Lianhe Zaobao newspaper in Hong Kong (China) has run an article analysing Vietnam’s advantages that make the country the third pillar of the "golden triangle of startups" in Southeast Asia, together with Indonesia and Singapore.
GeneStory, a start-up in the healthcare sector, has become the winner of VietChallenge 2022, the biggest fund calling contest for Vietnamese startups around the world held at Nasdaq, the second biggest stock exchange on the globe.
A Vietnam-UK startup cooperation seminar, the last event of the Vietnam Days in the UK 2022, took place at the AstraZeneca global research and development center in Cambridge on April 5.
The Vietnamese startup community has made breakthroughs despite difficulties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic as a record high of more than 1.3 billion USD in venture capital was pumped into startups last year.
A record of over 1.3 billion USD was poured into Vietnamese startups in 2021 despite the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping the country rank third in the group of the most dynamic innovative startup ecosystems in Southeast Asia, only after Indonesia and Singapore, statistics show.
The Australian Government has committed 4.9 million AUD (3.53 million USD) of investment in Vietnam's venture fund Ascend Vietnam Ventures (AVV) to assist local startups, according to the Australian Embassy in Vietnam.
A record high of 1.35 billion USD was poured into Vietnamese startups last year, making the country among the most attractive destinations for startups in the region.
Domestic corporations are urged to invest more in Vietnamese startups which has mostly drawn attention from foreign venture capital investors, heard at a talk on investment prospects in the innovative startup market in Ho Chi Minh City.
The ADB Ventures - Supporting Impact Startups, a joint project between Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has been launched, offering 1 million USD for Vietnam between 2021 and 2023.
Four Vietnamese startups in the fields of electric vehicles, energy efficiency, smart agriculture and circular economy will introduce their innovative solutions at the AsiaBerlin Submit 2021.
Three Vietnamese startups have been selected by Microsoft to participate in the “Highway to a 100 Unicorns” initiative in the Asia-Pacific region, a scheme that aims to strengthen the region’s startup ecosystem.
Vietnamese startups active on the ELSA Speak learning platform will get an aid package worth 200,000 USD to improve their English proficiency under a cooperation deal.
Forbes Vietnam has published the fourth edition of its '30 under 30' list to honour youngsters with big influence to their working fields and sectors in Vietnam.
Vietnamese startups needs more support institutions and policies to reach their goals, said President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc on December 2.
Twelve Vietnamese startups will compete in the regional finals of the ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards (RBSA) in Malaysia in January 2020, according to the organisers.
The Vietnam Startup Day 2019 is underway in Ho Chi Minh City from August 23 – 24, attracting nearly 200 projects and hundreds of domestic and foreign investors from the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Nepal.
As Vietnam, one of the hottest startup hubs in the world, is welcoming a huge wave of venture capital, its tech startup firms are expected to quickly reach the unicorn status, which means they are valued 1 billion USD or more, according to insiders.
Vietnamese startups are expected to have more opportunities to receive investment and support from Korean investors, who are coming in droves in Vietnam, experts have said.
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