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Digital academy takes shape

The initial ecosystem for a digital school is taking shape at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT).

Pig farmers become millionaires

Self-contained large-scale pig farms combined with fish farming and rice cultivation has brought tens of billions of VND, or $1 million each year, to Ninh Binh farmers.

App encourages recycling

Nguyen Huu Thuan, the manager of a technology company in HCM City, recently set up a second-hand item sharing app, which has become a platform for people who want to give away or receive things for free.

Decree 10 legalises ride-hailing for benefit of passengers and drivers

Vietnam has legalised ride-hailing, opening up opportunities for ride-hailing firms and bringing more benefits to passengers and driver-partners.

MyGo lost in ride-hailing market?

MyGo, Viettel Post’s app, will likely decide to focus its fleet on delivery services and drop ride-hailing.

Doctor develops ‘virtual assistant’ Vbee for Vietnamese market

The initial purpose of Vbee, according to Trang, was to be a reader in Vietnamese for 2 million blind and visually impaired.

AirVisual pollution monitor app temporarily blocked in Vietnam

AirVisual, the air quality monitor and information provider, could not be downloaded from both Android and iOS stores in Vietnam for several days.

E-hailing apps expand to e-payment services

Ride-hailing apps have been expanding their market share, attracting more customers and becoming more ambitious in the e-payment field.

Payment fintechs hunted by big tycoons

VietNamNet Bridge - Many M&A deals have been reported recently which target fintechs operating in the field of payment services. Big investors are behind the deals.

Where are Viber, LINE when the battle to scramble users becomes fierce?

VietNamNet Bridge - Viber has been taking care of loyal customers, while LINE has set up an office and plans a return to Vietnam.

Fintechs causing big changes in financial market

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to be the key clients and biggest beneficiaries from financial apps provided by fintechs.

Grab now has more rivals than ever before

Grab has announced a strategy on developing an ecosystem of services, from ride-hailing services and food ordering to lending. However, with the expansion strategy, it will have more rivals than ever.

LINE app to return to Vietnam?

VietNamNet Bridge - LINE expects to make a comeback to Vietnam through its investment in webtretho.com.

American lays bare Vietnamese software developer’s tricks

An app of top 20 in earning growth on App Store developed by ‘Ngan Vo Thi Thuy’ has been found by medium.freecodecamp.com of tricking users out for $80,000 a month, or more than VND1 billion. 

Facebook launches app for watching its videos on TV

 Facebook Inc is launching an app for smart TVs that will help the social network's users enjoy its videos on a bigger screen.

Local technology firms have great potential

Analysts say the success stories of Flappy Bird, Politaire and DesignBold show that Vietnam can produce quality intellectual property. But experts say that Vietnam needs to create favorable conditions for talented people to promote their abilities.

Vietnamese app store owners playing dirty with each other

 VietNamNet Bridge – Signs of unhealthy competition are creeping up in the mobile app market, with some concerned that this may hinder development of online service businesses.