Education & Digital Skills: Brunei and ACER rolled out the Brunei Darussalam Digital Literacy Standards (BDDLS), setting a single national digital capability benchmark for Years 1–11, with AI literacy built in from early years and updated ICT and Business/Art/Technology curricula plus teacher guides. Tourism Digitisation: Brunei launched “Nakhoda,” a digital tourism marketplace for local operators with cashless payments and an AI trip planner, aimed at fixing fragmented online access ahead of Visit Brunei Year 2027. Property Market: Brunei’s Residential Property Price Index rose 13.0% year-on-year in Q1 2026, with most purchases in Brunei Muara. Energy & Oil/Gas: Norway’s TGS won an exclusive multi-client 3D seismic survey contract offshore Brunei to support future licensing and upstream investment. Islamic Finance Deal: BlueFive Capital completed its stake acquisition in Sidra Capital, rebranding it as BlueFiveSidra and setting up a global Sharia-compliant platform headquartered in Singapore, targeting Brunei among other Southeast Asian markets. Aviation Carbon Rules: A UN-backed airline carbon scheme could boost demand for high-integrity offsets across ASEAN if governments quickly authorise qualifying projects.