Foreign investment into Vietnamese startups is predicted to increase although the COVID-19 pandemic has left a negative impact on the economy, according to experts.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has called on Vietnamese and Finnish businesses to increase their connectivity in order to fully tap into their potential and promote mutually beneficial trade & economic cooperation.

A talk on Vietnam’s innovation and start-ups took place in Switzerland on September 9 to exchange views on innovation and digital transformation in Vietnam, and on how to start a business in blockchain technology, health care, community service and startup ecosystem in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Open Innovation Landscape Report 2021, the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the local startup and innovation ecosystem so far, is set to be released in December.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in India, working in co-ordination with authorities of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka state, held a Vietnam-India investment and startup forum on August 18 both in person and online.

VOV.VN - Four Vietnamese startups have been named in the latest version of the “Forbes Asia 100 to Watch” list.

Loship, a delivery startup in Vietnam, has announced that it successfully raised US$12 million in Pre-Series C round, bringing the company’s valuation to over US$100 million, according to DealStreet Asia.

A Vietnam Innovation Network in the Republic of Korea (VINK) is slated to make its debut on July 31, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST).

VOV.VN - A series of events running with the theme of “Culinary culture and Central Heritage Trail” are scheduled to take place between July and December this year, aiming to promote innovations in the central region’s culinary industry.

The stupendous surge of retail investors across the globe has prompted digitally-led investment applications and online platforms to develop, as they look to automatically optimise their passive indexed portfolios.