July, August & September 2020
Startup News Asia’s third quarter 2020 round-up of Vietnam’s startup news from July, August and September.
The news headlines below detail tech or startup news items from Q3 2020 connected with an aspect of Vietnam’s startup ecosystem; Vietnamese startups announcing a new service, product or VC investment, or an article covering something impacting on the Vietnam startup ecosystem, such as a corporate startup investment program, for example.
The focus is obviously on Vietnam’s startups, but tech, VC and startup news headlines are included from the wider region and the world beyond, where useful, to provide points-of-reference, food for thought, and wider industry knowledge for Vietnam’s startups.
September 2020 | August 2020 | July 2020
Vietnam’s startup news: September 2020
- Vietnam: NextPay e-payment solutions provider sets sights on $60-$100M in pre-IPO placement on back of 1.5M e-wallet users and 35K acceptance points across 45 cities
- Vietnam: A collection of the country’s startup news headlines from the month past, drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily tech news updates
- Vietnam: Do Ventures VC firm announces first close on first fund, achieving more than half of $50M target
- Vietnam: GoJek, Indonesian ride-hail giant, acquires majority stake in WePay payments startup, gaining access to 24 banks, 1K merchants and 4 international card issuers
- Vietnam’s Abivin logistics startup selected as one of three ASEAN Entrepreneur Awards winners at the 21st World Knowledge Forum in Seoul
- Vietnam: Da Nang Smart City app launches with aim to be one-stop info space for public services, tourism and more
- Vietnam to launch national program in October to boost founding of startups in information technology and high-tech industries
- Vietnam: Riviu restaurant review app and website gains $3.6M with over 120,000 eateries and cafes reviewed to date
- South Korea: Maeil Business Newspaper selects 3 professionals from Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar as winners for 5th edition of ASEAN Entrepreneur Award
Vietnam’s startup news: August 2020
- 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
Vietnam’s startup news: July 2020
- Vietnam: A brief intro to the 3 startups graduating from VIISA batch 7, working on tourism mapping, remote healthcare and employee training
- Vietnam: Ministry of Info Comms and state-owned Viettel telco launch Viet Solutions 2020, a global contest for digital innovation
- Vietnam: 2020 edition of Smart City Asia forum and exhibition set for Ho Chi Minh City, 3-5 September
- Vietnam: An interview intro to UPGen, coworking brand now with 18 locations across Southeast Asia
- A brief intro to 3 agri-tech startups working on solutions in Cambodia, Brunei and Vietnam
- India’s Zeta fintech startup expands neo-bank platform-as-a-service to The Philippines and Vietnam
