Topic: [ANN] Astra Network -The social network for tourism using blockchain technology (Read 1501 times)

 On September 21, 2019, the “Launching Ceremony of Astra” combined with the Investment Signing Ceremony was successfully held in Hanoi. Attending the event were Astra people, major investors and partners, press agencies as well as the public interested in the brand. At the event, CEO Nguyen Tiep gave an enthusiastic speech introducing Astra’s goals, missions as well as the future development roadmap. This is an opportunity for the Astra Network to spread its values to the community, bringing a Vietnamese brand closer to Vietnamese users and international friends. Together with the participation of many famous names such as Shark Pham Thanh Hung, Shark Dzung Nguyen, Shark Tran Anh Vuong, CEO Vinalink Tuan Ha … the event marked an important milestone on the development path of Astra, the world’s first social networking platform based blockchain for tourism.
Astra has become an “unprecedented” start-up in the capital raising history of “Shark Tank Vietnam” by holding a successful brand launching ceremony only a few days after appearing on television with an excellent performance, ending up getting 1.000.000 USD from Shark Pham Thanh Hung. Combined with the fame of the television program, Astra has received a lot of attention from the media as well as social networks users. Astra is a pioneering Vietnamese social network that attacks niche markets — tourism — which is a hidden market with countless potential to help promote nation branding and develop the country’s economy. Speaking at the opening of the event, CEO Nguyen Tiep expressed his strategic vision and belief in the potential of the brand in his home market: “Astra is creating what the society needs. While other social networking platforms are gradually being diluted, Astra focuses on the niche market of tourism, so the content will be simpler and more user-friendly. In particular, Astra was born to change the passive travel habits of Vietnamese people. In 2018, tourism contributed $ 26 billion to the total value of the economy. This confirms that Vietnam is a country that sees tourism as its strength. At the same time, the best way to promote Vietnam to the world is through tourism.”

Shark Vuong reaffirmed that our domestic market needs pioneering factors such as Astra, while Shark Hung believes in a Vietnamese brand, “made by Vietnamese” that can cover its influence globally. For Astra, this is the first time a social networking platform is operated in harmony with the blockchain system, which helps create values back to users by rewarding users who contribute content. With a team of nearly 70 technical engineers working hard to build a sustainable ecosystem that provides excellent user experience, Astra is expected to be a potential name that will prove itself in the domestic and international travel market.

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I suggest launching also a personal mobile wallet from which it was possible to pay for all services on the service. To make transactions convenient and fast.

At least they need to add some bonuses in their application to attract users,
And to find more profit they also have to add some ads in it
That's what I see from a number of applications today

once they established their platform as trustworthy to be used by travelers, potential customers will flock on their app! but until then, they need to seriously implement those features and gain credibility from the users.
the competition in this age is very tight as there are numerous social media apps that are sprouting everywhere. they basically need to get a good number of users to have their app usable!!!

Still need to communicate with your customers constantly, so that all information is known

By hard work and useful updates in the project.

Partnerships can be found on the first page. Maybe the team plans to add  still  partners for mega service development...?

Perhaps you are right, but these are just guesses, in the future we will all see the finished result together

It is true that the team should not hide anything from its users, because ultimately there will be no trust, and this can be gained in the market for years

What kind of partners do you have? Are there airlines on the list?

Information should always be objective, relevant and accessible to each user.

I would add that everything is developing in the right direction and at the right pace.

What are the first exchanges you plan to enter?

I agree that everything depends on the team, they need to be dispelled by a lot of doubts from ordinary users

that is if you can afford and have the time to go to vietnam where they have physical address as mentioned by the team.


proof of trust is one of the vital features in this industry as you can always read fake reviews from dummy accounts. if this project will eliminate those false information within their platform, then in time they will gain travelers to trust their services.  

As far as I know, it will be an informative resource.

I can’t disagree with you, how much the service is in demand on the market and the pace of its development depends on how the team will be able to present the idea and what benefits it brings to society.

Sometimes work on a project can take a year. It all depends on the investment. If you quickly collect the required amount, then the development will be faster.

I personally know projects that have been raising funds for the development of the platform for more than a year. But here it all depends on the idea of the project itself and how the developers advertise it.

Will the network look like a social network where you can upload pictures, etc.? Or is it a more informative source?

It’s better to ask the team and to hear a strategic approach to this issue.

Even if we don't talk about competition, I believe the important thing for a project is to have real development in the pipeline.
Because this industry is huge, they can always find their own clients if they have good services offered to tourists.
And word of mouth is one of the best marketing tools out there. If their clients are going to be satisfied with their platform, it would be easy to capture those additional customers.

At the expense of competition, I’ll tell you that here you need to evaluate the market. At this stage, it is very important to evaluate the competition in the market.

And to conquer, it all takes a lot more time, it can last half a year of work on the project

And how will you build a reputation? Need an investor reputation?

I have a question for you then. And how can you earn this trust?

Sure, it is for simple people, not for agencies.

It is logical, since people invest money in the project with the hope that in the future it will bring money

User trust it is very good, but still need to earn the trust of partners and investors

The higher the project’s reputation, the faster it will gain the trust of users

Competition is inevitable, the main thing is how the team can deal with it, you must strive for perfection and earn an excellent reputation

There are just a lot of competitors in the market with a wide variety of offers.

This is of course all great, but do not forget that in the field of tourism well, very much competition.

The project integrates cryptocurrency and tourism, which will help many people to evaluate the quality of services and give preference to convenience

It appears more and more often in the ordinary life of people, they even sell it at home for bitcoin.

The market constantly needs to be analyzed so that in the future there are no questions, and of course competitors

I think yes. Such a question should not arise if you have not analyzed the entire market and competitors.

I think Yes, that's what the platform is created for.

Yes, there is such a scenario. Currently, it is already possible to buy goods for cryptocurrency, which means it will become more affordable in the future.

I get it, alright. This option is also interesting for me, and I think not only me. So I'm waiting for when there will be updates on the project.

In the near future, cryptocurrency will even more infiltrate our daily lives and will become familiar and in this regard, the demand for the service will only grow.

In the future, you can make agreements with hotels, or a mobile application where you choose a hotel, for example, and the country of rest, as an option - good

Let’s hope that this project can fully satisfy the average tourist in the future.

In general, the market now has a lot of travel agencies in all directions, in general, this method should solve any problem

I apologize for the misunderstanding, I am not a representative of the team, I just expressed my opinion on the fact that What will this platform give to the usual user. I see the usefulness of the project for the innovative development of the tourism sector

I see that most people ask this question. I also became interested in this.

The question is whether it will be in demand by ordinary users?

Trust in the service industry? So you want to say that it will be connected somehow with hotels?

Most likely it will be an opportunity to pay for purchases abroad using cryptocurrency, or tickets.

Okay, thanks for the quick answer. I want to clarify the details, whether investors give any guarantees?

The platform places public information about the quality of tourism service and this will solve the problem of user trust in the maintenance

I partly agree with you, but I can not understand in detail what are the advantages of this blockchain? What will this platform give to the average user?

Tourism and the blockchain is what is new in the field of tourism and in general.

Independent and truthful feedback always inspires confidence in users and helps to make the best choice among the proposed alternatives

Of course, if you are going to invest in a project, then a personal meeting is best.

Partners should help the project to develop and move it forward among other competitors

Quite an interesting project, with a large number of partners, which can not but rejoice.

A personal meeting is very good, since not all people prefer communication on the Internet

The team has a headquarters, if you need a personal meeting, then I think you could agree on this.

Or make a consultation online, that is, by phone call

I agree with you. So for users it will be very fast and convenient to choose a place to rest.

How often does a team member communicate here? I would like to ask questions about the certification in the project

You have a very large team, the main thing is that like-minded people should be in all this, that is, people understand what and why they are developing their project

For the initial project, now such victims are not needed at all, when you can directly contact the team via messengers and discuss people’s questions

In general, for such an area it is best to open an office so that a person can come and chat, of course, of course, my opinion

In general, this is a very interesting option to build a travel agency with some major partners in the market, in the future it will be much easier

Do you plan to work with other travel companies? you can build a good relationship with all of this

The guys should do this in the future, since it is necessary when there is a base of their customers, it will be interesting for people to relax anyway

Now very few users are ready to give their documents to the company in order to pass verification, there are a lot of scammers on the market

Will there be user verification in the mobile application itself?

Yeah, thank you. The great feature of Astra, which is reward for the reviewer, gives them the motivation to offer the most accurate review. Other users may refer to these reviews to make plans to book travel products / services offered by providers posted on Astra.

It would be great to have lots of promotional information and links to booking sites, hotels, and entertainment places

Our headquarters is at Sannam Building at 78 Duy Tan Street, Hanoi, Vietnam. You can contact us through any of the channels in our white paper.

Yes, we develop social networking for tourism on the web and mobile app platform. Integrating blockchain technology in rewarding users who contribute content to astra. In addition, the blockchain is used to store other important data.

Do you plan to make an office in the future?  so that people can contact you

good evening, are you planning to develop a mobile application?

Hello everyone, we are the Astra Network and here is an overview of the Astra Network. We hope to be supported by the community and go ahead with this project. Thank all.