Why Vietnam is a Potential Market for Software Outsourcing and IT Start-up

Vietnam is amongst the top 10 Asian countries with the fastest growth rate of internet users, and therefore is a potential market for software outsourcing and IT start-up. Vietnam has more than 33 million internet users at the end of 2013, constituting 37 percent of the nation’s total population, according to the Ministry of Information … Read more

How Uber – a Private Car Rental Business Model Enters Vietnam

Uber, the newly-tech company valued US$ 17 billion has started operations in Vietnam. Since inception in the US in Jun 2010, Uber has been in 38 countries and now entering Vietnam market.  For this application to work, the user needs to use mobile applications to register Uber journey. Uber system will automatically connect the user to the vehicle … Read more

Vietnam Airports in Worst Airports List in Asia 2014

Recently, the website www.sleepinginairports.net has ranked Noi Bai and Tan San Nhat airports amongst the worst airports in Asia in 2014. The Civial Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAA) has officially commented that the survey result does not reflect the situation of Noi Bai and Tan San Nhat airports. Vietnam’s aviation industry has made efforts to … Read more

Vietnam Benefits and Challenges to Join TPP

According to experts, Vietnam will enjoy a series of advantages from joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). When joining TPP, estimated exports of Vietnam in 2025 is expected to increase by 28.4%, reaching USD 307 billion. The growth would be contributed by exporting more manufactured goods (34% more), import and processing of consumer goods (27% more). … Read more

ADB: Vietnam GDP Shall Grow 5.6% in 2014

On September 19th, 2014 the Chairman of Asia Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Takehiro Nakao visited Vietnam and shared his view on the development of Vietnam economy in terms of inflation, GDP growth rate, and the market mechanism.  The Chairman of ADB is impressed by the achievement in the development of Vietnam, especially in the efforts of … Read more