VNG Corporation
VNG Corporation (), also recognized by its former brand name VinaGame (VNG), is a Vietnamese-founded technology company that was founded in the year 2004. It specialises in digital content, online entertainment, social networking, and e-commerce. It focuses on four main businesses, including online games, platforms, digital payments, and cloud services. VNG were responsible for the development of products such as Zalo, ZaloPay, Zing MP3, and 123phim. According to The ASEAN Post, the company is “Vietnam’s first ever unicorn start-up.” Timeline VNG was founded on 9 September 2004 under the name of VinaGame. 2006-2007: The company focused on developing software products for internet users like "Internet Cyber Station Manager” (CSM), and 123mua.com.vn (e-commerce). The company also developed web products under Zing Brand – a comprehensive platform covering information, connection and entertainment for users and ranked by Alexa in August 2008 as ZingMP3 the most popular listening and searching tool for online music in Vietnam. 2008-2009: Company was founded under the name of VNG Corporation. 2010-2011: Created an online game called Thuận, which won the “Sao Khue” award in 2010 in the category of Products/Gaming Solutions and Electronic Entertainment. The “Un In” online game was also exported to Japan. 2012-2013: Zalo, a