International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading technology media, research and event company, will provide 500 scholarships for Vietnamese people to study abroad in the next 10 years. IDG founder and chairman Patrick McGovern announced the scholarships at the opening of a two-day workshop on information and communications technology in education in Hanoi yesterday. The [...]
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IDG plans 500 scholarships for locals in 10 years
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IDG sets up two units to focus on promising Vietnam market
March 8, 2004 IDG is looking to replicate the success it reaped in China, where it was the first U.S. venture capital firm in the country, in another of the region’s ‘rising tigers’. Vietnam represents a significant opportunity for IDG, said Louis Nguyen, who was recently named managing director of the first U.S. venture capital [...]
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Asia’s Hot Growth Companies
Backed by a flood of capital, the region’s smartest startups are expanding their scope 08/11/05 Just a few years ago, Asia was a tough place for small companies. Venture capitalists worldwide were licking their wounds from the dot-com bust and had little appetite for prospecting in Asia. The region itself was still digging out from [...]
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Good Morning Vietnam! IDG Ventures Invests in Vietnam
7/13/05 IDG Ventures Vietnam, is a solid cornerstone in the global building blocks of IDG media titan, Patrick McGovern. It is, after all, a $3 billion IT media company, which includes IDC, the influential research and analysis division. McGovern is banking on Vietnam’s admission to the WTO and the hands-on management of a 31 year-old [...]
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IDG hosts Vietnam Prime Minister, signs technology agreements
IDG Asia President & CEO Hugo Shong shakes hands with Tran Quoc Thang, Vietnam’s vice minister of science and technology, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding. Looking on are Lore Harp McGovern, Pat McGovern and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai When Vietnam’s Prime Minister Phan Van Khai visited Boston last month as part [...]