Vietnam's 'Silicon Valley' sparks startup boom

Much of the tech is locally produced for local consumers

Recent Vietnamese graduate looking for an English language teacher? There's an app for that. Or hunting the best bowl of pho in your Hanoi neighborhood? There's now an app for that, too.

A decade ago such technology would likely have been developed in California's Silicon Valley, but today those apps are being churned out by Vietnam's startup sector - an industry driven by local techies trained overseas but returning home to prowl for opportunities.