Vietnamese technology start-ups raised more than US$120 million in 2024, a 38.7% decrease compared to the US$196 million in 2023, reported the market intelligence platform Tracxn.

VOV.VN - The Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony on June 19 to recognise Bui Quang Minh, a famous businessman in the Vietnamese startup community, as Honorary Consul of Slovenia in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s startup spirit was honoured at an event recently held at Nasdaq headquarters in New York, the US, by VietChallenge, a non-profit organisation led by Vietnamese professionals and entrepreneurs in the US.

AECIS became the first Vietnamese start-up company to attend the Collision Conference 2023 held in Toronto, Canada, on June 26-29.

VOV.VN - Two of Asia's 100 most promising startups, Vietnamese representatives DIFISOFT and Hello3Dworld, are set to participate in Echelon Asia Summit 2023 to be held in Singapore on June 14 - 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese start-up project Monkey Junior has received two international certificates, including kidSAFE Certified (KSP) and Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA).

VOV.VN - As many as 39 investment funds pledged to invest US$1.5 billion for creative startups in Vietnam in the 2023 – 2025 period, elevating the total investment for the field in the period to US$5 billion.

GeneStory, a start-up in the healthcare sector, has become the winner of VietChallenge 2022, the biggest fund calling contest for Vietnamese startups around the world held at Nasdaq, the second biggest stock exchange on the globe.

The chance to disrupt the market – paired with confidence, optimism, and financial reward among other reasons – has drawn both home-grown and international startup entrepreneurs to Vietnam.

Plastic People is the only Vietnamese innovator in the Top 5 of the Plastic Waste to Value Southeast Asia Challenge to tackle plastic waste mismanagement in the region.