VietnamPlus

What VietnamPlus does

VietnamPlus is the English-language digital platform of Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Vietnam's official state news agency operating under the Ministry of Information and Communications. It functions as a multilingual news portal covering domestic and international affairs across Vietnamese, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian, with content spanning politics, business, society, culture and sports, science and technology, health, environment, and travel. The platform is headquartered in Hanoi, holds Publishing Licence No. 1374/GP-BTTTT issued September 11, 2008, and is led by Editor-in-chief Tran Tien Duan.

The underlying technology is a web-based multilingual content platform with multimedia delivery, supporting text articles, photo galleries, video news, infographics, podcasts (Weekly Highlights), and long-form Mega Story journalism. Distribution is digital-first through the website (en.vietnamplus.vn and five language variants), Google News indexing, social media (Facebook, Twitter), RSS feed syndication, and cross-promotion across a network of VNA sister publications including HappyVN, TTXVN, VNews, Tin tức, BNews, Bizhub, VNS, CVN, DTMN, and BA. The platform targets international news readers, the Vietnamese diaspora, government and institutional readers, and business and tourism professionals.

VietnamPlus does not operate a commercial revenue model. It is a free public news service funded by the Vietnamese government through VNA, with no pricing, no subscriptions, no advertising disclosed, and no commercial customer relationships. The audience is a diverse mix of foreign readers, overseas Vietnamese, government users, and business/tourism readers, served without any paywall or transaction layer. As a state-owned media entity, its strategic value is diplomatic and informational rather than commercial, and its sustainability is anchored in government funding rather than market revenue.

Name

VietnamPlus

Legal name

Vietnam News Agency (VNA)

Website

https://en.vietnamplus.vn

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Short description

VietnamPlus is the English-language digital platform of Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam's official state news agency. It operates a multilingual news portal across six languages, delivering multimedia journalism on politics, business, culture, and travel to international readers, the Vietnamese diaspora, and government users.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311), Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJADAA

National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

SECONDARYMPAJADAG

Community, Ethnic & Multilingual News Publishers

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

Keywords

• Multilingual news portal
• State news agency
• Online news media
• Multimedia journalism
• International news coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanoi

HQ country

Vietnam

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

VietnamPlus operates a free, multilingual digital news portal (Vietnamese, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian) that publishes authoritative news coverage of Vietnam across politics, business, society, culture, sports, science-technology, health, environment, and travel. The platform delivers content in multiple formats including text articles, photo galleries, videos, podcasts, infographics, and long-form Mega Stories, distributed via website, RSS feeds, social media, and Google News.

Product overview

VietnamPlus is a multi-language news portal operated by Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Vietnam's state-run news agency. The platform provides English-language news coverage of Vietnamese current affairs, business, society, culture, sports, science-technology, health, environment, and travel. The offering consists of a unified news website with multiple content formats including text articles, photo galleries, video content, infographics, podcasts (Weekly Highlights series), and long-form Mega Stories. The site also features dedicated sections for travel content including Tours, Destinations, and Festival coverage. Content is distributed via the website, RSS feeds, and social media channels. The parent organization, Vietnam News Agency (VNA), operates under the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VietnamPlus News Portal A multilingual news website operated by Vietnam News Agency (VNA) providing free news coverage of Vietnam in Vietnamese, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian. Covers politics, business, society, culture-sports, science-technology, health, environment, and travel. Targeted at international readers, Vietnamese diaspora, government institutions, and business/tourism professionals.
• VietnamPlus RSS Feed

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Royal Thai Embassy in HanoiminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2026Vietnam News Agency collaborated with the Royal Thai Embassy in Hanoi to organize a photo exhibition titled 'The Lens of Diplomacy: 50 Years of Thailand-Vietnam Relations' at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum, running until July 30, 2026, to commemorate 50 years of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic relations.
• Vietnam Railways Corporation (VRC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVietnamPlus reports on tourism initiatives involving Vietnam Railways Corporation, including the Hue–Phong Nha tourist train project expected to launch on September 1, 2026, creating distinctive railway tourism products linking heritage sites.
• German Reconstruction Bank (KfW)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVietnam News Agency covers cooperation between Vietnam and Germany, with Germany through KfW being one of Vietnam's largest bilateral donors for climate change adaptation and sustainable forest development projects.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Xinhua News Agency: China's official state news agency, operating multilingual digital platforms including English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and others. Directly comparable to VietnamPlus as a state-owned national news agency providing authoritative, government-aligned coverage for international audiences.
• TASS: Russia's official state news agency, offering multilingual digital news coverage in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, and other languages. Closely mirrors VietnamPlus's model of a state-owned, multilingual, international-facing news portal.
• Bernama: Malaysia's official state news agency, providing national and regional news across multiple languages including English and Malay. Directly comparable as a Southeast Asian state news agency serving international audiences.
• Philippine News Agency (PNA): The Philippine government's official news agency, publishing national news with English-language coverage for both domestic and international audiences. Closely comparable as a Southeast Asian state-owned national news wire.
• Anadolu Agency: Turkey's state-affiliated news agency operating multilingual platforms including English, Arabic, French, Russian, and others. Comparable to VietnamPlus in operating a state-backed multilingual digital news service for international readership.
• Kyodo News: Japan's leading news cooperative providing multilingual coverage including English. Comparable as a national news agency operating an international-facing English-language digital platform with wire distribution.
• Yonhap News Agency: South Korea's official news agency operating an English-language digital portal covering national and international news. Comparable as an Asian national news agency with a dedicated international English-language platform.
• Antara News: Indonesia's official state news agency, providing multilingual national coverage including English. Directly comparable as a Southeast Asian state-owned news agency serving international audiences.

Broad incumbents

• Reuters: One of the largest global private news agencies, offering multilingual international news including extensive coverage of Vietnam. Comparable as a direct competitor for international Vietnam-related coverage, though much broader in geographic scope.
• Associated Press (AP): Major U.S.-based international news agency with broad multilingual wire distribution and extensive coverage of Asia-Pacific including Vietnam. Comparable as a competing international news source, though operating as a private cooperative rather than a state agency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vietnamplus
• Facebookfacebook.com/VietnamPlus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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