Amazon Web Services opens AWS EdStart edtech accelerator to Vietnam

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of AWS EdStart in Vietnam on March 31, 2021, opening its virtual accelerator for education technology startups to founders in the country. Viet Nam News reported the announcement the following day.

AWS EdStart is aimed at entrepreneurs building online learning, analytics and campus management products on the AWS cloud. According to the report, members receive AWS promotional credits, access to live and virtual community and networking events, customized training, marketing opportunities and technical support. Edtech entrepreneurs and founders in Vietnam were able to apply from the launch. The report cited the managing director of AWS's worldwide public sector business for ASEAN.

The report noted that education is one of the priorities in the Vietnamese government's digital transformation roadmap. A later article in the business newspaper Dien dan Doanh nghiep, published on April 14, 2021, also mentioned Edmicro, the Vietnamese startup behind the personalized learning platform Onluyen.vn. The same article cited forecasts that the global online education market would grow from USD 187.9 billion in 2019 to USD 319.2 billion by 2025, and that online education in Vietnam would grow by 20.2 percent over 2019-2023 to reach USD 3 billion.