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Vietnam, China major financial institutions NHNN, Napas, Vietcombank and Ant International
link QR payment system. Chinese now can pay in yuan in Vietnam

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Inside the PTH152 howitzer prototype

 

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Up to 90 percent of international trades go thru waterways. Singapore gets rich thanks to its strategic location.
Now thing will change.
Saigon builds 3 more giant deep-water ports in the southern with combined capacity surpassing Singapore by wide margins.
Cost: $7.6 billion
Construction begins end of the month.

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Smart guy
pay in crypto
The taxman doesn’t know it.

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With 200,000 the number of Koreans permanent living in Vietnam reaches a new record.
- similar culture
- low cost of living
- mild climate
- easy to find employment as many Korean companies operate in the country

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Here is WIPO report 2026 summary:

International patent applications by origin (PCT System) Origin 2024 2025 Estimate Origin
1. China: 73,718 patent filling in 2025
2. US: 52,617
3. Japan: 47,922
4. Korea: 25,016
5. Germany: 16,441
6. France: 7,778
7. UK: 5,809
(all European combined (including Russia) is around 61.000)
....
12.India: 3,070
15. Singapore: 2,189
19. Israel: 1,583
Thailand: 167
Malaysia: 130
Colombia: 63
Bulgaria: 60
Egypt: 59
Romania: 50
Vietnam: 20

Top PCT applicants
1. Huawei: 7,523
2. Samsung: 4,698
3. Qualcomm (US): 3,227
4. LG: 2,400
5. CATL: 2,203
6. Panasonic: 2,294
7. LG: 1,958
8. BOE technology: 1,945
9. Xiaomi: 1,921
10. Mitsubishi: 1,835
...
14. Bosch (Germany): 1,306 (it used to rank 3rd or 4th place, just some years ago)
28. Apple Inc (US): 812

Top PCT applicants by educational institution
1. University of California (US): 488
2. Tsinghua University (China) 227
3. University of Texas (US): 226
4. Leland Stanford University (US): 179
5. MIT (US): 170
6. John Hopkin University (US): 153
6. Seoul National University (Korea): 153
8. Zhejiang University (China): 144
9. University of Michigan (US): 123
10. University of Tokyo: 116
10. Tohoku University (Japan): 116
10. Hanyang university (Korea): 116
13. Nanyang university (Singapore): 110
14. Southeast University (China): 109
15. National university of Singapore: 105

Data of Taiwan is not included in the report because of objection from China, but unofficial estimate is around 20,000 patent fillings in 2025.

This post should be here to see how far Vietnam is behind other countries in R&D. This must be addressed seriously if Vietnam want to go further.

 

[Ali_Baba]

View attachment 189940We used to occupy the 2nd place in Asia before 2007 and now the S.Korean have surpassed us and they have never won a Field Medals like us yet.

Interesting - no India ??? ( i am not surprised Pakistan is not there! )

 

[hasssanali8998]

Interesting - no India ??? ( i am not surprised Pakistan is not there! )

both of our school systems are based on ratta and formula's
that stuff wont help u in olympiads , also no interest

 

[Ali_Baba]

both of our school systems are based on ratta and formula's
that stuff wont help u in olympiads , also no interest

What is ratta btw ?

 

[hasssanali8998]

What is ratta btw ?

ratta means memorization but the dumb kind like u just memorise without understanding anything

 

[Ali_Baba]

ratta means memorization but the dumb kind like u just memorise without understanding anything

Gotcha! thanks dude.

 

[MH.Yang]

Vietnam, China major financial institutions NHNN, Napas, Vietcombank and Ant International
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In Nha Trang, if you pay directly in CNY, 1 CNY can only be exchanged for 3,700 VND. If you e supermarket, 1 CNY can be exchanged for 3900～4000 VND. Only fools pay directly in CNY.

 

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In Nha Trang, if you pay directly in CNY, 1 CNY can only be exchanged for 3,700 VND. If you e supermarket, 1 CNY can be exchanged for 3900～4000 VND. Only fools pay directly in CNY.

What’s e supermarket? You mean online?

 

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[2ndstrike]

Final assembly of 300 km ASHCM.