Vietnam Can Build Deeptech: Quoc Luong’s Journey
From Overseas Vietnamese by Quang Do
December 9, 2025 · 1h 2m · Episode 19
About this episode
Quoc Luong shares his inspiring journey from scavenging in Saigon to becoming a leading deep-tech entrepreneur in Vietnam.
Quoc Luong grew up scavenging for food on the streets of Saigon – and went on to become one of Vietnam’s most accomplished deep-tech founders. After teaching himself English at 26, he earned scholarships to Cornell and UC Berkeley, built a life in Silicon Valley, and ultimately returned to Vietnam to found Realtime Robotics (RtR): the country’s first high-tech drone company to invent, design, and manufacture world-class UAV systems.
People in this episode
Host: Quang Do
Guest: Quoc Luong
Topics covered
- deep-tech
- entrepreneurship
- UAV systems
- Vietnam
- Silicon Valley
- robotics
Keywords
- deep-tech
- Vietnam
- UAV
- robotics
- entrepreneurship
- Silicon Valley
- Quoc Luong
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Realtime Robotics, Cornell, UC Berkeley
Places: Vietnam, Saigon, Silicon Valley
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