Rapid digital transformation will serve as an important driving force for technology firms to become unicorns in the future.

The departure of a number of startups in 2020 indicate that 'impractical' ideas do not bring success.

In Vietnam there has been no startup with physics-based technologies.

Southeast Asian startups, especially e-commerce and fintech companies, have witnessed a significant increase in investment between April and June.

Contrary to all predictions, Vietnam’s startups continue to receiving investment capital, though Covid-19 has caused investors to become more cautious.

The national fund for employment’s loan assistance of VND2 billion ($86,784) will be distributed among winners of an ongoing startup contest for rural youths this year, according to organisers.

The collapse of Mon Hue and Soya Garden shows not only the risk of investors when they pour money into startups in food and beverage chains, but also the inadequacies of utilising investment capital inefficiently.

The Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge was launched at a webinar on March 12 to promote technology innovations among startups.

Investors say they have huge amounts of capital in hands and are seeking good technology startups to disburse the money.

Some manufacturing enterprises are concerned about the possibility that goods will disappear from traditional distribution channels and will have to switch to online retail.

Vietnam's emerging startup scene is proving to be a case of right place, right time for local and international venture capital funds.

Co-working space provider WeWork is expanding in Vietnam by opening two more offices in Ho Chi Minh City.

State management agencies need to remove legal barriers that are no longer suitable and allow sharing economy models instead of prohibiting them, economists say.

Startups, R&D projects, fintechs and e-hailing firms are all on the hunt for workers.

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