Harvard, Oxford graduates power Vietnam's tech startup scene

Harvard, Oxford graduates power Vietnam's tech startup scene

Vietnam sends more students abroad than the next three ASEAN countries combined, nurturing scientists and engineers who return to run startups like gaming and messaging giant VNG. (Photo by Lien Hoang)

Tran Tuan Anh has joined the vanguard of entrepreneurs reshaping Vietnam’s image and role in the global economy today. But he still remembers how badly he once did years ago in an economics class for engineers after he left the communist country to study at Oxford.

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