About US$2.5 billion has been spent on online ads and digital marketing in 2022, most of which has gone to Facebook, Google and TikTok, according to the Vietnam E-Commerce Association (Vecom).

This is the amount of contractor tax paid by the platforms.

Of the 50 selected startups, 25 are based in Hanoi and will begin the program in November.

Worrying about the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China as well as China’s Covid-19 lockdown, Google may move its smartphone orders to partner factories in Vietnam in the near future.

A person in HCM City has had to pay tax arrears and fines worth VND31 billion (US$1.3 million) for his earnings from Google without paying personal income tax.

Google Trends are expected to bring the image of the SEA Games to audiences in Southeast Asia and around the world.

Vietnam has taxed global tech companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft an average of over 1 trillion VND (43.71 million USD) annually for their cross-border goods and services between 2018 and 2021

According to the General Department of Taxation, there are 15 large corporations and technology companies in the world earning a lot of money from Vietnam through cross-border businesses.

Ms. Nguyen Quynh Tram, former country manager in charge of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia at Google, is the new general director of Microsoft Vietnam.

From shopping to services, Vietnamese are choosing a digital-first lifestyle to benefit from the online world’s speed, convenience and prices, according to Google’s 2021 Year in Search: Vietnam's Search for Tomorrow report.

Google has announced a list of top 10 search trends in Vietnam in 2021 together with 14 most-searched categories on Google Search.

The digital world honors one of the most outstanding Vietnamese dishes - "Pho" or hot noodle soup with beef.

Google has announced the Top 10 trending searches in Vietnam 2021 which show the great impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A programme initiated by Google in association with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam has provided 650,000 people with digital skills training, 30 percent higher than the plan.

The General Department of Taxation directly administers taxes on overseas suppliers and is responsible for granting tax identification numbers to overseas suppliers in accordance with Vietnamese regulations.

Google in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Centre has launched the Google Safety Centre and the Safer Programme with Google for Vietnamese users.

A new animated image of Vietnam's national flag is being featured on the Google search on the country's National Day – September 2.

Coc Coc has had to shift to Google’s user agent, a string of text that helps identify a browser when connecting to web pages, to protect users from possible negative impact from the policy on blocking access to many Google’s websites and services.

The Vietnamese government’s new initiative on cross-border advertisement on digital platforms like YouTube, Google, and Facebook is deemed a step up from previous legislation, particularly regarding censorship and tax obligations.

Online advertising, as the first choice of firms and brands amid the pandemic, is thriving in Vietnam and could reach the milestone of 1 billion USD in revenue this year.