Outstanding young startup entrepreneurs honoured

Eighty-one young entrepreneurs with outstanding startup results in 2023 were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 30 evening.
Outstanding young startup entrepreneurs honoured ảnh 1Top 10 outstanding young startup entrepreneurs named (Photo: dangconsan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Eighty-one young entrepreneurs with outstanding startupresults in 2023 were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 30 evening.

Dang Hong Anh, Vice President of the Vietnam YouthFederation and President of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’ Association, saidthat the startups run by those entrepreneurs produced a combined revenue ofnearly 1.7 trillion VND (71.7 million USD), earned total profits of 104 billionVND, and paid 39 billion VND to the budget last year.

First held in 2015, this award is one of pioneeringactivities of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’ Association in implementing theGovernment-launched national startup programme.

Outstanding young startup entrepreneurs honoured ảnh 2Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)
Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s EconomicCommission Tran Tuan Anh spoke highly of contributions by young entrepreneursto the nation’s development.

He expressed his hope that the awardees will exert moreefforts to turn Vietnam into a strong and prosperous country.

On the same day, the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’Association held a workshop themed “Learn to lead”, during which participantsshared their experience in production and business as well as their startupjourney./.

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