The third edition of the awards is being organised by the municipal Department of Science and Technology with the aim of honouring outstanding organisations and individuals in innovation and startup activities.

The I-Star Awards being presented to start-ups with a new business model based on technology and capacity for rapid growth.

They are divided into four categories: start-ups with a new business model based on technology and capacity for rapid growth; organisations and individuals with creative and innovative solutions; outstanding media stories that had a great impact on the start-up community; and incubators, investors and experts for assistance to start-ups.

The submissions can be made until August 31.

The awards ceremony will be held within the framework of the HCM City Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Week (WHISE 2020). There will be 12 prizes. Each category will have three prizes.

Last year, the awards received 277 entries.

Outstanding young entrepreneurs honoured for excellent startups in 2019

The Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association (VYEA) hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on the evening of December 28 to celebrate its 5th founding anniversary and present the 2019 Outstanding Young Entrepreneur in Startup Award.

National startup festival for students to be held in Hanoi

A national startup festival for students will take place from October 4-5 in the Hanoi University of Technology, aiming to encourage innovation startup spirit for students across the country.

7 provinces attend Women’s creative startup festival in Bac Giang

(BGO) – The Women’s Union in Bac Giang province on October 1 coordinated with the Women’s Union in the provinces in the Northern midland and mountainous emulative cluster to hold the Women’s Creative Startup Festival and trade promotion conference in 2019.

Startup with bakery shop

(BGO) – The student of Hanoi Academy of Military Science and Technology Nguyen Van Du (born in 1990) in Thanh pagoda residential group, Xuong Giang ward, Bac Giang city decided to drop out off the university to start up his business at his hometown. After overcoming the initial difficulties in 3 years, Du now firmly owns two economic models.

Medlink wins first startup contest VietChallenge 2019

Medlink – the supplier of a platform for direct connectivity among drug companies and pharmacies has won the first prize of VietChallenge 2019, an annual startup competition for Vietnamese entrepreneurs from all over the world.

Source: VNA