The contest is jointly organised by the Association of Vietnamese Students in the US, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union - Hanoi chapter and the office of Project 844 of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

At the launching ceremony.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, Tran Quang Hung, Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union - Hanoi chapter said VietChallenge 2020 will witness new changes, including the division of startups into teams of different fields, a community funding platform for the first time in Vietnam, as well as the debut of a “startups arena 100” and the Vietnam Startup Championship in the US.

The platform Jong Ventures will help startups directly get funding from the community in a quickest manner, and open a new investment channel for individuals and organisations in Vietnam.

Meanwhile, the “startups arena 100” will offer a chance for 100 best startups in Vietnam to meet directly with representatives from domestic and international investment funds, startup incubators and investors.

A six-month-mentoring programme will also be available within the framework of the contest to provide financial support and expertise advice for startups.

VietChallenge 2019 begins receiving applications from March 21 via http://vietchalenge.org/ or http://jong.ventures/. A winning team will take 50,000 USD.

The final round of VietChallenge 2020 in Hanoi and the startups arena 100 are scheduled for August 28-29. The top teams at the final round will attend the Vietnam Startups Championship in the US from October 21-26.

In the four previous editions, VietChallenge attracted more than 800 entries of Vietnamese from 21 nations.

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