Vietnam technology news headlines across Q1 of 2025
March 2025 ● February 2025 ● January 2025
- Vietnam population (2023): 98.9 million
- Vietnam online population: 68M / 69.9%
- Vietnam’s median age: 33.1 years
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Vietnam tech news in March 2025
- Saigon Asset Mgmt unveils plans for $1.5BN data centre campus in southern Vietnam, alongside launching a $300M fund to boost data centre investment in the country / full item
- Vietnam’s Vingroup conglomerate inks MoU with JTA Investment Qatar private equity fund for potential investment of $1BN in EV maker, VinFast / full item
- ‘Vietnam’s Semiconductor Industry: Progress and Outlook Beyond 2025’, a snapshot overview of key details / full item
- Prime Minister shares that his government is looking to rapidly issue a licence for Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country under a pilot scheme / full item
- Techcoop agri-tech platform closes $70M Series A round with end-to-end solutions for export-oriented supply chains, particularly focused on MSMEs and ‘farmer clubs’ / full item
- Orochi Network cryptography firm raises $12M to develop verifiable data infrastructure, aiming to boost data integrity in web3 applications / full item
- SmartSolar energy tech firm raised $1.85M seed funding with rooftop solar deployments for SMEs / full item
- ‘Ho Chi Minh City aims to train at least 9000 highly skilled workers with university degrees or higher in the semiconductor industry by 2030’ / full item
- Singapore and Vietnam to boost cooperation on subsea cables, finance, and energy as part of upgraded relations to a comprehensive strategic relationship / full item
- Filum AI customer experience management platform raised $1M with AI-driven services delivering business growth / full item
- Stride secures Series A funding with focus on rooftop solar for SMEs across Vietnam / full item
- Government has approved the country’s first chip wafer fabrication facility, investing approximately $500M / full item
- Ho Chi Minh City announces plans to open a semiconductor plant by year-end, situated near Vietnam National University to boost opportunities for students and researchers / full item
- More on HCM City’s plans to become a leading technology hub in Southeast Asia / full item
- Singapore and Vietnam to boost cooperation on subsea cables, finance, and energy as part of upgraded relations to a comprehensive strategic relationship / full item
- Monetary Authority of Singapore and State Bank of Vietnam expand MoU to boost cooperation on digital innovation projects and payment connectivity, and to support fintech operations / full item
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Vietnam Tech snapshot: February 2025
- Japan’s Kyushu semiconductor industry bodies explored Japan-Vietnam partnership opportunities in recent meetings / full item
- Vietnam plans regulations allowing Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country while maintaining full ownership of any local subsidiary / full item
- EV major, VinFast, delivered 53,139 units globally in Q4 2024, a 342% year-on-year rise, driven by demand for affordable models and home market strength / full item
- Huawei and Green Power ink MoU for equipment for 100 MWp solar energy project, looking to deploy rooftop solar on a number of Vietnam’s islands / full item
- Project to establish a regional financial centre in Da Nang has been approved, aiming to position the city as a hub for financial tech, green finance and more / full item
- Tech startups raised over $120M in 2024 – but that’s a 38.7% decrease compared to the $196M in 2023, reports Tracxn market intelligence platform / full item
- Vietnamese tech startups raised $120M in funding in 2024, representing a 38% decline from the $196M secured in 2023 and a sharp 77% drop compared to the $518M raised in 2022… / full item
- Supply chains in a fractured world: “Powered especially by investments in the electric vehicles and electronics manufacturing industries, regional economies like Vietnam could win big.” / full item
- Indonesia’s Indosat telecoms major targets Vietnam’s automated vehicles market, partnering Xanh SM for IoT infrastructure and smart mobility solutions / full item
- Vietnam’s silicon dreams: Building nation of startups, AI leaders’ – a brief overview of the country’s moves to develop a position in the global technology space / full item
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Vietnam’s tech news: January 2025
- Phygital Labs looks to merge physical and digital realms for gifting, utilizing RFID chips and NFC capabilities, with blockchain used to verify item ownership / full item
- One Mount Group secures 1 of 2 places assigned by Ministry of Info & Comms to build ‘Make-in-Vietnam’ Layer 1 Blockchain network / full item
- Vietnam and Laos launch cross-border payments via QR code systems with major banks participating / full item
- Vietnam’s VinFast, EV manufacturer under Vingroup conglomerate, delivered over 20K electric cars in December 2024, 20% up from November / full item
- Vietnam and Mongolia prep for collaboration in AI development, adding to Vietnam’s recent NVIDIA Cooperation Agreement / full item
- Estonia’s Bolt ride-hail and food delivery startup preps for Ho Chi Minh City launch, building on Thailand and Malaysia presence / full item
- Government issues decree providing support up to 50% of initial investment costs for businesses in semiconductor and AI R&D / full item
- An overview of the potential for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet services opportunity in the country / full item
- Ministry of Finance reportedly preps for citizen ID numbers to be used as personal tax codes from July 2025, to streamline tax data for national database on population / full item
- Vietnam boosts focus on opportunities in Web3 with National Strategy for the Development and Application of Blockchain Technology – here’s an overview / full item
- Social media users now have 90 days to authenticate accounts, tied to mobile numbers, with parents ‘responsible for monitoring and managing the content their children post and share’ / full item
- South Korean chip exports to Taiwan, Vietnam, and the United States rose in 2024, with decline in sales to China / full item
