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Nearly 1,000 young people took part in the “Connecting creative ideas – Start-up” festival in the central city of Da Nang on October 27.

The Hanoi handicraft product design contest, launched in mid-April, aims to encourage individuals and organisations in the capital city to promote creative ideas in the field, heard a press conference held by the municipal Department of Industry and Trade on May 9.

Organisations and individuals with creative ideas that can help Vietnam respond and adapt to the impacts of climate change may win the chance to access aid worth 75,000 USD for each project.

The Ministry of Science and Technology and Xinova have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a global innovation centre in Vietnam to connect Vietnamese innovators with the global innovative network for greater creative ideas.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 11 to launch a portal of creative ideas by Vietnamese youths and a competition on innovation ideas for administrative reform.

The Greenovation Challenge contest, aimed at seeking initiatives to solve plastic waste issues in Vietnam, has been launched in Hanoi.