Vietnam

Vietnam’s VinFast ships over 5,000 EVs to Europe, Southeast Asia in 2 days

Vietnam's VinFast loaded more than 5,000 electric vehicles onto two cargo vessels at Hai Phong Port on July 20 and 21, marking the company's 37th and 38th dedicated export shipments in less than four years since its first international delivery of 999 vehicles in late 2022.

Canada’s NEO Battery Materials receives 10,000-unit drone cell order, approaching e-mobility expansion in Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Canada-based NEO Battery Materials has received a purchase order for 10,000 units of its 34Ah drone battery cells from South Korea's battery pack manufacturer PM Energy Solution, the former said in a statement on Thursday.

Vietnam should fast-track fintech sandbox as financial centers take shape

Vietnam should speed up the update of its regulatory sandbox framework for financial technology (fintech) sector as the country has established international financial centers in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang and pursues a double-digit economic growth target.

Singapore’s Grab invests in Vietnam’s EBOOST, targets 6,000 EV charging ports by early 2028

Singapore's Grab has made a strategic investment in Vietnamese electric vehicle charging company EBOOST, with a target of deploying more than 6,000 charging ports for cars and motorbikes in Vietnam by early 2028.

Vietnam’s QTSC, Singapore’s SSIA to cooperate in semiconductor training, R&D, investment promotion

The Quang Trung Software City (QTSC), the high-tech industrial park in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, and the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) will collaborate in semiconductor activities.

Vietnam’s Viettel targets first pre-commercial 6G call by early 2029 as Qualcomm’s first early access partner

Viettel High Tech, under Vietnam's top telco Viettel, has signed a 6G Platform Early Access Program agreement with US semiconductor company Qualcomm Technologies.

Vietnam emerges as SEA’s next data center contender amid regional capacity shift – BMI

Vietnam is emerging as a credible secondary data center hub in Southeast Asia over the next five years, benefiting from rapid cloud adoption and a spillover of investment from more constrained markets such as Singapore and Malaysia, BMI Country Risk & Industry Research said on Monday.

Vietnam’s VinFast, Germany’s TÜV Rheinland to jointly develop vehicle testing center

Vietnam's electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast and Germany's TÜV Rheinland will collaborate to develop the VinFast Testing Center to international standards and provide testing and technical advisory services to automotive manufacturers in Vietnam and the ASEAN region.

ChatGPT for beginners, Claude for experts, AI competition continues: GenAI Fund

A new study of Vietnam-based GenAI Fund shows that OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude are running nearly equal in overall platform adoption, but diverge sharply when builders are segmented by experience.

Singaporeans use Gemini for professional tasks, Vietnamese for math-coding, Malaysian for creative: Google

Singapore leads Southeast Asia in per capita adoption of Google's Gemini AI platform and ranks first globally by the same measure, while Vietnam dominates the region in mathematical reasoning, coding, and AI-assisted education.