AI Tourism & Green Destinations: Eatof members from eight East Asian states/provinces signed a Sept 3 declaration to push “Net Zero Tourism,” including yearly green destination certification, local food/culture content, and AI-powered smart tourism with QR info, multilingual real-time interpretation, and personalized travel. Agriculture Value Chains: A 3S project exchange in Indonesia (July 2026) brought Colombian and Indonesian researchers and rural producers to strengthen cassava processing and document traditional products. Lao–Vietnam Farm Investment: Laos and Vietnam agreed to deepen agricultural cooperation, focusing on attracting Vietnamese investment, solving issues for existing businesses, and preparing an agriculture investment promotion conference. NUOL Academic Honors: NUOL awarded six people non-regular academic titles and honorary doctorates for contributions across development, education, public administration, environment, and social work. Crypto Scam Crackdown: FinCEN linked about $12.7B in suspicious activity to digital asset investment scams, with many tied to scam compounds in Cambodia, Laos, and Burma. VR for Climate Skills: EU/France-backed VR Student Contest launched in Cambodia to train ASEAN students to turn climate data into interactive sustainability simulations. Health Tech in Vientiane: 103 Hospital and Tahua signed an agreement to develop extracorporeal lithotripsy technology and inaugurated a lithotripsy room. Irrigation Safety Training: Lao–Korea Irrigation Development Center ran a two-month program on irrigation dam stability inspection, including field work at Nam Chim and Nam Phouk dams. Trade & Logistics Links: Kazakhstan and Laos moved to expand cooperation via agriculture, transport/logistics, and digitalization, with plans for modern irrigation and ICT/e-government collaboration. Cybercrime & Scams Context: Regional reporting highlights how Southeast Asia’s fraud economy is expanding and becoming more sophisticated, with Laos named among key compound locations.