Vietnam's start-up sector is closing the gap with regional leaders Indonesia and Singapore with new investment, according to a Nikkei Asian Review article (Illustrative photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam's start-up sector is closing the gap with regional leaders Indonesia and Singapore with new investment, according to a Nikkei Asian Review article. The article cited a joint research by Ho Chi Minh City-based venture capital ESP Capital and Singapore's Cento Ventures which showed start-up investment in Vietnam hit 246 million USD this year through June on 56 deals. It added that investment is expected to top 800 million USD by the end of the year, which would represent a rise of at least 80 percent over last year's 444 million USD. The article said a total of about 5.9 billion USD was invested in Southeast Asian start-ups in the first half of 2019. When it comes to the investments that can be tracked to a destination country, Vietnam accounted for 17 percent of start-up … [Read more...] about Vietnam startups gain on Indonesia, Singapore: Japanese newspaper
