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Q3 2023: Vietnam

July, August & September 2023

Vietnam’s tech news snapshot for 2023’s third quarter touched on items including: Vietnam’s central bank joining the Regional Payment Connectivity Initiative for cross-border payments; the country’s scrutiny of crypto and cryptocurrency mining; and more.

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Hit the links below for each month’s Vietnam tech news headlines, or simply scroll for an at-a-glance look at Vietnamese tech news in Q3 of 2023:

September 2023  |  August 2023  |  July 2023

Vietnam digital economy 2023 report

e-Conomy SEA 2023: Vietnam report – Google, Temasek, Bain & Co

September 2023

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Nguyen Huu Phuoc Nguyen, CEO of Selex Motors, said, “The shift towards green transportation is incredibly significant as we witness the impact of climate change. The partnership between Selex Motors and Gojek not only helps drivers with its cost-efficient operations, but it also advances the goal of emission-free transportation.”

“Our objective is to make cities more environmentally friendly through an inventive e-bike ecosystem and highly efficient battery-swapping technology.”

e-Conomy Southeast Asia 2023 report

e-Conomy Southeast Asia 2023 report – Google, Temasek, Bain and Co

August 2023

State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the central bank of Viet Nam, has officially joined the Regional Payment Connectivity (RPC) initiative.

This recent development is an expansion of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Regional Payment Connectivity (MOU RPC) that was initiated by the central banks of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand at the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit on 14 November 2022 in Bali.

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“Also, he warned that cryptocurrency promoters have lured people into ‘business models resembling multi-marketing models’ and the crypto network lacks the necessary level of transparency for a blockchain project. Also, it may be ‘utilised for nefarious purposes like fraud or data collection.'”

“According to state media reports, Vietnam asked international social media platforms to leverage artificial intelligence to automatically detect and remove “toxic” content, including offensive material, misinformation and anti-state narratives.”

“This is another step forward as Vietnam implements more regulations on tech firms like Meta’s Facebook, Google’s YouTube, and TikTok.”

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