Vietnamese high-tech products conquer world market

Though Vietnam has never been considered a hi-tech power, locally made hi-tech brands have become popular with consumers, reported the English language news portal Vietnam Net.
Though Vietnam has never been considered a hi-tech power, locallymade hi-tech brands have become popular with consumers, reported theEnglish language news portal Vietnam Net.

SmartHome


SmartHome, a product of BKAV, a Vietnamese technology group, surprised foreign clients when it was first marketed.

SmartHome’ssoftware has automatic programs such as alarms and a security system,and it can learn homeowners habits and adjust its operations.

The100-percent Vietnamese-made product is “the most complete system inaccordance with Gartner’s standards” and can communicate with homeownersvia a virtual assistant’s voice.

The friendly SmartHome hasconvinced many foreign customers. A Singaporean billionaire has decidedto use SmartHome for his 8 million USD home. It is estimated that theexpense for the service accounts for 10-15 percent of the total cost ofthe home.

The Tosy robot

Tosy, the Vietnamese robot, hasbeen living with many families in the US and Europe. Parents have giventhe robot to their children as presents on special occasions, includingChristmas.

Tosy has also been used in industrial production,serving as a qualified worker in welding, painting and assemblingfactories. With many outstanding features, such as picking up productson fast-moving conveyor belts, Tosy has been ordered by many largemanufacturing groups worldwide.

Tosy has also made a spinningtop, which can spin nonstop for 24 hours, 35 minutes and 15 seconds. TheTosy top in 2011 became the first Vietnamese toy granted a GuinnessWorld Record for the longest running mechanical spinning top.

Flappy Bird

FlappyBird, a mobile game developed by 29-year-old Nguyen Ha Dong in Hanoicaused a craze worldwide last year. Flappy Bird at one time had thehighest number of downloads on the Google Apple Store.

A report showed there were 50 million downloads of Flappy Bird and 47,000 comments on the App Store.

FlappyBird was one of the top 10 key words searched on Google in 2014, whileNguyen Ha Dong has been named by The Richest as one of the top 10technology millionaires who got rich from internet services. The gamebrought turnover of 50,000 USD a day.

Flappy Bird was not backed by any marketing campaign. It was quietly developed and posted by Dong alone.

Analysts,citing these success stories, said that offering original products andtargeting niche markets is the best way for Vietnam to follow.

TheFlappy Bird mobile game by Nguyen Ha Dong was named as one of the 50best-known brands worldwide in 2014 by Infergy, a leading company in thefield of data analysis activities of mass media.

It compiled thelist based on interactive reports, analysis of more than 800 brands,and billions of online conversations in 2014.

On this year's list, many new names appeared. The most notable name was Flappy Bird of Nguyen Ha Dong, ranked 39th.

FlappyBird was the only electronic game in the ranking, overcoming othergames like Clash of Clans and Candy Crush. The position of Flappy Birdwas higher than other famous brands such as Toyota, Intel orSoundcloud.-VNA

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