Vietnam

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.

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.

Vietnam’s EV maker VinFast opens early bookings for the all-new VF 8 in the Philippines

The VinFast VF 8 is now available for pre-order in the Philippines, further expanding the brand's product lineup and offering customers more choice, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

“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.

Thailand’s SCG to soon restart Long Son Petrochemicals complex in Vietnam

The Siam Cement Group (SCG), a major industrial conglomerate in Thailand, will soon resume operation of the $5-billion Long Son Petrochemicals (LSP) complex in Vietnam.

VinFast offers $60,000 per new electric motorcycle showroom in Indonesia, Philippines

VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) maker under Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, has offered dealer partners up to $60,000 for each new electric motorcycle showroom they open in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Murphy Oil starts Vietnam oil production at Lac Da Vang, reports nearby discovery

The United States' Murphy Oil has begun production from its Lac Da Vang (Golden Camel) oil field offshore Vietnam and made an exploration discovery at a nearby well in the same block.

Vietnam’s FPT, Korea’s NAVER Cloud to jointly expand AI cloud across Asia-Pacific

FPT, among the largest tech firms in Vietnam Vietnam, and South Korea's NAVER Cloud will jointly develop and sell artificial-intelligence (AI) services across Asia-Pacific.

VinFast sells 178K EV in Jan-Sep, tops Vietnam’s vehicle market

VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) maker under conglomerate Vingroup, remained Vietnam’s single biggest vehicle seller in the first nine months of 2026, delivering 177,697 cars at home, or roughly a third of a combined national total at 495,138 units.