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An ASEAN 2020 startups forum focusing on new opportunities in the digital age was jointly organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) in Hanoi on October 16.

A conference to review the results of the project “Enhancing Opportunities for Women’s Enterprises" (EOWE) was jointly organised by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation in Vietnam (SNV) in Hanoi on October 12.

The national festival for innovative startups, Techfest Vietnam 2020, will take place at the National Economics University in Hanoi from November 27-29.

Cobtain – a group of Vietnamese students, beat thousands of contestants from over 30 countries to become the winner at the SAGE Global 2020 Competition with their idea of recycling corn cobs into agricultural products.

The national fund for employment’s loan assistance of 2 billion VND (86,784 USD) will be distributed among winners of an ongoing startup contest for rural youths this year, according to organisers.

The Startup Vietnam Foundation Australia (SVFA) was put into operation in early May, offering a startup and innovation ecosystem for Vietnamese students and entrepreneurs in Australia.

Vietnamese startups active on the ELSA Speak learning platform will get an aid package worth 200,000 USD to improve their English proficiency under a cooperation deal.

Songhan Incubator (SHi) and Sun* Startups will run a start-up incubation programme in May and June this year.

The fifth VietChallenge 2020 - the global entrepreneurship competition for Vietnamese, was launched at a virtual ceremony in Hanoi on March 21.

The Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge was launched at a webinar on March 12 to promote technology innovations among startups.

Forbes Vietnam has published the fourth edition of its '30 under 30' list to honour youngsters with big influence to their working fields and sectors in Vietnam.

The 6th edition of VietChallenge, a competition for Vietnamese startups around the world, was launched in Hanoi on February 29.

Investment in Vietnam-based start-ups grew sharply in 2019, according to Singapore-headquartered venture capital firm Cento Ventures.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has set a target of earning 3.4 billion USD in export turnover in 2020, a year-on-year rise of 9.8 percent.

Co-working space provider WeWork is expanding in Vietnam by opening two more offices in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese startups needs more support institutions and policies to reach their goals, said President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc on December 2.

Vietnam’s startup ecosystem could develop strongly over the next five years with venture capital and government assistance, Eddie Thai, general partner of the venture capital firm 500 Startups Vietnam, said at a Startup Viet Summit held on December 2 in HCM City.

Vietnamese financial technology startups are quickly catching up with Singapore in attracting Southeast Asian venture capital funding, according to the Japan-based Nikkei Asian Review.

President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in has affirmed that the RoK will join hands with ASEAN member nations to promote startups in the field of technology as part of their efforts towards creative growth.

Twelve Vietnamese startups will compete in the regional finals of the ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards (RBSA) in Malaysia in January 2020, according to the organisers.