading voting platform for beauty pageants and entertainment events, offering both free and paid voting. Meanwhile, 1Zone serves as a digital hub for e-ticketing and merchandise, creating an interactive space that connects artists and fans. Beyond delivering technology, Eventista also acts as a strategic media consulting partner, working closely with organizers to launch promotional campaigns that maximize the conversion of engagement into tangible revenue. From a business perspective, revenue generated through fan communities often helps organizers cover 30–50% of event expenses. Besides, these engagement activities can boost revenue growth by an average of 100 – 145% and increase event traffic by up to 500% compared to traditional methods.

“We are truly impressed by your organization’s innovative approach in redefining how entertainment businesses connect with and monetize their fan communities. Eventista’s vision stands out for its clarity and impact, further validated by the remarkable growth potential of the global online voting and fan engagement market”, shared the IBA judges.

TRUSTED BY GLOBAL AND ASIAN ICONIC BEAUTY PAGEANTS: EVENTISTA’S IMPACT ACROSS BORDERS

With its outstanding technological capabilities & premium service, Eventista has built a particularly strong presence in more than 30 countries worldwide, trusted by leading entertainment firms across Asia, including Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China etc.

One of Eventista’s key differentiators is its ability to localize global technology for maximum market impact and to delivery premium services alongside its technological capabilities. For instance, in Thailand, Eventista integrates payment options like Line Pay, TrueMoney Wallet, Thai QR Payment, and Krungsri Bank, enabling Miss Thailand – one of the most iconic national pageants – to achieve record-breaking results of 2,600,000 votes across 8,900 successful transactions. Similarly, at Miss Philippines Earth, Eventista integrated payment platforms such as GCash, ShopeePay Philippines, GrabPay, PayMaya, and Alipay+, allowing fans to support their favorite contestants with ease. The campaign attracted over 49,800 engaged fans, generating more than 40,000 successful transactions and 3,840,000 votes – a testament to how technology can amplify both participation and revenue.

Reflecting on this milestone, Ms. Nga Doan, Chief Marketing Officer of Eventista, shared: “Winning the Gold Stevie® Award positions Eventista as the leading platform for maximizing revenue in entertainment events through fan community engagement. With a presence in over 30 countries and the trust of hundreds of prestigious entertainment events, Eventista continues to expand its global footprint. Built on three pillars—pioneering technology, premium services, and global-to-local adaptability—Eventista is redefining quality standards for the entertainment industry. This recognition not only validates our innovation but also strengthens our mission to empower event organizers worldwide, unlock sustainable revenue streams, and set new benchmarks for growth and fan engagement.”

CONTACT: Ms. Nga Doan – juliadoan@eventista.vn