Self-contained large-scale pig farms combined with fish farming and rice cultivation has brought tens of billions of VND, or $1 million each year, to Ninh Binh farmers.

Nguyen Huu Thuan, the manager of a technology company in HCM City, recently set up a second-hand item sharing app, which has become a platform for people who want to give away or receive things for free.

Vietnam has legalised ride-hailing, opening up opportunities for ride-hailing firms and bringing more benefits to passengers and driver-partners.

MyGo, Viettel Post’s app, will likely decide to focus its fleet on delivery services and drop ride-hailing.

The initial purpose of Vbee, according to Trang, was to be a reader in Vietnamese for 2 million blind and visually impaired.

AirVisual, the air quality monitor and information provider, could not be downloaded from both Android and iOS stores in Vietnam for several days.

Ride-hailing apps have been expanding their market share, attracting more customers and becoming more ambitious in the e-payment field.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many M&A deals have been reported recently which target fintechs operating in the field of payment services. Big investors are behind the deals.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viber has been taking care of loyal customers, while LINE has set up an office and plans a return to Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to be the key clients and biggest beneficiaries from financial apps provided by fintechs.

Grab has announced a strategy on developing an ecosystem of services, from ride-hailing services and food ordering to lending. However, with the expansion strategy, it will have more rivals than ever.

VietNamNet Bridge - LINE expects to make a comeback to Vietnam through its investment in webtretho.com.

An app of top 20 in earning growth on App Store developed by ‘Ngan Vo Thi Thuy’ has been found by medium.freecodecamp.com of tricking users out for $80,000 a month, or more than VND1 billion. 

 Facebook Inc is launching an app for smart TVs that will help the social network's users enjoy its videos on a bigger screen.

Analysts say the success stories of Flappy Bird, Politaire and DesignBold show that Vietnam can produce quality intellectual property. But experts say that Vietnam needs to create favorable conditions for talented people to promote their abilities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Signs of unhealthy competition are creeping up in the mobile app market, with some concerned that this may hinder development of online service businesses.