Who do Vietnam’s small and medium-sized enterprises turn to for funds?

The start-up competition paints a bright picture for the country's young ecosystem. 

'Are all SMEs qualified to receive assistance or do they have to meet certain requirements?'

BathKandy founder Blondie Okpuzor makes bath and body products inspired by desserts from organic and locally sourced ingredients in Nigeria.

The country's economic hub is paving the way for a tech startup boom.

A new survey estimates employers will need 150,000 new technical workers this year.

The Flappy Bird phenomenon has launched a new wave of start-ups and entrepreneurs in Vietnam.

The southern hub has stepped up efforts to unleash the power of the local business community.

The city's top official is determined to eliminate under-the-table payments and allay investor concerns.

Online travel app Vntrip.vn has hit the jackpot with massive foreign cash injection.

Vietnam is not the easiest place in the world to do business; it is ranked 93rd by the World Bank in its Doing Business 2016 report. The government is thus trying to make things a little easier by simplifying business licensing.

Phones or watches may be smart enough to detect sound, light, motion, touch, direction, acceleration and even the weather, but they can't smell.

Vietnamese government's recent business policy starts to pivot around small and medium enterprises instead of large conglomerates as the country targets to have one million start-ups by 2020. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has requested for an establishment of a start-up stock market through the collaboration between state agencies and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).