Selex Motors, a Vietnamese start-up developing a smart electric scooter ecosystem in Vietnam, has helped define ‘Made-in-Vietnam’ electric vehicles (EVs), specifically electric scooters, as its products are completely manufactured in the Southeast Asian nation. Selex Motors co-founders are Nguyen Huu Phuoc Nguyen, Nguyen Trong Hai, and Nguyen Dinh Quang. Both Nguyen and Hai earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and worked for many companies in both the U.S. and Vietnam. Meanwhile, Quang is an expert in software engineering and the Internet of Things (IoT), and has developed complicated national defense systems for enterprises in Israel. Since late last year, Selex Motors’ first smart electric scooters have run on the streets in Hanoi. The company has been expanding its ecosystem to many large cities, heading toward exporting the ecosystem to other Southeast Asian countries. An event to experience Selex Motors’ electric scooters. … [Read more...] about Start-up realizes dream of ‘made-in-Vietnam’ electric scooters
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Durian dishes to add to your bucket list
Banh dua sau rieng - Coconut cake with durian Banh dua, or coconut cake, is a Teochew (Singaporean-Chinese) cuisine that many people in Saigon associate with their childhoods. The ingredients for the durian version are quite simple: flour, eggs, granulated sugar, coconut, and durian filling. Coconut cake with durian is one of the most intriguing flavors available. Coconut cakes are cut into smaller pieces and placed in a plastic container when purchased. Photo courtesy of Banh dua Tan Da The flat, circular cake is 20 centimeters in diameter. It has a thin, light-brown crust. The green cake with white shredded coconut flesh is particularly eye-catching when you cut the cake into pieces. The coconut cake is soft, spongy, not too sweet, and buttery. You can find the cake at Banh dua Tan Da shop at 45 Tan Da Street in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. The price of the durian-filled coconut cake is VND75,000 ($3.18). The shop has fillings such as coconut, ca dé (made from … [Read more...] about Durian dishes to add to your bucket list
In HCMC, seized vehicles go to police lots to die
Over 1,300 motorbikes have gathered dust for years in a 2,000-m2 police lot in District 6. Many of them have become badly damaged over time, and with the storage running out of space, hundreds of others are left out in the elements. To prevent them from bursting into flames in the heat of the sun, they are occasionally hosed. Some 10 km away, thousands of other vehicles lie in another lot belonging to the Binh Tan District police. New and old vehicles alike are stacked on top of each other. There is row after row of vehicles for hundreds of meters, but no fire alarm or even a fire extinguisher. In the city, there are around 90,000 vehicles with the police either seized following traffic violations or as evidence in criminal cases. Regulations require storage areas for seized evidence to comply with safety standards, including firefighting systems and protective fences. They must also have roofs to protect the stored items from the elements. But several police divisions do … [Read more...] about In HCMC, seized vehicles go to police lots to die