In September, the government of Laos authorized six companies to mine and trade cryptocurrency. This last week they announced that as part of the country’s expansion into the cryptocurrency markets, they anticipate to include nearly 200 million USD in their…

I’ve recently taken on some responsibilities that consumed much of my time this last week, so rather than write a brand new blog post from whole cloth I’m going to cover a couple of our publications that hit the presses…

A Guide to the Important Points for Cross-border E-Commerce Providers and Foreign Investors It’s been coming. We’ve been talking about the new regime for e-commerce and other elements of the internet for ages it seems. When will Vietnam finally issue…

Again this week a Vietnamese e-commerce company is in the news for receiving multiple millions of dollars in funding from international Venture Capitalists. Fika, a dating app targeted at female users (see TechinAsia story here) was funded with one and…

Last week it was announced that Singapore company Sky Mavis raised 152 million USD on a valuation of three billion from major players in the Venture Capital universe. While I am not privy to the full structure of Sky Mavis,…

In the last few weeks there have been several pieces of legislation passed through the government and various ministries to assist the country and its citizens in their struggle with Covid-19 and the economic fallout of the last several months…

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) under the Vietnam Competition and Consumer Authority (VCCA) has recently issued its report on economic concentration activities in Vietnam over the period from July 2019 to July 2021. (You can access the report…