Vietnam

Intel has completed the handover of 31 chip assembly and testing machines to Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam National University Hanoi in the capital city of Hanoi.

Gauth, a study AI app, has introduced its Live Tutor feature in Vietnam, expanding its AI-powered study platform in the Southeast Asian market.

Google Labs’ AI Futures Fund and Vietnam's Saigon AI Hub (SAIH) will jointly establish an Applied AI Lab, marking a new collaboration to support artificial intelligence development in the country.

Taiwan’s electronic giant Lite-On (Liteon) will invest $149 million more into its wholly owned subsidiaries in Vietnam, according to its filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) in late April.

The authorities in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City granted investment registration certificates to several projects last Saturday, including two data center projects with combined capital of nearly $1 billion, in cooperation with Singapore businesses.

South Korea's SK Innovation plans to develop a 1,500 MW LNG-fired power plant in Vietnam, partly to electrify a AI data center, highlighting the growing link between energy infrastructure and digital development.

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Vietnam National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), and South Korea's KEB Hana Bank and GLN International, launched a cross-border QR code payment service connecting Vietnam and South Korea on Thursday.

Indonesia's buy now pay later (BNPL) firm Kredivo now holds a 99.99 percent stake at Timo Vietnam JSC, also known as Timo digital bank by BVBank in Vietnam.

VinFast, the electric vehicle manufacturer under Vietnam's conglomerate VinFast, reached a global delivery of 58,577 electric vehicles (EVs) in the first quarter of 2026, up 61 percent year-on-year, according to its release on Wednesday.

Vietnam-based Goertek Technology Vina Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Chinese manufacturing giant Goertek, has invested VND527.1 billlion ($20 million) more in its factory in the northern province of Bac Ninh, according to its draft environmental impact assessment sent to the provincial authorities.