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Vietnam-based Anfin makes stock investing accessible

TechCrunch

Based in Vietnam, Anfin wants to turn more people into stock investors with features like fractional trading and in-app communities. The funding will be used on Anfin’s product development, especially its social investment features, including one that lets users host and join live audio rooms.

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Edtech MindX wants to build ‘little Silicon Valleys’ across Vietnam

TechCrunch

The startup’s goal is to create “small Silicon Valleys” across Vietnam, with educational centers that help prepare students of all ages for careers in tech. For students in longer courses, MindX hosts an entrepreneurial program with classes on marketing, fundraising and other business skills.

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Edtech MindX wants to build “little Silicon Valleys” across Vietnam

TechCrunch

The startup’s goal is to create “small Silicon Valleys” across Vietnam, with educational centers that help prepare students of all ages for careers in tech. For students in longer courses, MindX hosts an entrepreneurial program with classes on marketing, fundraising and other business skills.

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TechSoup Global and Microsoft at NGO Connection Day Vietnam

Tech Soup

This year, Microsoft Community Affairs hosted its first ever Vietnam event in Hanoi on Tuesday, with the theme of "Unleashing Technology to Improve Economic and Social Development.". As with other NGOs around the world, the challenges faced by the ones in Vietnam are very similar.

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Microsoft says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded

The Verge

DDoS attacks are typically used to force websites or services offline, thanks to a flood of traffic that a web host can’t handle. Microsoft says the attack lasted more than 10 minutes, with short-lived bursts of traffic that peaked at 2.4Tbps, 0.55Tbps, and finally 1.7Tbps. The attack on Azure lasted more than 10 minutes.

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Japanese construction tech Aldagram nails down backing from Panasonic

TechCrunch

Its new strategic investor may be adding another few to that list: Panasonic’s construction business is particularly active in India, Turkey and Vietnam. Spain, Kenya, Uganda, Dubai, India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Australia, have been using KANNA since its initial product launch 2020, the company said.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.