Vietnam
Memory Chip Prices Are Squeezing Samsung's Vietnam Phone Plants
The same memory price surge that gave Samsung's chip business a record quarter cut net margins nearly in half at its two Vietnamese phone factories.
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Vietnam Uses Claude at Half the Expected Rate, and Mostly for Coding
The same dataset puts Taiwan at 2.08x expected usage and Vietnam at 0.53x. The gap is nearly fourfold, and the mix is different too: Vietnamese users lean on Claude for coding and technical reference, while business and investing use is just getting started.
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Starlink Goes on Sale in Vietnam, but the Real Story Is the Supply Chain
In a country where 5G already covers 92% of the population, Starlink is a backup service, not a challenger. The clue to its real ambitions is a job ad SpaceX posted in Hanoi two days before launch.
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VinSpace Signs SpaceX Launch Deal for First Satellites in 2027
VinSpace has secured a SpaceX launch contract for 2027. It still has to build its satellites, prove them in orbit and turn their capabilities into services people pay for.
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First Vietnamese Scholar Wins Taiwan's Astronomy Award
Professor Hoang Chi Thien became the first Vietnamese scholar to win Taiwan's Young Astronomer Lectureship Award.
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Vietnam's Internet Is Fast and Cheap. Here's Why.
Vietnam's broadband hits 130.91 Mbps at under USD 12/month. Fierce telecom competition and government digital push drive the value.
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Vietnamese Media Spotlights TSMC Founder Morris Chang
VietTimes profiled TSMC founder Morris Chang, recalling his 2006 APEC prediction about Vietnam's semiconductor potential.
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Vietnam's FPT University Teams Up With Taiwan's Asia University on Semiconductors
FPT University and Taiwan's Asia University launched a 2+2 semiconductor program to train tech talent across borders.
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FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh's Tech Keywords for Vietnam
FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh revealed the company's playbook: language strategy, absorbing China's outflows, and five key tech sectors.
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Vietnam's Sovereign AI Dream: Google's Ex-Chairman Is Sold, Viettel Has Its Own Model — but the Ceiling Is Electricity
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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That Green App You Use in Vietnam? It Might Be Coming to Taiwan
Uber offered $950M for foodpanda Taiwan and got blocked. Grab signed for $600M. The difference comes down to deal structure.
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Math Olympiad Silver, Stanford, Google Brain — Vietnam's Top AI Engineer Left OpenAI
Math Olympiad silver. Stanford. Google Brain. xAI. OpenAI. Phạm Hy Hiếu spent fifteen years reaching the front lines of AI. Seven months later, he took his family home.