Nghe An honors 10 creative startups

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of relevant departments and branches.

After more than 4 months of launching, the organizing committee has received nearly 100 applications to participate in the contest. Through the rounds, the Provincial Award Council has proposed the Provincial People's Committee to award 10 projects including: 1 First Prize, 2 Second Prizes, 3 Third Prizes, and 4 Encouragement Prizes in the fields of: industry, agriculture, information technology, education and training. The total prize money awarded to the projects is 195 million VND.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong presented a Certificate of Merit and prize to the first prize winning project. Photo: My Nga

In particular, the First Prize was awarded to the project "Design, manufacture and trade of technological lines for producing construction bricks, Terrazzo bricks, and self-locking bricks using hydraulic static pressing technology and rotating tray technology" by author Ho Xuan Vinh (Quynh Van commune, Quynh Luu).

Through the competition, the Department of Science and Technology of the province has connected with investors and businesses to apply in production and life. At the ceremony, 8 projects signed investment cooperation commitments to complete, exploit, promote and develop the ideas and products of the project.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien highly appreciated the results achieved by the contest and launched the "Innovative Startup" contest in 2019. Photo: My Nga

Speaking at the Award Ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien hoped that scientists, intellectuals and people from all walks of life, especially the young generation, with their enthusiasm and passion, would continue to contribute many innovative and creative works of high value and effective application.

Emphasizing that the contest is an environment to exploit and promote the intelligence and creativity of Nghe An people, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee believes that science and technology activities will increasingly develop and contribute more to the socio-economic development of the province.

"The contest was a great success. This is the beginning, an important premise for the following years to achieve better results, and at the same time a good sign for the development of the innovative startup movement in Nghe An province" - Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien affirmed.

With that spirit, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien launched the "Innovative Startup" Contest in 2019.

Awarding Certificates of Merit and prizes to the second prize winning projects. Photo: My Nga

Also at the ceremony, the Department of Science and Technology awarded certificates of merit and cash prizes to 10 projects with good startup ideas in the competition. Photo: My Nga

The “Innovative Startup” contest aims to stimulate innovative startup ideas and projects in the community, thereby searching for, selecting, and honoring potential ideas and projects, contributing to the realization of startup ideas and projects, creating a spread of the entrepreneurial spirit in the social community; at the same time, attracting the attention of businesses to good startup ideas with development potential.

Signing ceremony of cooperation commitment between investors, sponsors and projects. Photo: My Nga

10 winning projects at the "Innovative Startup" competition in 2018:

First Prize:Design, manufacture and trade production lines of construction bricks, Terrazzo bricks, self-locking bricks using hydraulic static pressing technology and rotating tray technology– Author Ho Xuan Vinh, Quynh Van commune, Quynh Luu.

Second Prize:

-Safety elevator– Author: Le Duy Hoan, Nhan Phat Mechanical & Engineering Co., Ltd.

-Green Vietnam Cooperative Model– Author: Nguyen Tuan Anh and colleagues, Nam Long hamlet, Nghia Long commune, Nghia Dan.

Third Prize:

-3-function tillage machine (plowing, harrowing, tilling)– Author: Phan Cong Sy, Hung Thong commune, Hung Nguyen district

-Enhancing the value of Vinh oranges through developing processed products and orange garden tourism experiences– Author Nguyen Thi Le Na, Phu Quy Agricultural Farm Joint Stock Company

-Nhan Do wire stone cutting machine- Authors Le Van Nhan, Le Van Thoa, Quy Hop Town Industrial Sub-Zone

Encouragement Prize:

-Model of automatic pumping station using solar energy to supply water and irrigation for areas with limited use of national electricity- Author Nguyen Thanh Quang and colleagues, Vinh University of Industry.

-Applying science and technology to build a model for production, processing and consumption of mushroom products according to the value chain- Author Tran Dinh Toan, ATC Investment and Production Joint Stock Company.

-Building a website to promote brands and digital communications: Nghe An Business Community - A place for all businesses to connect, share and trade– Author: Nguyen Van Linh and colleagues, Ha Huy Tap ward, Vinh city

-Toolkit for STEM and IoT research and training– Author Nguyen Thi Quynh and colleagues, STEM Academy Company Limited.