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Edupia raises Series A to close the education gap in Vietnam

TechCrunch

There’s a large education gap in Vietnam between urban centers, which have access to more resources, and the smaller cities and rural areas where 80% of students live. Before founding Edupia, Hung spent 10 years as director of digital services at Viettel, the largest telco in Vietnam.

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English learning app ELSA lands $15 million Series B for international growth and its B2B platform

TechCrunch

Based in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, ELSA announced today it has raised a $15 million Series B, led by VI (Vietnam Investments) Group and SIG. In addition to Latin America, ELSA will also focus on expanding in Vietnam, India and Japan, where it saw high demand last year. ELSA’s English pronunciation feedback.

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YC-backed Homebase is an alternative to traditional mortgages for home buyers in Vietnam

TechCrunch

The home ownership rate in Vietnam is about 90% , but many millennials are struggling to join that number. Part of Y Combinator’s latest batch, Homebase was founded in 2019 to give prospective buyers in Vietnam an alternative to traditional financing. Homebase co-founders Phillip An and Junyuan Tan.

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Vietnam triples its clean energy goals, aims to get 16% of its power from solar

Fast Company Tech

Vietnam is revising its energy plans to focus more on large solar farms and less on reliance on coal and natural gas. But Vietnam also is emphasizing expansion of large solar farms to meet soaring demand for power generation. But while it’s building clean power capacity, Vietnam is also ramping up use of coal.

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How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement

The Verge

But over the last 30 days, Bauder has managed to build a coalition of fed-up truck drivers, fringe Canadian political party members, neo-Nazis , anti-vaxxers, and an international coterie of scammers, grifters, and low-level online creators that has been able to generate major headlines around the world.

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2) Amnesty International Store :: shop.amnestyusa.org. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam.

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48 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2) Amnesty International Store :: shop.amnestyusa.org. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam.

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