The country has seen a soar in investment this year. — Photo soha.vn HÀ NỘI — Venture capital funding pouring into Vietnamese fintech companies accounted for 36 per cent of the total fintech investment in Southeast Asia. The country had seen a soar in investment this year compared to 0.4 per cent last year. This was stated in the Fintech in ASEAN report released by the United Overseas Bank (UOB). Singapore took the leading position with 51 per cent, down from 53 per cent last year. Indonesia stepped down one place to third with 12 per cent, compared to 37 per cent last year. Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines accounted for less than 2 per cent of Southeast Asia's total fintech investment, down sharply from about 10 per cent last year. In Việt Nam, the leading field attracting venture capital in fintech companies was payment. VNPay, a Vietnamese e-payment solutions provider, took the lead in the report with total capital revealed to be US$300 … [Read more...] about Việt Nam ranks second in fintech investment in Southeast Asia
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Viet Nam ranks second in fintech investment in Southeast Asia
The country has seen a soar in investment this year. — Photo soha.vn Venture capital funding pouring into Vietnamese fintech companies accounted for 36 per cent of the total fintech investment in Southeast Asia. The country had seen a soar in investment this year compared to 0.4 per cent last year. This was stated in the Fintech in ASEAN report released by the United Overseas Bank (UOB). Singapore took the leading position with 51 per cent, down from 53 per cent last year. Indonesia stepped down one place to third with 12 per cent, compared to 37 per cent last year. Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines accounted for less than 2 per cent of Southeast Asia's total fintech investment, down sharply from about 10 per cent last year. In Viet Nam, the leading field attracting venture capital in fintech companies was payment. VNPay, a Vietnamese e-payment solutions provider, took the lead in the report with total capital revealed to be US$300 million this year. Singaporean insurance … [Read more...] about Viet Nam ranks second in fintech investment in Southeast Asia
Vietnam women climb two places in world football rankings
They rank sixth in Asia behind Australia (7th), Japan (10th), North Korea (11st), China (15th), and South Korea (20th). The Vietnamese women's football team is currently the strongest in Southeast Asia after a hard fought win against Thailand saw them defend their gold medal at the recent SEA Games held in the Philippines. Last August, they also became the AFF champions by defeating Thailand to end the latter’s three-year reign as champions. The highest position that Vietnam's women football team have ever achieved in FIFA rankings is 28, six years ago. This is the first time the Vietnamese women wrapped up the year as No.1 in Southeast Asia after three consecutive years of standing second behind Thailand. Thailand are now 38th in the world and seventh in Asia. The U.S., Germany and Netherlands respectively remain the top three while the bottom three are Aruba, Madagascar and Mauritius. … [Read more...] about Vietnam women climb two places in world football rankings
United States partners with Vietnam’s PV Gas to define LNG standards
The U.S. Mission to Vietnam, in partnership with Petro Vietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV Gas), hosted a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday morning to discuss the adoption and application of globally recognized standards in Vietnam’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) power and infrastructure sector. The workshop brought together more than 80 public and private sector representatives from both countries to discuss best practices and opportunities to collaborate in Vietnam’s fast-growing LNG sector, the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City said in a press release. In 2017, the United States became a net exporter of natural gas for the first time since 1957 and aims to become one of the top global LNG exporters in the coming years. U.S. energy firms are poised to work with Vietnam to develop its LNG import and gas-fired power generation capacity. Executives from the U.S. energy sector and leaders of Cheniere Energy, Energy Capital … [Read more...] about United States partners with Vietnam’s PV Gas to define LNG standards
Vietnamese scientists look to the skies with NASA on observation project
Scientists from Vietnam and NASA are working on a joint project to monitor Southeast Asian land use, local media have reported from an ongoing conference attended by 60 scientists. The “Land Use Status, Change and Impacts in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos” project aims to build a quantitative database on land coverage and land use, and to create maps on the changing populations and the demography in the Southeast Asian nations. NASA would provide scientists with data retrieved from its satellites to help assess regional land use and its changes. Nghiem Van Son, a senior researcher from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology and one of the project’s founders, said that data retrieved from satellites will help create a comprehensive picture of Vietnam’s landmass so that scientists can monitor the entire area instead of having to rely on individual reports, Vietnam News Agency reported. Quantitative research, including the … [Read more...] about Vietnamese scientists look to the skies with NASA on observation project
