Vietnam’s startup news
A round-up of February 2020’s tech, startup and venture capital news from Vietnam, highlighting the country’s startup ecosystem and investments.
Each link below leads to the original online news source for each item, and each item is drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily news feed:
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- Vietnam: An interview intro to CricketOne, a startup supplying food ingredients extracted from crickets
- Vietnam: Unicar and ZuumViet startups prepare to launch ride-hailing apps, alongside delivery and other logistics services
- Vietnam: Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge HCMC Roadshow event set for March 5th
- Vietnam: Viettel and Vingroup, major telcos, announce that they will commercialise 5G telecom devices this year, aiming for the country to be among the first to do so
- Vietnam: Having completed the first phase of smart city development in 2 districts, HCM City moves to implement the second phase for the remaining 22 districts
- Vietnam: Waves podcast startup secures $1.2M with app launch set for February 28th
- Vietnam: Grab launches Grab Ventures Ignite in Vietnam, 6-month accelerator program for early-stage startups
- Vietnam Innovation Summit announced for August 20th, gathering public and private sectors, academia, startups, SMEs, corporations, investors and system builders
- South Korea: A brief overview of Shinhan Financial Group’s moves in Vietnam’s fintech and banking-tech spaces
Other news in February 2020
Other subject-specific news from across Asia-Pacific in February 2020:
• Blockchain news across Asia-Pac
• Artificial Intelligence news, Asia
• Cybersecurity and data security news
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