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I’ve been covering the Vietnamese startup scene for the last three years, and I can tell you, it’s been through hell and back. When I first arrived in December 2012,

Vietnam’s startup scene, for the last two years, has been growing strong. Young startups popping up and renewed foreign interest. But the events of the last few months may put a wrench in all that.

HaiVL is one of Vietnam’s most promising media startups. It cloned the 9gag funny image model and achieved 4 million uniqe visits per day within 2 years.

Here’s ten startups in Vietnam that have been able to achieve over a million users. It wasn’t an easy path for them, but they all did it. Learn from the masters.

HaiVL is now not the only funny photos site in Vietnam, Hamvuivn is the new lackluster contender.

Since I posted an article on HaiVL on Tuesday, it has raised eyebrows for two big reasons. First, the 9gag-like HaiVL community caught wind of the post, and then many

Content in Vietnam is a wasteland. Most of the nation’s users are flocking to forums where most of the content is being generated. For the past four years or so,