At the event (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Twenty-one startup businesses werehonoured at an award ceremony in Hanoi on September 20 for initiatives inresponse to climate change-related challenges.
Of them, 17 received financial and services support whilethe remaining obtained services assistance only. The organising board alsoacknowledged efforts of the first seven firms that graduated from incubationlasting one year.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Science andTechnology Pham Dai Duong praised startups for standing side by side with the VietnamClimate Innovation Centre to achieve set goals.
He expressed hope that the honoured enterprises would growfurther and positively impact economy, environment and society.
WB Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dione lauded the winnersfor playing important roles in local economic development and job creation.
Underscoring the need to promote global actions coping withclimate change, UK Ambassador to Vietnam Giles Lever said countries need tocommit to a safer and more prosperous future for all citizens. With the goal ofshaping a global economy, they should accelerate innovation wave via thetransfer of new technologies and trade facilitation, he said.-VNA
Of them, 17 received financial and services support whilethe remaining obtained services assistance only. The organising board alsoacknowledged efforts of the first seven firms that graduated from incubationlasting one year.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Science andTechnology Pham Dai Duong praised startups for standing side by side with the VietnamClimate Innovation Centre to achieve set goals.
He expressed hope that the honoured enterprises would growfurther and positively impact economy, environment and society.
WB Country Director in Vietnam Ousmane Dione lauded the winnersfor playing important roles in local economic development and job creation.
Underscoring the need to promote global actions coping withclimate change, UK Ambassador to Vietnam Giles Lever said countries need tocommit to a safer and more prosperous future for all citizens. With the goal ofshaping a global economy, they should accelerate innovation wave via thetransfer of new technologies and trade facilitation, he said.-VNA
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