Lam Le

5 days ago | restofworld.org | Lam Le |Munira Mutaher

Vietnam’s e-commerce platform Sendo, once seen as a homegrown rival to deep-pocketed foreign competitors, shut down its core marketplace on April 15. While Sendo’s closure stemmed from the dominance of ShopeeiShopeeSingapore-based Shopee, a subsidiary of Sea Ltd., is a major e-commerce platform that operates across Southeast Asia.READ MORE, TikTok Shop, and Lazada, it’s not a full surrender yet.

3 weeks ago | restofworld.org | Lam Le |Jane Seidel

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ongoing tour of Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia has drawn U.S. ire as he promotes free trade in a region facing some of the stiffest American tariffs. During Xi’s stop in Vietnam, the two countries signed agreements on supply chains and a joint railway.

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Lam Le |Mehboob Jeelani

Vietnam remains on edge, even though Donald Trump has put sweeping tariffs on hold, granting the Southeast Asian country a 90-day window for negotiations. As Trump announced 46% tariffs on Vietnamese imports last week — the highest among Southeast Asia’s six largest economies — the country’s manufacturing hub of Bac Ninh was gripped by uncertainty.

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Damilare Dosunmu |Lam Le |Michael Beltran |worse.By Michael Beltran

Message from our Founder & Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Anup Kaphle Editor-in-ChiefSophie Schmidt Founder & Publisher Dear readers:2024 was a year of acceleration, disruption, and reinvention. From the rapid deployment of AI tools to the evolution of electric and autonomous vehicles, technology surged ahead — often outpacing regulation, governance, and even (occasionally) our collective understanding of its consequences. At the same time, global fault lines deepened.

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Lam Le

As Myanmar remains shaken by last week’s devastating earthquake, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives, a lack of connectivity is proving to be an obstacle to relief and rescue work. Htaike Htaike Aung, a leading digital rights advocate, is monitoring the situation in the most-affected areas. Myanmar’s Sagaing region, the quake’s epicenter and a battleground between the military and resistance forces, remains under a strict communications blockade.