Viettel Solutions provides A2P Messaging for Meta in Việt Nam

Monday, Jul 24, 2023

The agreement aims to improve interaction channels between users and Meta''s social network platform and OTT applications.

Vietnamese consumers increasingly use 'business messaging' to approach brands

Tuesday, Aug 02, 2022

According to recent research by Meta, Viet Nam has the highest rate of BM adoption among the surveyed countries, with 73 per cent of Vietnamese consumers surveyed using BM to reach out to businesses.

Zalo top messaging app for Vietnamese children

Monday, May 30, 2022

Zalo is the most popular messaging app among Vietnamese children with 26.37 per cent of users preferring it, while YouTube remains the leading entertainment app in most Southeast Asian countries including Viet Nam (16.33 per cent), a study by global...

Messaging, VoIP service Viber reports big increase in usage

Monday, Apr 13, 2020

Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s biggest communication platforms, has reported a sharp increase in world-wide usage recently.

Viber rolls out new chat platform

Tuesday, Aug 28, 2018

Messaging app Viber has rolled out a new-look interface which it says will enable faster chat flow.

Number of Viber users up by 15 per cent

Saturday, Aug 04, 2018

The messaging application Rakuten Viber (Viber) has announced that its messaging platform increased overall engagement by 15 per cent for its 1 billion registered global users.

Southeast Asia’s e-commerce platform raises new funding round

Friday, May 11, 2018

iPrice Group, Southeast Asia’s product discovery and price comparison platform, raised a new round of funding from messaging app Line’s venture capital arm, Line Ventures.

Mobile operators required to boost messaging success rate

Tuesday, Aug 05, 2014

A new regulation requires mobile operators in Viet Nam to ensure at least 92 per cent success rate for short messaging services (SMS) with delivery time not exceeding 20 seconds.