Support innovative startups for businesses in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of December 1, the Institute of Intellectual Property Science in collaboration with the Center for Science, Technology and Informatics Information Nghe An organized the Conference "Connecting to learn about the needs and providing legal advice for innovative start-up businesses, science and technology businesses on intellectual property".
Attending the event were Mr. Ta Quang Minh - Director of the Institute of Intellectual Property Science; Mr. Tran Hau Ngoc - Director of the Institute of Science Evaluation and Technology Valuation; Representatives of departments, branches, sectors and enterprises in Nghe An province.
The conference was organized as part of the Project "Supporting the national innovation and startup ecosystem until 2025" approved in Decision No. 844/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, chaired by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
At the conference, units and enterprises were shared by experts from the Ministry of Science and Technology and institutes on the following topics: Information on technology ownership for innovative start-up activities; Tools for exploiting information on technology ownership; Activities of evaluating and pricing technology - intellectual property for innovative start-up activities; Financial support policies for innovative start-up businesses from the NATIF Fund...
In Nghe An, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Science and Technology to be the leading unit, the focal point for implementation, and the connection of resources to develop the innovative startup ecosystem. In the period of 2018-2023, after 6 years of implementation, the innovative startup ecosystem of Nghe An province has been formed and developed quite firmly. The startup movement in the province has developed both in breadth and depth, with the support and participation of all political and social organizations.
In 2022, Nghe An was honored to be one of the three localities with outstanding achievements nationwide to be awarded the title of top 5 "Typical locality in building a startup ecosystem in 2022" by the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
Nghe An has had Startups winning the first prize at Techfest Vietnam in various fields for 3 consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022), in 2023 alone, 3 Startups were in the top 80; There have been Startups that have raised capital from domestic and foreign funds (Typically, 2 startups have successfully raised capital of 1 million and 2 million USD (Gostream Company attracted 1 million USD from VinaCapital Fund, Thien Nhan Lemon Company with 2 million USD from Sao Thai Duong Group, NANOSALT Salt Project - ABACA Company raised 5 billion VND and received investment commitments from Song Lam Startup Incubator and VSV Fund).
In particular, Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW of the Politburo has determined the goal of building Vinh city into a civilized and modern city, the center of the North Central region in the fields of finance, trade, tourism, science - technology, information technology, and high-tech industry of the North Central region. This is the guideline for science, technology and innovation activities in Nghe An province in the coming time.
At the conference, experts from the Ministry of Science and Technology and institutes received consulting requests and provided free consulting services to innovative startups and science and technology enterprises in Nghe An, contributing to solving the difficulties and obstacles that startups face in practice.
