Vietnam
Vietnam plans $100M national venture capital fund, modelled on Israel’s Yozma program
Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology has proposed establishing a National Venture Capital Fund with an initial capital of $100 million for the 2026-2028 period.
Estonia’s web infrastructure firm Blackwell enters Vietnam as first Southeast Asian market
Blackwall, a web traffic security company based in Estonia, has partnered with Vietnam's HOSTVN Technology Solutions Joint Stock Company to launch HOSTVN Website Protection, marking Blackwall's entry into Vietnam, also its first market in Southeast Asia.
Philippines’ SunAsia, Vietnam’s VinEnergo partner on $406 million solar on water energy project
The Philippines' SunAsia Energy and Vietnam's VinEnergo will jointly develop a 422-MWp solar on water portfolio across Pampanga and Negros Occidental in the Philippines, representing an estimated investment of $406 million.
Vietnam’s Masan eyes 115M tons of tungsten more amid global AI, semiconductor growth
Masan High-Tech Materials (MSR), an arm of Vietnamese conglomerate Masan, is expanding its tungsten resource base to help secure a critical input for the AI, semiconductor, and defense industries, potentially adding 115 million more tons of tungsten-polymetallic ore in its reserve
AWS launches first Local Zone in Vietnam with single-digit millisecond latency in Hanoi
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its first Local Zone in Vietnam, located in Hanoi, bringing AWS-managed cloud infrastructure to organizations across healthcare, finance, gaming, and other sectors operating in the country.
Foreign capital pushes Vietnamese startups to set up abroad, Vietnam risking tax, asset losses
An imbalance in capital sources, with foreign capital dominating Vietnam's startup market, is pushing startups toward establishing holding companies overseas to more easily receive funding, said Bui Thanh Do, Founder and CEO of ThinkZone Ventures.
Vietnam, Singapore lead region in construction technology utillization
Vietnam leads the region with 52 percent of local employees utilizing weekly construction-specific technology, ahead of Australia at 48 percent and Singapore at 47 percent, according to Autodesk's State of Digital Adoption in the Construction Industry 2026 report.
Chipmaker Intel walks away from Vietnam once, now returns with $2.6B additional investment
In 2023, Intel walked away from a $3.3 billion chip project in Vietnam because the country had no mechanism to offer the cash support that Intel wanted, but in 2026, Intel returned to Vietnam with an additional investment of $2.6 billion, or $4.1 billion in total.
Chipmaker Intel to invest $2.6B more in Vietnam, $4.1B in total
Intel is set to invest $2.6 billion more in Vietnam, raising the total investment to $4.1 billion, the U.S. chipmaker said in a statement on Friday, at its 20th anniversary of operation in Vietnam.
Vietnam’s VinFast rolls off its one millionth electric motorcycle after 8 years of production
VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer under Vietnam’s conglomerate Vingroup, has produced its one millionth electric motorcycle, nearly eight years after it began manufacturing the Klara, its first electric motorcycle model, in November 2018.
