From a 1kg micro-satellite dubbed the “Vietnamese dragon” to silent laboratories and high-level policy resolutions, Vietnam is steadily turning space technology into a pillar of national strategy.

Vietnam has rapidly closed the gap with EM ASEAN peers, surpassing the Philippines in GDP per capita and equity market capitalisation, and moving closer to Indonesia. Vietnam’s economic transformation ...

A major index provider, FTSE Russell, announced earlier this month that it would upgrade Vietnam from frontier market to secondary emerging market status in 2026, pending completion of a final review.

The country just broke ground on its first integrated chip plant, part of its ambition of pushing itself up the global semiconductor value chain. Modern electronics depend on semiconductors. A ...

Csaba Bundik, CEO, CETA Consulting Crucially, Vietnam’s approach does not seek to compete directly with established global technology leaders in frontier research or advanced chip design. Instead, ...