Vietnam: January 2025

ISEAS: Youth and Civic Engagement in Southeast Asia – survey results

Vietnam: Phygital Labs looks to merge physical and digital realms for gifting, utilizing RFID chips and NFC capabilities, with blockchain used to verify item ownership / full item
Vietnam: One Mount Group secures 1 of 2 places assigned by Ministry of Info & Comms to build ‘Make-in-Vietnam’ Layer 1 Blockchain network / full item
Vietnam and Laos launch cross-border payments via QR code systems with major banks participating / full item
Vietnam’s VinFast, EV manufacturer under Vingroup conglomerate, delivered over 20K electric cars in December 2024, 20% up from November / full item
Vietnam and Mongolia prep for collaboration in AI development, adding to Vietnam’s recent NVIDIA Cooperation Agreement / full item

Old age poverty and active ageing in ASEAN: Trends

Vietnam: Estonia’s Bolt ride-hail and food delivery startup preps for Ho Chi Minh City launch, building on Thailand and Malaysia presence / full item
Vietnam: Government issues decree providing support up to 50% of initial investment costs for businesses in semiconductor and AI R&D / full item

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Vietnam: An overview of the potential for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet services opportunity in the country / full item
Vietnam: Ministry of Finance reportedly preps for citizen ID numbers to be used as personal tax codes from July 2025, to streamline tax data for national database on population / full item
Vietnam boosts focus on opportunities in Web3 with National Strategy for the Development and Application of Blockchain Technology – here’s an overview / full item
Vietnam: Social media users now have 90 days to authenticate accounts, tied to mobile numbers, with parents ‘responsible for monitoring and managing the content their children post and share’ / full item
South Korean chip exports to Taiwan, Vietnam, and the United States rose in 2024, with decline in sales to China / full item

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