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Technology
FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh revealed the company's playbook: language strategy, absorbing China's outflows, and five key tech sectors.
Diaspora
[6 Million Viet Kieu: How the Boat People's Descendants Became Vietnam's Hidden Economic Engine] Walk into a pho restaurant in Orange County, California, and you might hear the owner greeting customers in Vietnamese while a South Vietnamese flag hangs on the wall. This is "Little
Economy
Vietnam's 2024 trade hit USD 786 billion — nearly twice its GDP. Exports reached USD 400 billion.
Vietnam
Vietnam's headline inflation sits below target. But rent, food and school fees are rising much faster than the average, and some families now save almost nothing each month.
Vietnam
He spent most of his career as a second-tier coach in South Korea. At 58, he took the Vietnam job and became a national hero. On June 12, 2026, his two worlds won on the same day — and at 66, his next stop is Thailand.
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Vietnam's 2026 graduation exam asked students how the country can produce its own Steve Jobs, and the whole country started arguing. Line up the twelve essay questions asked since 2015 and you can see exactly where this one came from.
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Schmidt says Vietnam's treasure is its people. Vietnam is using a homegrown model, national labs and chips to push AI up to the level of national sovereignty. But the whole bet may come down to something far more basic: power.
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In Ho Chi Minh City, more young people are skipping the club on weekends to pour their own scented candle or zone out for an afternoon at a healing cafe. Healing is becoming something Vietnam's Gen Z will happily pay for.
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Over 30 years, Thai capital quietly became Vietnam's eighth-largest foreign investor by buying local brands, building an ecosystem, and tracking the diplomatic upgrade. Now Thai firms want to list directly in Ho Chi Minh City — a shift from quiet acquisition to the public stage.
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He swept the beaches of Ha Long Bay for seven years. Then his plain-spoken 'autobiographical rap' about ordinary lives turned him into a singer who reaches across generations in Vietnam — and he poured the money back into rural classrooms.
Vietnam
Vietnam has about 500,000 coffee shops, and all major chains combined still account for less than 1% of the market. Chains and street vendors aren't really competing — they sell completely different things.