Vietnam’s startup news: August 2020
The Vietnam startup news headline collection below has been gathered from a variety of online sources, each covering aspects of Vietnam’s startup ecosystem across August of 2020, drawn from English-language online press.
Vietnam focused startup news items below capture a cross-section of Vietnam startup headlines from the last month; each Vietnam startup news headline is linked to the news article it was drawn from. This gives readers an at-a-glance understanding of August 2020’s startup news from Vietnam, and also allows you to instantly read each Vietnam startup news item in full, online.
Our monthly news collections are drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily startup news updates – delivered on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and by app – which gather technology news from across 17 locations across Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
- Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City announces digital transformation program, aiming for efficiency in administration and sights set on digital economy reaching 25% of GDP
- Vietnam: Gov’t launches PayGov platform to boost e-payments for public services by connecting portals and single-window systems with intermediary payment services
- Vietnam: Computer Vision secures $500K funding with artificial intelligence and computer vision solutions for financial technology companies
- CEO of Vietnam’s Loship hyperlocal e-commerce and delivery platform outlines the startups focus on the customer
- CrowdPitch Vietnam sets Asia Innovative Tech Startup Battle online event for September 9th
- Singapore’s ShopBack to launch website and mobile app in Vietnam, aiming to give online shoppers up to 25% cashback from ShopBack merchants
- Australia’s Aus4Innovation program partners Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Tech with Au$650K short-term funding for AI solutions COVID-19 and economic recovery
- Vietnam: Ministry of Info and Comms debuts akaChain blockchain platform, locally-produced and intended to speed and streamline participating business operations
- Okxe Vietnam motorbike trading startup raises $5.5M to connect buyers and sellers via smartphone app and website
- Vietnam: An intro to AskNow, helping students interact with a host of qualified online tutors from home, in COVID-19 social isolation or from a remote location
- Vietnam: An intro to Loship, delivery and hyper-local e-commerce platform, via interview with the startup’s Chief Technology Officer
- Vietnam: VNG online media platform sues TikTok, alleging copyright infringement and “very complicated business model to avoid copyright compliance”
- Vietnam: An interview with Loship’s CEO on the startup journey, leadership and Vietnam’s one-hour delivery and e-commerce spaces
- Vietnam: Draft national strategy sets sights on 100K digital technology companies by 2030 delivering a digital economy of 20% of GDP
- Comparing the startup ecosystems of Indonesia and Vietnam, an online event from Tech In Asia, set for September 3rd
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