OV Vietnam Brief
Vietnam’s big stories, explained every week.
Every Thursday. Written from Saigon by Quang Do and the OV team.
Latest issue
The first issue comes out on Thursday 22 October.
The editor
Quang Do is an Overseas Vietnamese who grew up in Germany and now lives in Saigon, where he runs OV. Through the OV community, the OV Podcast and OV Ventures, he talks every week with leaders, founders and investors in Vietnam and across the diaspora.
Free for everyone. Deeper for OV members.
Free
Every Thursday, in your inbox.
- The week’s important Vietnam stories explained
- A short take on the top story
- Stories from the Vietnamese press that English media hasn’t covered yet
- OV stories and updates
OV members
Everything in the free edition, plus:
- Our full analysis of the week’s top stories
- What it means for Overseas Vietnamese specifically
- Members discuss the news and share what they know from the inside
- Which OV members work at the companies in the news
- Members-only live sessions
- A second Brief every Monday, in the OV app
How we work
- We read Vietnamese and international sources and put the strongest first.
- Every number links to its source.
- OV members discuss each issue in the community, and what they tell us shapes what we cover next.
- Some of our best insights come from members who work inside the stories. We share them without names.
- When we get something wrong, we say so in the next issue.
- Summaries are in our own words, with a link to the original.
OV Vietnam Brief covers policy, business and life in Vietnam, and what they change for the people who live, work and invest there. We report facts and their effects, and take no political side.