Last November, Nguyen Thi Que’s mobile phone suddenly stopped working as telecom companies in Vietnam permanently shut down the 2G network. “I thought of buying a new phone, but I...
On Christmas Eve in 2024, a warehouse in suburban Hanoi kept pace with the festive season frenzy. Thousands of packages intended for Shopee and TikTok Shop customers were off-loaded, sorted,...
Lesser-known tech companies were rewarded by changing headwinds outside the West this year. India’s homegrown EV industry, a Chinese video game that became a soft power success, and a U.S.-based...
Fed up with having to frequently travel several kilometers to charge his electric car, taxi driver Lam Tan Tai installed three charging ports at his homes in Trang Bom in...
In 2024, Rest of World covered some of the biggest shifts in the tech industry that have changed lives around the world: the rise of AI, Chinese companies expanding overseas,...
In Hanoi’s historic Dong Xuan Market, stalls are filled with clothes, shoes and souvenirs. Sellers sit around chatting, or play on their phones as an occasional tourist wanders about, a...
For Apple suppliers in Vietnam, the end of summer is recruitment season. In the months ahead of the busy holiday shopping rush, companies like Luxshare and Foxconn try to fill...
“If you put too much milk into coffee, it will become bac xiu,” Vietnamese monk Giac Minh Luat says in a TikTok clip, referring to a popular local beverage that...
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