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Exchange programme promotes Vietnamese startups

An exchange programme promoting Vietnamese startups’ entitled “Runway to the World” was officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11.
Exchange programme promotes Vietnamese startups ảnh 1An exchange programme promoting Vietnamese startups entitled “Runway to the World” was officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11 (Illustrative photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – An exchange programmepromoting Vietnamese startups entitled “Runway tothe World” was officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11.

The programme, hosted by the Saigon Innovation Hub(SiHub), will link local startups with organisations and startup ecosystems in North America, Western Europe, North Asiaand the Asia-Pacific.

It will foster Vietnamese startups while selecting suitable foreign startups toexplore, research and launch trade activities in Vietnam.

The first programme, with cooperation from the Republic of Korea’s ShinhanBank, is hoped to connect the two countries’ dynamic startup ecosystems andpromote bilateral trade.

SiHub Director Huynh Kim Tuoc said the centre has taken various actions to bring local startups to the world. The programme offers chances for Vietnamesestartups to study regional and international startup ecosystems, he added.

After the Shinhan Bank, the programme will continue withbusinesses from Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, the US, Finland and Sweden.-VNA
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