Founder and CEO of Dat Bike – Nguyen Ba Canh Son. To realize his start-up plan, Son spent a year in the US learning about manufacturing, from mechanics, electronics, to circuit design, industrial design, supply chain… Also in the same period of time. During this time, Son gathered a team of like-minded young engineers, learning how to make an electric motorcycle in the US. This is an important stepping stone for Son’s project formation and development in Vietnam. Founder and CEO of Dat Bike – Nguyen Ba Canh Son, said: “This capital will be used to improve the quality of the bike, perfect the sales team and expand the market.” In particular, improving the quality of the battery and controller will be put on top by Dat Bike. It is known that Dat Bike was established in 2018 with the ambition to become the largest electric motorcycle company in Southeast Asia. In the Vietnamese market, Dat Bike is having an estimated growth rate of 30%. Dat Bike’s first motorcycle model was launched in Vietnam in 2019 from the factory located in Binh Duong, called Weaver. The advantage of this model, which is also the difference with electric cars currently on the market, lies in its long travel time and fast battery charging. The battery installed in the Weaver uses LG’s technology, similar to the battery system installed in Tesla electric cars. In particular, the battery life is up to 10 years in conditions of regular use and is easy to recycle, with no adverse impact on the environment. Compared to other competitors, Dat Bike has the advantage of using domestic materials, instead of importing from other markets. This helps the company reduce transportation costs, increase production efficiency and receive tax support. Currently, Dat Bike has a shop in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh. Currently, Dat Bike has a shop in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City and a factory in Binh Duong with a capacity of about 1,000 vehicles/month. The company has only focused on developing online sales channels in the Vietnamese market. In addition, another advantage of Dat Bike is that the company’s vehicles are manufactured in the country, most of the component suppliers are local manufacturers. Therefore, the Company can be proactive in logistics and supply chain services. In just a short time, Son and his team of associates have increased the production capacity of Dat Bike from 1 motorcycle shipped per week in the early days to hundreds of units per month. At the end of 2020, Dat Bike opened its first store in Ho Chi Minh City and currently, Dat Bike’s growth rate is 35%/month. In particular, in 2020, the Ministry of Transport has recognized Dat Bike Weaver as the first electric motorcycle originating in Vietnam. This is also the only model on the market today that has the same performance as a traditional petrol motorbike. Jungle Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-to-growth businesses and start-ups in Southeast Asia and India. With a focus on building sustainable businesses, Jungle Ventures has been working with the region’s most ambitious founders to build high-growth technology businesses, using capital-efficient, with the potential to scale into leading regional or global companies. The $2.6 million capital “poured” from Jungle Ventures and investment funds allows Son and his associates to continue to create and develop the most complete electric motorcycles for users in the Southeast region. Asia and the world through investment in expanding production of Electric Vehicle Factory in Binh Duong. CEO Dat Bike calculates, with more than 80% of households in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam owning two-wheeled motorbikes, a total of about 250 million gasoline motorbikes, the size of the motorcycle industry in Southeast Asia. up to $25 billion. These potential numbers are the motivation for Son and Dat Bike team to continue firmly on the chosen path, contributing to promoting wider use of sustainable transportation solutions. Soon, Dat Bike will release the next version of Weaver. This version is capable of running 200 km, fully charged in 2 hours. In the further future, Dat Bike will develop more new models to suit a wide range of customers.

Chinese people watch the rocket that sent the Tianwen-1 probe into space. Photo: AP The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on May 15 that the Tianwen-1 (Tianwen-1) probe had successfully landed on the surface of the “Red Planet”. “China has left its footprints on Mars for the first time, an important step for our field of space exploration,” Xinhua news agency said. The New York Times reported that since 1976, the US has successfully landed on Mars nine times. The Soviet Union in 1971 became the first country to send a lander to the surface of the Red Planet, but the mission was unsuccessful because the probe then stopped transmitting. Recently, China has continuously recorded new space science achievements. On the morning of April 29, China launched the first module to build its own Space Station (CSS). It seems that to catch up with the US and Russia, China’s ambitions do not stop at Mars and the space station. Moon Dream In January 2019, China was the first country to land a probe on the dark side of the Moon. The dark side can be understood as the night side of the Moon while the other side is observable from Earth due to receiving sunlight and is the day side. This is China’s second successful landing on the lunar surface, the first being in 2013. China is the third country in the world to successfully explore the Moon, after the US and Russia. In December 2020, China sent another probe to the Moon, which is Chang’e-5. On December 16, 2020, the Chang’e-5 spacecraft landed in Inner Mongolia carrying samples from the lunar surface. This is the first time scientists have collected samples from the lunar surface, after the Soviet Luna-24 mission in 1976. Moon samples brought back by Chang’e-5 are on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Photo: Getty Images China plans to launch three more spacecraft to the Moon by 2027. Beijing’s goal is to establish a base on the Moon that can be accessed by astronauts within the next decade. In March, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said it would cooperate with China in building a research station on the Moon. However, the two countries have yet to announce the details of this coordination plan. Serious competition The fragmentation of China’s Long March 5B missile falling into the Indian Ocean in May has drawn much criticism from international public opinion. In April, this Long March 5B rocket sent the core module into space to build China’s first space station. In the near future, China plans to carry out 11 more launches to complete the space station by the end of 2022. The International Space Station (ISS) jointly developed by Russia, the US and many countries will “retire” in 2024. It is still unclear what will happen next. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) advocates keeping the ISS operational for a few more years. Russia meanwhile announced it would withdraw from 2025. In the event that the ISS is completely shut down, China will be the only country that owns the space station. Accordingly, the Chinese space station named Thien Cung is expected to be able to host three astronauts operating at the same time. China has selected a team of 18 astronauts, including only one woman. The first three astronauts are expected to spend three months in space. Mars and more Model of China’s first space station. Photo: AP China announced that it plans to make one more Mars landing by 2028 and bring samples from the planet back to Earth for study. NASA and the European Space Agency are also embarking on this work in the hope that the US Perseverance probe, which landed on Mars in February, can bring soil and rock from Mars to Earth by 2031. This is said to be more likely to lead to a race between the parties. China also plans to take 10 years to collect samples from the comet. In addition, the country also intends to set up spacecraft to orbit around Venus and Jupiter. By 2024, China plans to launch a space telescope like the US Hubble, which has been in orbit since 1990. On China Space Day (April 24), President Xi Jinping wrote a letter to senior space scientists, encouraging them to “intensify and expand space exploration and rapidly quickly turn China into a space power.