News & Reviews:   VIETNAM

Vietnam will implement new regulations in the Advertising Act, including for online advertising activities, which will take effect on February 15, 2026. So, what should you know about it?

At the Singapore FinTech Festival, Mastercard unveiled an ambitious vision to transform e-commerce in the Asia Pacific: making online shopping completely password-free and card-number-free by 2030. While over a third of Mastercard transactions worldwide are already tokenised, realising this vision in the Asia Pacific — projected to exceed USD 7 trillion by 2030 — will require collaboration across the payments ecosystem.

The Sora app can be downloaded by Android users via the Play Store in the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam today. Previously, the app could only be downloaded from the Apple App Store in the United States and required an invitation before it could be used.

Six payment networks from Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a global standard for cardless cross-border payments.

The Home Ministry, in a statement today, encouraged tourists from six ASEAN countries and Timor Leste to use the autogate facilities at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Terminals 1 and 2. The ASEAN countries include Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam.

As everyone should know, President Trump's tariffs have caused a ruckus all over the world. But recently, he announced a 90-day pause and a "substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff" of 10% to countries that did not retaliate against the tariffs he imposed. That said, China is not getting the same treatment, as Trump raised the tariff rate again to 125%.

Thanks to the new tariffs announced by President Trump, the tech industry is going to have a tough time in the market, particularly Apple. According to Reuters, the iPhone could get a drastic price increase of up to 30% or even more.

After some time regarding this news, it has finally happened. It was announced that the United States has imposed a 24% retaliatory tariff on imports from Malaysia. President Trump held a conference just yesterday announcing the news.

Flappy Bird, the iconic mobile game popular around 2013-2014, will be relaunched for Android and iOS devices in 2025. In retrospect, Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen removed the game from the App Store and Google Play Store when its popularity was at its peak. So, what should you know about it?

If you have a habit of placing your phone on the bedside while charging, you might want to stop doing that from today onwards. Recently, a Vietnamese couple suffered severe burns because their mobile phones exploded. So, what should you know about it?