Winners of the national startup festival 2018 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A national startup festival forstudents will take place from October 4-5 in the Hanoi University ofTechnology, aiming to encourage innovation startup spirit for students acrossthe country.
At a press conference to introduce the event on October 1,Bui Van Linh, Vice Director of the Department of Political Education andStudent Affairs under the Ministry of Education and Training said that comparedto 2018, this year’s festival attracts higher number of projects, universitiesand education-training facilities.
It draws a large number of students who compete in theSV-Startup 2019 competition, along with many businesses and investment funds,he said.
Major activities of the festival include exhibition of about80 projects, connection among businesses and idea owners and art performanceperformed by students.
A highlight of the festival is the final round of theSV-Startup 2019 competition for more than 200 education-training facilitiesacross the country. The competition, opened for entries from June 2019 toSeptember 2019, attracts nearly 300 projects in various fields.
The final round will see the competition of 68 outstandingprojects, including one by a secondary student.
Within the framework of the festival, a number of seminarsand conferences on innovative startup will be held./.
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