Vietnam Innovators

Even with the growing economy and technological advancement, the retail industry in Vietnam is still mostly operated in traditional ways. With the launching of Kilo, a Vietnam-made marketplace platform that connects wholesalers and distributors with retailers, the retail ecosystem is now starting to evolve. In this episode of Vietnam Innovators, Hao Tran welcomes Kilo founder and CEO Kartick Naray...

In 2019, VinaCapital, a leading investment company in Vietnam, has expanded to invest in the energy industry, primarily on renewable energy - the SkyX-Solar. SkyX Solar is a solar rooftop power developer focused on the commercial and industrial segment. In today’s episode of Vietnam Innovators, Hao Tran sits with Samresh Kumar, the Executive Chairman and CEO for SkyX Solar to discuss how his team...

Vietnam has become of the most attractive emerging economies in Asia, attracting investors from highly developed economies such as Singapore. Enterprise Singapore, a government agency handling enterprise development as Singaporean enterprises go global, has its eyes on Vietnam. In this episode of Vietnam Innovators, Hao Tran speaks with Leon Cai, the regional director at Enterprise Singapore, to k...

Bruce is the managing partner of McKinsey’s Vietnam office. He works at the intersection of digital, strategy, and implementation, and leads the firm’s work on merger management in Southeast Asia. Passionate about driving digital innovation in Vietnam, Bruce has spearheaded thought leadership around building digital ecosystems and working alongside leaders in Vietnam to reinvent their businesses a...

Saving and investing money always scare the young, especially because most of the fact that people do not really know the right process, or that they get overwhelmed by the complexity of it all. But with Infina – a new saving and investing platform dedicated for everyone – people can invest in a property with an amount that they can actually afford and reap huge benefits afterwards. In this episod...

Kelly Wong was appointed Vice President of Operations at VNG Corporation after nine years as Deputy General Director at Kido Group.   VNG engages in information technology, especially in online games, digital platforms, digital payments and cloud services. Its flagship products include Zing MP3 and Zalo application.  In this episode, Kelly highlights that the human factor is the premise for VNG’s...

Oscar Jesionek has many years of experience working in marketing and programming roles for startups in the US and the UK. With Fonos, he aims to bring quality audiobook experience to Vietnam by working with the country’s largest publishers to produce audio versions of best-selling local and international books.  Thanks to the new Vietcetera X Fonos partnership, you can now listen to Vietcetera art...

4P’s currently has four business units: restaurants, cheese production, cheese wholesale, dairy retail; and they’re constantly developing new business models! 4P’s delivery service has recently been rolled out for Pizza 4P’s, IPPUDO and ABOUT LIFE COFFEE BREWER.  All these incredible growth was made possible by Kelly Tran, Chief Innovation Officer at Pizza 4P’s. Kelly oversees all product, technic...

Spencer Ton joins Fulbright University Vietnam after a long career as an investment and philanthropy executive.  As the Director of Fulbright’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), Spencer leverages his 12 years of experience building and scaling startup initiatives to establish and lead the CEI’s student programs, develop executive education, foster partnerships with the private sect...

Homebase is a Vietnam-based proptech startup providing customized co-investment plans, where home buyers, notably millennials, can pay the portion they can afford today, move in from that moment, and then buy out all or part of their stake at a later time when they are ready.  In this week's episode, Phillip An, one of the founders of Homebase, opens up with Vietcetera about how his team is g...

In 2015, Vietnam's first digital bank, Timo, launched as a platform for clients to manage money, pay bills and buy mobile phone top-ups. According to Manisha Philip, Timo's Marketing Director, as Vietnam's banking industry is preparing to embrace digitization, it faces a number of challenges, including finding a balance between promoting innovation and protecting consumer interests....

Michael Ngo, Country Director of ELSA Vietnam joined the ELSA Vietnam family back in June 2020, but due to the pandemic, he had to find a way to manage his new team remotely from Singapore, while waiting for the borders to reopen. The intervening months gave Michael a chance to prove his management chops, which he did with flying colors. Today, the management is applying the same strategic approac...

Bicky Nguyen is a Co-founder of CricketOne – a startup focused on solving the impending global food crisis by sourcing food sustainably in the form of safe, nutritious and affordable protein from crickets.  This week's episode is brought to you by Jio Health.

Asif Mehrudeen is the Founder and CEO of AHM Lifestyles, a pioneering food and beverage company with some of Vietnam’s most exciting consumer brands in its portfolio. AHM is known for launching Chickita, a flame-grilled chicken concept, and for bringing Greyhound Cafe to Vietnam from Thailand.  You can find more information for this episode at https://vietcetera.com/en/vietnam-innovators-ep4-recap...

Director and Property Concierge of Sonatus Building, Greg Ohan shares with us how he and his team are aiming to shape Vietnam’s real estate industry in the years to come. Join our host Hao Tran in hearing from Greg about the Sonatus Building, The Sentry and The Orbital in this week’s Vietnam Innovators episode. You can find more information for this episode at https://vietcetera.com/en/vietnam-inn...

As COVID-wary shoppers seek safety from germs in cashless transactions, digital payments have boomed. And where consumers go, businesses must follow. Bucking the trend, Vietnam’s SMEs are stubbornly clinging to the old way of doing things. But according to Winnie Wong, Country Manager of Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos for Mastercard, there are early signs that contactless payments are going mainstre...

Gojek, an Indonesia-based decacorn, started as a motorcycle ride-hailing service provider and has since branched out into mobile payments, food delivery, and more. In Vietnam, where Gojek has a network of 150,000 drivers and 80,000 merchants serving millions of users, the focus of late has been on rebranding the company from GoViet to Gojek. We’ve invited Duc Phung, the Country General Manager of...