Nghe An awards 10 innovative startup projects in 2021

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments, branches, and representatives of investment funds.

Provincial leaders attended the Award Ceremony of the Nghe An Open Innovation and Startup Talent Search Competition - Techfest Nghe An Open 2021. Photo: Duc Anh

106 STARTUP PROJECTS PARTICIPATED IN THE CONTEST

Nghe An Open Innovation and Startup Talent Search Competition 2021 (Techfest Nghe An open 2021) with the theme "Aspiration of Song Lam".

This is a program to search for and support innovative start-up businesses founded or co-founded by Nghe An people domestically and internationally, or people who love Nghe An and will start a business in Nghe An.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee visited the startup booth displayed at the ceremony. Photo: Duc Anh

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Department of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thanh visited the startup booth displayed at the ceremony. Photo: Duc Anh

Techfest Nghe An open 2021 prioritizes startups in the fields of: Agriculture, Medicine - Pharmacy, Tourism, Education, Training and Pioneering Technology. Businesses will have the opportunity to contact and call for capital from domestic and foreign investment funds, as well as high-winning projects will continue to be introduced to participate in Techfest Viet Nam 2021 organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

This is also the first time the competition has been held outside of Nghe An province. The competition has 106 projects in many different fields, from within the country and abroad such as Singapore. As a result, 21 projects have reached the final round of the competition, 10 excellent creative startup projects have been awarded by the Provincial People's Committee, 11 projects have been recognized as potential startup projects.

Comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the First Prize to the project. Photo: Duc Anh

Comrades: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the second prize to the projects.Photo: Duc Anh

Comrades: Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's CommitteeThird prize for projectsPhoto: Duc Anh

List of 10 winning projects of the Nghe An Open Innovation and Startup Talent Search Competition 2021.

At the ceremony, the Thien Minh Duc Creative Startup Investment Fund, established by Thien Minh Duc Group, was launched with an initial capital of 1 million USD. The fund's goal is to focus on companies with products and services in fields that are either typical and culturally specific to Nghe An or are trending and have the potential for rapid growth.

Thien Minh Duc Creative Startup Investment Fund has decided to invest in the startup project: Vitamin D2, pure juice from vegetables and fruits, Healthy EatClean meals and D2 green seed milk, Vitamin D2 Organic Company Limitedwith capital of 2.5 billion VND.

Thien Minh Duc Creative Startup Investment Fund awarded an investment decision to a startup project with a capital of 2.5 billion VND. Photo: Duc Anh

VSV - Nghe An Creative Startup Investment Fund continues to sign investment cooperation contracts for 3 startup projects. Photo: Duc Anh

In addition, VSV - Nghe An Creative Startup Investment Fund continues to sign investment cooperation contracts for 3 startup projects: Hachi Project - Smart Agriculture System; STEAM Project with Sunbot and 3T Robot Project.

BUILDING NGHE AN INTO A REGIONAL INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER

Launching the 2022 Nghe An Province Innovation and Startup Competition, Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's CommitteeRecognize and appreciate the entrepreneurial spirit and practical effectiveness of award-winning products and projects, and commend organizations, individuals, groups of individuals, and businesses that have devoted a lot of time and enthusiasm to entrepreneurial activities, bringing practical solutions, contributing to the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem as well as the socio-economic development of the province.

Emphasizing that the province's innovative startup ecosystem has been firmly established and developed; the startup movement has developed in both breadth and depth, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed that Nghe An will continue to implement the Startup Competition on an expanded scale in 2022 and the following years. At the same time, promote communication to introduce the Nghe An Startup Ecosystem to all startups and domestic and foreign investment funds, so that many people know about it in the spirit of "Nghe An is a destination for success", with "Aspiration for Lam River".

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee launched the 2022 Nghe An Province Innovation and Startup Competition. Photo: Duc Anh

The province will also continue to advise and improve policies and support mechanisms for startups to come to Nghe An as a channel to attract investment and talent; support the establishment of more and more startup investment support funds in the province with the increasing participation of local businesses and entrepreneurs at different levels; strengthen connections with domestic and foreign funds. Call for investment in the Center for supporting innovative startups... towards establishing a provincial-level innovative startup club.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, on behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, called on individuals, organizations, businesses, especially the enthusiastic and passionate young generation of the province to be proactive, creative, and bold in starting a business, based on exploiting intellectual property, technology, and new business models. Thereby, more and more new ideas will be implemented and effectively promoted in life, contributing to the construction and socio-economic development of Nghe An province.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented flowers to congratulate the launch of Thien Minh Duc Creative Startup Investment Fund. Photo: Duc Anh

Emphasizing that Nghe An people are intelligent and creative, diligent and hard-working, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee hopes that everyone will promote those qualities, together nurture their dreams and realize their aspirations for unlimited innovative start-ups; create an important environment to exploit and promote the intelligence and the spirit of daring to think and do of Nghe An people. Thereby, contributing to encouraging the development of the innovative start-up movement, contributing more to the socio-economic development of the province.

“We are determined to join hands and unite to build Nghe An into a Center for Startups and Innovation in the North Central region in the not too distant future,” said Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Bui Dinh Long./.