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Is Online Content in Vietnam Actually a Wasteland? Let’s Look Deeper.
Since I posted an article on HaiVL on Tuesday, it has raised eyebrows for two big reasons. First, the 9gag-like HaiVL community caught wind of the post, and then many people didn’t like my statement...
View Article[Video] What accelerator programs ask startups?
What are some of the key questions that accelerator programs ask startups? Truong Thanh Thuy of Greengar shares her experiences and advice in this video log. Thuy is the co-founder of real-time...
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10 Great Incubators and Co-Working Spaces Across Vietnam
For those of you who are curious about the frontiers of Vietnam’s startup scene, an interesting place to start is the landscape of incubators, co-working spaces and communities. But as my buddy Chris...
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Aloxeom: Taking Vietnam’s Streetside Motorbike Taxis to the Next Level
Earlier this month I wrote about Tappxi, the Android app that makes taking a taxi in Vietnam safer and easier. This week, let’s look at Aloxeom. It’s a web-based service that connects passengers with...
View Article[APAC] APAC Start-Up Webinar Series | Achieving Profitability on AWS
APAC StartUp Webinar Series | Achieving Profitability on AWS 30 May 2013 9:30am to 10:30am (India), 11:00am to 12:00pm (Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta), 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur,...
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3 Awesome Presentations From ‘Mobile Day’ Vietnam Event
Last Saturday and the Saturday before, Vietnam held its third ever Mobile Day in the country to throngs of people. All told, over 2,500 people attended the events with 1,500 in Hanoi and 1,000 in...
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Hanoi to Host First Ever Startup Weekend
Last September, the second Startup Weekend was held in Ho Chi Minh city here in Vietnam. Not to be outdone, here comes Hanoi’s first ever Startup Weekend. The event starts on June 14th (starting at...
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What makes candies so sweet?
Candy Crush Saga is the biggest game on the market. What makes it so popular, and how did King crack the Asian markets? We’ve all gained a sweet tooth for Candy Crush Saga. I know I was taken on a...
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Photo apps you have to check out at Echelon 2013
Are you a shutterbug? Here are some photo sharing and photo editing apps that you might want to watch out for at Echelon 2013. Photo apps have long been around. From photo sharing apps to photo editing...
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5 cost-saving strategies for app developers
Here are five tips from Vietnam’s largest mobile content delivery platform, Appota, on how developers can effectively get their apps to users. The mobile app industry is helping developers make...
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The 5 Top Winners at M:Lab, East Asia’s First Mobile Innovation Challenge
M:Lab is an initiative from the World Bank and Infodev to support the startup and mobile innovation scene in Vietnam and across the world. It’s a newcomer to the Vietnam startup scene event circuit...
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Mobivi is Ready To Pump $20 Million Into Getting Vietnam On Online Payments
Everybody in Vietnam knows that cash-on-delivery is the name of the e-commerce game. Although online payments are improving and developing a bit with the recent acquisition of Ngan Luong by MOL,...
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Photo sharing app Seconds popular among the ladies in Thailand
Seconds, a photo sharing app built by Vietnamese developers, is gaining traction among female users in Thailand. While I have observed before that collaborative photo sharing apps might be a...
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Vietnam’s All About Hacking in June: StartMeUp Hackday In Ho Chi Minh city
Vietnam is currently experiencing an onslaught of hackathons. With Startup Weekend Hanoi on June 16th, M:Lab’s competition last week, and M:Lab’s next event at the end of the month, and now StartMeUp...
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Work in Sync: Evernote Business Launches Across Southeast Asia
Evernote Business, the enterprise-oriented version of the note syncing and online collaboration app, has launched today across much of Southeast Asia. It’s now available for the usual price of $10 per...
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Wada Will Spend $15 Million in 2013 to Beat Google in Vietnam
We’ve been hearing a lot from Vietnamese search engine CocCoc lately, especially with our recent meetup and interesting news about its planned $100 million strategy in the next decade. So I wanted to...
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Kay Officially Launches in Vietnam, Promising 24-Hour Delivery And A Whole...
You may remember that we covered a tiny little rumor that Tom Tran, former CEO of Nhom Mua, was launching a competing new daily deals site called Kay. Well, today, Tom’s officially launching Kay. At...
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Chon.vn Battling Rocket Internet’s Zalora in Vietnam’s Fashion E-Commerce Market
Following Mobivi’s recent deal with OCB, an offer that lets online customers buy Chon.vn’s products, I grabbed an interview with Chon.vn’s ambitious female founder and CEO Le Hoang Uyen Vy. Chon.vn is...
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Pops Worldwide Licenses Up to 90% of the Vietnamese Music on Youtube
Since September 2008, Pops Worldwide has been slowly accumulating the licenses and distribution rights for much of Vietnam’s music. The company, which specializes in both producing mobile apps as well...
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E-Commerce Sales in Vietnam Hit $700 Million, Will Reach $1.3 Billion By 2015
Last week, we missed an interesting bit of news concerning Vietnam’s e-commerce scene, so we thought we’d take a closer look. The latest report from VECITA, the Vietnam E-Commerce and Information...
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