Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening ceremony of the 7th National Startup Day for students in 2025.

Attending the opening ceremony were comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Kim Son - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Education and Training; Nguyen Van Duoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City; Bui Quang Huy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, XIII, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union; representatives of central ministries and branches, and more than 4,000 students, investors and domestic startup experts.

Speaking at the ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that the Festival is a vivid demonstration of the determination to nurture aspirations.start-upof the young generation, and at the same time commend the efforts of the education sector, ministries, branches and localities in implementing support for students to innovate.

The Prime Minister emphasized that arousing the spirit of self-reliance, daring to think, daring to do and being ready to face challenges will contribute to building a country that develops quickly and sustainably on the foundation of science and technology.

Held annually since 2018, the National Startup Day for students aims to promote the entrepreneurial spirit, create an environment to realize feasible business ideas, and strengthen the connection between schools and students with the business community and investors.

This year, the event took place with a series of large-scale activities: Conference summarizing Project 1665 "Supporting students to start a business until 2025"; Forum "Startup inspiration from technology entrepreneurs"; seminars on startups in universities, vocational education and general education; investment connection - incubation program; space for technology experience and display of creative products.

The highlight of the festival was the Final Round of the “Students with Startup Ideas” Competition, where 125 outstanding projects were selected from 775 entries. The finalist project teams presented their ideas at the exhibition area of ​​more than 140 booths, attracting special attention from investors and experts.

Nghe An delegation participated with 8 projects - 6 projects of students and 2 projects of pupils - focusing on smart agriculture, OCOP products, spending management, digital tourism and converting waste into energy, showing the strong potential for innovation of Nghe An youth.

The 7th National Student Startup Festival continues to affirm its reputation as a large playground, creating momentum to spread the startup movement in schools, nurturing creative ideas that contribute positively to the socio-economic development of the country.