22 projects compete at the Final Round of the Youth Startup Competition in Nghe An Province

The contest “Startup ideas and projects for young people in Nghe An province” is an annual activity of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union with the mission of training high-quality human resources, accompanying young people in finding jobs, establishing themselves and starting a business, which is an important and continuous task, contributing to promoting the national economy; at the same time, inspiring and motivating young people to be confident in working, producing, and striving to become rich legitimately on their homeland…

This year, the Organizing Committee received nearly 50 entries with many different ideas and projects. The projects all aim at sustainable development associated with local potentials. The contestants have been keen to exploit and gradually lay the foundation for startups in the digital economy. After the preliminary judging process, the Organizing Committee selected 22 excellent projects for the final round.

In this round, contestants must display their products and present their projects to the judges for 7 minutes, then answer questions posed by the judges. On the morning of August 12, 12 projects were presented, and in the afternoon of the same day, the remaining 10 projects were presented.

This is a great opportunity for young people to demonstrate their entrepreneurial spirit, dare to think and dare to do, to experience and gain experience. In addition, the competition is also an opportunity for units and businesses to approach and promptly grasp good, creative ideas and potential business models to accompany and support, and also an opportunity for businesses to find and attract high-quality human resources. Therefore, the teams must perform their best, demonstrate the superiority of their products and projects to impress the judging panel.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Head of the contest organizing committee

From 2019 to present, there have been 153 projects by 200 authors and groups of authors participating in the contest "Startup ideas and projects for youth in Nghe An province" organized by Nghe An Provincial Youth Union. The whole province currently has 13 cooperative models, 57 youth cooperative groups, 197 models, and youth economic development clubs operating with the participation of over 5,000 youth union members.

From the cradle of the Youth Union, many projects have been successful in practice, such as: Nghe Tinh specialty project, Bac Sen Cooperative project, Ganoderma and Cordyceps mushroom cultivation project, community tourism development projects...