STARTUP FESTIVAL

Under the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), The Business Forum Magazine has organized the National Startup Project Development Program since 2002. In which, the Startup Festival is considered the biggest event of this series of activities.

This program aims to honor and uphold the spirit of entrepreneurship among young people and create a premise for start-up projects with practical value, promoting the role of businesses and entrepreneurs to develop the economy of the country. Startup Festival attracted the participation of leaders of ministries, sectors, localities, entrepreneurs, organizations, and a large number of students from universities and colleges across the country.

About 6,000 startup projects from young people all over the country have been sent to the program, and many of them successfully implemented. Startup Festival creates jobs and makes positive contributions to society. In 2020, nearly 600 projects from 30 provinces, cities, and more than 40 universities were sent. This program is coordinated with start-up support organizations to promote a series of activities across the country, such as connecting and training startup mentors, consulting on building a startup ecosystem, training TOT lecturers, school and regional project advisors, organizing programs to select the best projects to participate in the national competition.

Source: Dien Dan Doanh Nghiep

On January 8, 2021, Start-up Festival has many activities such as awarding the Outstanding Startup Project 2020; the title of Pioneer in a national innovation ecosystem in 2020 (local and university); Mentor of the Year 2020; launching the National Startup Program 2021. The organizing committee is considered as a bridge between investors and startups. This creates an opportunity for founders to find investors, entrepreneurs, organizations, and incubators to promote support, mentorship, and sponsor projects, helping young people change their minds.

Some outstanding projects in the Startup Festival 2021:

1. Applying Spirulina powder as food and environment for shrimp by a group of students: Nguyen Ngoc Tran, Tran Thi Nga, Bien Cong Doan, Bui Phuoc Truong under the guidance of MSc. Huynh Van Hieu of Department of Biotechnology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University.

2. Pando Project – building materials made from plastic waste by the group of authors Pham Manh Dinh, Vo Van Tuan, Vo Thi Kim Ha, Nguyen Duc, Nguyen Phan Thien Lam, Dinh Thi Huong Mo, Nguyen Thi To Trinh from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education. It is also the first presentation project at the Finals of the National Startup Competition 2020.

3. Smart Bed Project of a group of students: Le Thi Thu Ngan, Phan Trung Hieu, Le Nguyen Van Duong, Phan Van Thinh, Nguyen Truong Nhat Tan of Duy Tan University; provide automatic mosquito netting system, limiting mosquito bites while sleeping, thereby reducing the number of dengue fever cases in Vietnam.

4. Centimedia Project: a platform that connects the video-makers community and users.

5. Coconut Wood Production and Trading Joint Stock Company Project (CCF)