DesignBold, a design application, overcame GotIt! (47 percent) wins the most important award, Startup of the Year award (Photo genk.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Eight startups received awards in five categories at the2016 Start-up Festival in Hanoi on December 29.
The categories were Startup of the Year; Women’s Startup, Bluebird IT Startup,Potential Startup and Most Favoured Startup.
Theevent, which is held for the first time by Vietnam Television’s VTV6, the VietnamClimate Innovation Centre (VCIC), Topica Founder Institute and Bluebirds JSC,is the biggest event for the startup community this year.
Thefestival attracted about 1,000 startups.
With53 percent of voting from 200 delegates, DesignBold, a design application,overcame GotIt! (47 percent) to win the most important award, Startup of theYear award.
“Wepromise to try our best to bring resources from overseas to support Vietnamesestartups. Receiving the award is an honour for us but also a responsibility. Weset the target to support Vietnamese startups to catch up with other startupecosystems in the world,” said Dinh Viet Hung, the CEO of DesignBold.
DesignBoldis a tool that helps both professional and amateur users design by themselves.It is also the winner of Creative Business Cup Vietnam 2016 and became theVietnamese representative for the final round at the Creative Business Cup 2016in Copenhagen, Denmark in November this year.
TheWomen’s Startup Award was given to Vu Nguyet Anh, founder of the dating appRudicaf. “For me, this is an honour as well as a great motivation, but also apressure to make more efforts in the future,” she said.
TheMost Favoured prize was given to Le Thong Nhat, a retired teacher, for hisBigSchool Vietnam product. Three startups, namely, 1offfice, Giaohangnhanh andWeFit, won the Potential Startup Award. The prize is a two-week visit toIsrael, dubbed the startup nation.
“Ibelieve that the spirit of the young generation in Vietnam will boost the startupecosystem. In my opinion, it is always better to pursue and try to fulfill yourdream than not to try at all,” said Yaniv Tessel from Israel’s Economic andTrade Mission.
Inthe Bluebird IT Startup category, Mysterious Stone and Suge Dict overcame 200games and applications to win. They will receive an award of 50 million VND andan opportunity to visit the Google offices in Silicon Valley.
Inaddition, the organisation board gave a prize for the startup event of the yearto the event that the startup community proposed for the amendment of theArticle 292 under the Penal Code.
Article292 of the Penal Code adopted by the National Assembly last year stirred upcontroversy as it was stated that any services offered online or viatelecommunication networks without prior permission would be deemed illegal.Fearing that start-up businesses could be harmed, a petition calling for thescrapping of Article 292 was sent to officials, ministers and agencies andcollected nearly 6,000 signatures after only one week.-VNA
The categories were Startup of the Year; Women’s Startup, Bluebird IT Startup,Potential Startup and Most Favoured Startup.
Theevent, which is held for the first time by Vietnam Television’s VTV6, the VietnamClimate Innovation Centre (VCIC), Topica Founder Institute and Bluebirds JSC,is the biggest event for the startup community this year.
Thefestival attracted about 1,000 startups.
With53 percent of voting from 200 delegates, DesignBold, a design application,overcame GotIt! (47 percent) to win the most important award, Startup of theYear award.
“Wepromise to try our best to bring resources from overseas to support Vietnamesestartups. Receiving the award is an honour for us but also a responsibility. Weset the target to support Vietnamese startups to catch up with other startupecosystems in the world,” said Dinh Viet Hung, the CEO of DesignBold.
DesignBoldis a tool that helps both professional and amateur users design by themselves.It is also the winner of Creative Business Cup Vietnam 2016 and became theVietnamese representative for the final round at the Creative Business Cup 2016in Copenhagen, Denmark in November this year.
TheWomen’s Startup Award was given to Vu Nguyet Anh, founder of the dating appRudicaf. “For me, this is an honour as well as a great motivation, but also apressure to make more efforts in the future,” she said.
TheMost Favoured prize was given to Le Thong Nhat, a retired teacher, for hisBigSchool Vietnam product. Three startups, namely, 1offfice, Giaohangnhanh andWeFit, won the Potential Startup Award. The prize is a two-week visit toIsrael, dubbed the startup nation.
“Ibelieve that the spirit of the young generation in Vietnam will boost the startupecosystem. In my opinion, it is always better to pursue and try to fulfill yourdream than not to try at all,” said Yaniv Tessel from Israel’s Economic andTrade Mission.
Inthe Bluebird IT Startup category, Mysterious Stone and Suge Dict overcame 200games and applications to win. They will receive an award of 50 million VND andan opportunity to visit the Google offices in Silicon Valley.
Inaddition, the organisation board gave a prize for the startup event of the yearto the event that the startup community proposed for the amendment of theArticle 292 under the Penal Code.
Article292 of the Penal Code adopted by the National Assembly last year stirred upcontroversy as it was stated that any services offered online or viatelecommunication networks without prior permission would be deemed illegal.Fearing that start-up businesses could be harmed, a petition calling for thescrapping of Article 292 was sent to officials, ministers and agencies andcollected nearly 6,000 signatures after only one week.-VNA
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