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18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )
11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
11/04/2024 YouTube Music promises Podcasts will get better on the platform ( General )
09/04/2024 WhatsApp to roll out new photo library shortcut for faster sharing ( General )
09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
08/04/2024 Siri might end up King in the realm of digital assistants after iOS 18 AI makeover ( Electronics )
05/04/2024 Google’s “Find My Device” network reportedly launching in 3 days ( General )
04/04/2024 Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp users are reporting a “Major Disruption” worldwide ( General )

Retail Asia04/09/2023

A record number of 103,658 new firms were established in the first eight months of this year, a rise of 2.3% year on year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) reported. In August alone, the country saw more than 14,000 newly established businesses, up 17.9% year on year. However, the number of firms returning […]

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Retail Asia10/05/2023

Education startup TEKY Alpha has raised US$5 million from Singaporean investment firm Sweef Capital to expand its operations. TEKY plans to expand its educational services at public schools and after-school programmes for children aged five to 18, Sweef Capital said in a statement. The startup, founded by Dao Lan Huong in 2016, delivers science, technology, engineering, […]

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Retail Asia14/04/2023

MindX, a startup that offers training in technology and programming, has received a US$15 million investment from a group of international funds in the Series B round. The funding round was led by Singaporean fund Kaizenvest, which has invested in many famous startups in the field of education technology (edtech), including unicorns Byju’s and upGrad […]

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Retail Asia03/04/2023

Investment in Vietnamese startups reached $634 million in 2022, down 56% over the previous year due to the impact of global economic fluctuations. This investment was directed to startups through 134 deals, according to the Vietnam Innovation and Technology Investment 2023 Report, published Thursday by Do Ventures, a venture fund, and the National Innovation Center […]

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Retail Asia15/02/2023

Foreign startups are eyeing Vietnam as one of their main markets thanks to the country’s large and young population, low costs and cheap and abundant labor force abundant. Vietnam has been among the top markets in terms of revenue for Singapore’s insurance startup Igloo ever since the company was launched in 2021. “Vietnam is becoming […]

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Retail Asia07/02/2023

Delivery startup Loship is confident it will make profits this year, something most of its competitors have yet to achieve. Nguyen Hoang Trung, CEO of one of only two delivery startups in Vietnam said that Loship suffers “very little” loss. Last year its revenues increased by 500% thanks to business optimization with 250,000 locations and more […]

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Retail Asia29/08/2022

Deliveroo today announces its partnership with A Plastic Ocean Foundation (APOF), a local charitable organisation dedicated to stopping plastic pollution and initiating ocean recovery from human impacts, to safeguard and preserve Hong Kong’s precious wetland region, Ha Pak Lai, from plastic pollution and soil erosion through beach clean-ups and planting local bamboo trees. The company […]

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Retail Asia10/08/2022

A Beijing consumer rights group said on Tuesday it had asked Missfresh to work on plans to refund its customers and explain how it will rectify its business after receiving a number of complaints, adding to pressures facing the Tencent Holdings and Tiger Global-backed grocery startup. The government-backed Beijing Consumer Association said in a statement […]

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Retail Asia01/08/2022

Startup Viet 2022, an annual event hosted by VnExpress to promote entrepreneurship, closes registration in seven days. The sixth edition of the competition, themed “the New Era of Innovation,” has received dozens of registrations since it opened June 13. The startups are from various sectors including e-commerce, logistics, fashion, manufacturing, agriculture, customer service, business management […]

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Retail Asia24/06/2022

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Financial startup Anfin, which seeks to make stock investment easy for any user, has raised funding of $4.8 million in a Pre-Series A round from a consortium of investors. It was led by angel investor Clement Benoit and U.S.-based startup accelerator Y Combinator. The money will be used to improve its app by building a […]

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Retail Asia22/03/2022

Vietnamese startups have great expectations of the blockchain technology, envisaging practical e-commerce and entertainment impacts as the country pursues digital transformation. “We dream of becoming a billion-dollar company,” said Nguyen Tuan Quynh, chairman of book distributor Saigon Books, as he talked about a new project which uses blockchain in podcast and audiobook production. He said […]

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Retail Asia10/03/2022

While we all wait for the rollout of the city’s anti-pandemic fund to support residents and businesses affected by the ongoing public health crisis, some of Hong Kong’s biggest companies have also stepped up to help. In a recent announcement, foodpanda, the largest food and grocery delivery platform in Asia, is also rising up to assist those that […]

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Retail Asia13/01/2022

Vietnam could be Asia’s next startup hub after local companies saw a funding surge over 40 times in the last five years, a venture capitalist said. Venture funding for startups in Vietnam reached $2.1 billion last year, up from just $48 million in 2017, Binh Tran, co-founder of Ascend Vietnam Ventures said. The sector is […]

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Retail Asia20/10/2021

One Mount provides solutions covering the entire financial services, distribution, real estate, and retail-sector value chain. Approved in June 2020, the National Digital Transformation Program aims to turn Vietnam into a country with digital technology competitiveness comparable to those of developed nations. This sets favorable conditions for Vietnam to actively capitalize on opportunities brought on […]

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Retail Asia25/08/2021

Taipei-headquartered XREX has named a managing director in Singapore as it sets its sights on expanding its platform in the region. Taipei-headquartered XREX has appointed Christopher Chye as managing director of XREX Singapore and director of product. In this dual role, he will oversee XREX’s businesses and operations in Singapore and play an instrumental role in […]

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Retail Asia25/08/2021

With shops closed and delivery services facing restrictions due to the Covid-19 outbreak in Hanoi, apartment dwellers have stepped infill the supply gap by selling online. Thu, a clerk at a media company, who is working from home amid the social distancing, said: “I orders goods online for home delivery and pay through bank transfer. […]

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Retail Asia21/07/2021

Indian food delivery startup Zomato Ltd ` will raise US$1.26 billion by pricing its shares at 76 rupees each in its initial public offering, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The sources could not be named as the information has not yet been made public. Zomato did not immediately respond to […]

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Retail Asia17/06/2021

Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak is keen to raise as much as US$800 million in an initial public offering (IPO) in August, two people with knowledge of the matter said, the first of two big tech listings in Jakarta this year that will add long-sought luster to the local bourse. A mid-year debut could see it […]

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Retail Asia27/05/2021

Two partners at U.S. venture capital fund 500 Startups have founded Ascend Vietnam Ventures with plans to invest in 25 local companies. Their early-stage investments will range from $500,000 to $2 million and be in tech startups in areas like finance, education, healthcare, productivity, and future of work, according to a statement. Around a third […]

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Retail Asia20/05/2021

Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia formally announced their merger today in a transaction that will create a technology powerhouse in the country’s largest deal. Sources familiar with the situation had earlier said the companies were seeking a $18 billion merger. Neither firm confirmed a valuation for the merged group, named […]

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