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  • Australian, Belgian firms open software centre in Vietnam

    (Feb 16th, 2014)

    Last update 06:00 | 09/11/2013 The Australian software producer Atlassian partnered with Pyramid Consulting Company of Belgium to launch a software development centre in Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City on November 6. The centre focuses on developing new features and plug-ins of Jira – a leading software in monitoring and managing technical faults, […]

  • Nhommua.com includes international brand names

    (Feb 16th, 2014)

    Nhommua.com includes international brand names Last updated: Monday, August 19, 2013 08:55 Just as with the rapid growth and development of the Internet, the group-buying, deal-centric business model in Vietnam is becoming quite common. Currently, there are nearly 100 group-buying enterprises in Vietnam, an impressive figure given how new the model is in the market. […]

  • 10 startups in Vietnam that have reached over 1 million users

    (Jan 27th, 2014)

    Vietnam is full of startups these days with hackathons and events galore. But before all this hype and momentum came along, Vietnam quietly produced a number of successful mobile-oriented startups out of the woodwork. Here’s a list of just a few in both the mobile and non-mobile spaces that might interest you. The benchmark I’ve […]

  • Singapore’s Reebonz and Vietnam’s VC Corp raise US$17M from Intel Capital

    (Jan 27th, 2014)

    Singapore’s Reebonz, a startup that does online sales of luxury goods across Asia, and Vietnam’s VC Corp, an Internet content company, has raised a combined US$17M from Intel Capital. The exact figures of both investments were not revealed. “Reebonz and VC Corp are examples of companies that are successful in getting Southeast Asians online because […]

  • Classbook Makes Tablets for Education in Vietnam

    (Jan 27th, 2014)

    In the past decade, we’ve seen our fair share of laptops and tablets for children. The concept went mainstream with Nicholas Negroponte and his One Laptop Per Child program. But now, with the lowering cost of hardware production and the ease of software customization (especially with the Android OS), we’re sitting at the cusp of […]