Ben Tre (VNA) – The ABCD Mekong startup festival for young people washeld in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on April 27.
Ben Tre is the first province to host the festival. The ABCD Mekong includesthree provinces and one city, namely An Giang, Ben Tre, Can Tho and Dong Thap.
The event was designed to connect outstanding startups in the region, sharestartup experiences and attract investment in local youth’s startup initiatives.
The two-day festival features various activities such as an exhibition ofstartup products from the ABCD localities, the first ABCD startup contestthemed “Connection-Innovation”, the introduction of local cuisine and exchangeprogramme entitled “startup aspiration”.
Under the Government’s direction, a line-up of startup plans and programmeshave been built in the four Mekong Delta localities to facilitate the youth’sstartups. Those comprise An Giang startup programme, startup and business developmentprogramme in Ben Tre province, startup plan in Can Tho city and Dong Thapprovince’s plan to become a startup locality in the Mekong Delta.
On this occasion, Ben Tre will also hold a conference to review its two-yearimplementation of the startup and business development programme; a seminar onimproving startup consultancies and building startup consultancy network in BenTre province and a workshop on capital for startups and commercialisation ofstartup products.-VNA
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