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The India-based platform has seen rapid growth after public endorsements from Indian ministers and increased social media attention.

The national messaging app may be modeled after China’s WeChat and use technology from VK’s Max.

Telegram has over 900 million active users, facing criticism from various governments globally.

The city-state is one of the first two markets worldwide to have access to this feature.

Market research firm Decision Lab attributes Zalo’s success to its ability to maintain and enhance localized features for Vietnamese users.

Messaging platform Gupshup is one of India’s latest unicorns, but it’s also the oldest in the bunch, surviving an arduous path to the billion-dollar club.

The engineers were said to have been given access to Line users’ names, telephone numbers and email addresses.

Built by Vietnam’s sole unicorn, Zalo has thrived for nearly a decade. But what would it take for the homegrown messaging app to get to the next level?

Smaller Chinese social apps not only have to operate in a crowded market; they also have to endure government crackdowns.

Companies looking to work with more developers and build an ecosystem can take a leaf out of Line’s book.