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Vietnam should review foreign-ownership caps, citing Western firms’ past regrets over JV

Many Western companies have significant regret about "entering a certain other very large country" through joint ventures and Vietnam should revise its foreign ownership limit.

Vietnam’s FPT, France’s Pasqal should turn quantum talks into commitments

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung urged French quantum computing company Pasqal and Vietnam's tech giant FPT to turn their cooperation ideas into concrete programs.

Singapore’s Antares Ventures secures $50M for deep-tech fund, targets $100M

Antares Ventures, a Singapore-based deep-tech venture capital firm, has secured more than $50 million in commitments for its first fund at a second close, an interim closing at which additional investors join.

Green SM launches Vietnamese EV taxi service in Los Angeles

Green SM, a Vietnamese ride-hailing company utilizing only electric vehicles (EV) of VinFast brand, has launched its taxi service in Los Angeles, its first entry into North America and its ninth global market.

OPSWAT, ITE plan operational technology cybersecurity lab for Singapore

OPSWAT, a cybersecurity company focused on protecting critical infrastructure, and Singapore's Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will jointly strengthen operational technology (OT) cybersecurity education in Singapore.

1.2B people in developing Asia-Pacific lack Internet use; $184B investment gap

About 1.2 billion people in Developing Asia-Pacific remain offline despite near-universal mobile coverage, according to a new report from GSMA Intelligence.

Vietnam urges swift US trade deal, final text already sent to Washington

Vietnam and the United States have agreed on the content of a reciprocal trade agreement, and Vietnam has sent the final text to the United States, said Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc.

Thailand-based Salary Hero raises $7.6M, enters Malaysia

Salary Hero, a Bangkok-based financial health platform, has raised $7.6 million in Series A equity funding.

“Cheap money era” is over, Vietnam startups must go back to basics, says BeginGuru CEO

Hai Nguyen, founder and CEO of startup coaching BeginGuru, stressed the gap comes down to one thing: investors still see no credible path to exit, so capital waits. The cheap-money era is over, and startups must live on customers’ money, not investors’.

Vietnam’s AI infrastructure provider GreenNode triples capital to $32M

GreenNode, the artificial-intelligence (AI) cloud unit of Vietnam's tech giant VNG, has registered an increase in its charter capital to VND835 billion ($32 million) from VND 245 billion.