For the first time, Nghe An students won prizes at the 2020 national startup competition

Contest "Students with ideas"start up"2020 was launched from July 2020 nationwide with the participation of students from more than 60 provinces and cities and students from more than 400 universities, colleges and secondary schools nationwide.

After 5 months of implementation, the contest received nearly 600 entries and 72 of the best projects made it to the finals (20 projects from high school students and 52 projects from university and college students).

The authors and instructors are implementing the project. Photo: PV

By participating in the competition, students can express their ideas and seek opportunities to turn their creative startup ideas into reality. This is also an important environment to connect the “3 houses”: State - school - business. For the State, the product of education and training is high-quality human resources; For businesses, this is a useful playground to find new ideas and projects to invest in and bring profits to themselves as well as benefits to the community and society.

In 2020, Nghe An had 1 project that made it to the final round, which was the project "ProSafe Herbs for Protecting Vegetables and Crops" by students Long Hoang Bao (grade 12), Vi Duc Quan and Nguyen Thi Minh (grade 11) and was directly instructed by teacher Bui Thi Thuy Dung - Nghia Dan 1-5 High School.

Nghe An students are presenting their projects at the national student startup festival. Photo: PV

In the end, the project “ProSafe Herbs for Vegetable and Crop Protection” was selected as one of the best projects of the competition. After the presentation and Q&A session of the jury, the project was awarded the Second Prize by the Organizing Committee, a Certificate of Merit by the Ministry of Education and Training, and a cash prize of 20 million VND. In addition, the project also received the prize for the project with the most votes.

The contest was held for the third time, but this was the first time Nghe An won a prize in this contest. The project "ProSafe Herbs for Protecting Vegetables and Crops" by students of 1/5 High School has produced a biological herbal product made from ingredients such as castor oil, gotu kola, chili, wild sunflower, Malabar spinach, and soapberry. The product can both prevent pests and diseases and is safe for human health and the soil environment.

In addition, the product can be used for vegetables during the harvest stage, is non-toxic to the product, has little effect on natural enemies and helps reduce costs in plant protection.

Authors and teachers of 1/5 High School at the national startup festival held in Hanoi. Photo: PV

Previously, the project won second prize atYouth and Children's Creativity Contestof Nghe An province 2020 and entered the Top 10 of the startup competition organized by the Department of Science and Technology and was 1 of 5 excellent projects entering the semi-finals of the rural youth startup competition in the North Central region.