Hanoi (VNA) - Marathon - a Vietnamese online tutoring platform - has just raised 1.5 million USD in investment for a pre-seed round.
🐈 The investment funds participating in this Edtech include Forge Ventures, Venturra Discovery, iSeed, and other angel investors in the fields of education and technology.
The new funding is expected to help Marathon pilot teaching subjects such as Maths, Physics and Chemistry for Grades 6-12 in the National Programme by the Ministry of Education and Training. The programme will extend the curriculum in the future.
According to Marathon, currently most of Vietnam's 18 million students still rely on private tutoring to concretise their knowledge as well as improve their scores at schools and college entrance exams.
In particular, from 50 percent to 70 percent of Grade 12 students take extra classes after school but the market is still very fragmented. Many tutoring centres are run by former public school teachers and concentrated in major cities.
For teachers, running a centre means they need to handle administrative tasks such as marketing, enrollment and communication with learners’ parents. These tasks will affect the quality of training course designing.
As cities nationwide have imposed social distancing orders, traditional classes must quickly switch to online teaching platforms. When teachers join Marathon, the administrative work will be taken care of by this start-up. This Edtech online model also makes it possible for teachers to reach more students, even in other cities.
Teachers who move from tutoring centres to Marathon are believed to be able to increase their income from 2 to 3 times./.
Loship, a delivery startup in Vietnam, has announced that it successfully raised 12 million USD in Pre-Series C round, bringing the company’s valuation to over 100 million USD, according to DealStreet Asia.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Indian in coordination with authorirites of Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka state of India held a Vietnam-India investment and startup forum on August 18.
While many businesses have been forced to shut down due to COVID-19, Edtech firms have been emerging and attracting investors’ attention as many people tend to switch to online learning.
A talk on Vietnam’s innovation and start-ups took place in Switzerland on September 9 to exchange views on innovation and digital transformation in Vietnam, and on how to start a business in blockchain technology, health care, community service and startup ecosystem in Vietnam.
The course aims to promote knowledge exchange between scientific and educational schools from different countries, while deepening participants’ expertise in modern technology and technical education. It comprises two main specialisations of electronics-automation and nuclear technology.
ANTARA and VNA can design global-scale cooperation programmes or joint media campaigns, demonstrating the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Indonesia, as well as the cooperation between the two national news agencies.
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A key highlight will be the technology cluster pavilion, showcasing top enterprises selected for their innovation, market potential, and practical applications. These firms will display flagship products and solutions, supported by government policies to strengthen the tech sector.
Since 2022, more than 500 Vietnamese startups have engaged in Google’s Startup Academy, Google for Startups Accelerator, and Google Startup Masterclass. Nearly 100 of these firms received support to develop and improve their products, benefiting more than 300,000 customers and creating over 300 new jobs through successful fundraising and team expansion amidst Vietnam’s competitive economy.
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The diplomat emphasised that Vietnam places the highest priority on the development of science, technology, and innovation, viewing them as critical drivers for the country’s advancement in the new development era.
The PM revealed Vietnam’s plan to develop nuclear power in the near future, and called on the Swedish side to assist Vietnam in developing and refining legal and policy frameworks for the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes; training and developing human resources; ensuring nuclear safety; and conducting training and drills to improve incident management capabilities.
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The average speed of the national mobile broadband network remained stable, with download speeds reaching 76.86 Mbps and upload speeds reaching 26.98 Mbps.
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The centre is a joint initiative between Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology, with PTIT and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) serving as co-leads, and global telecommunications giant Nokia as founding industry partner.
The new centre, staffed by a team of scientists, researchers, and AI specialists working in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, forms part of Qualcomm’s global AI research group.
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The organisers hope the competition will help shape a generation of exceptional engineers who will make significant contributions to Vietnam’s scientific and technological progress in this era of transformation.
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Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu laid stress on the significance of the Hanoi Convention, particularly to the Asia – Pacific, to handling legal gaps in international cooperation against rapidly increasing global cybercrime.
The week features a rich lineup of activities, including a plenary conference on blockchain and AI development, thematic seminars on future technology trends and investment visions, applications of blockchain and AI in business, the Super Vietnam PitchFest, as well as forums for blockchain and AI.
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