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The startup festival in the Mekong Delta region (Techfest Mekong 2022), themed Khat Vong Vung Dat Chin Rong (Aspiration of the land of nine dragons), opened in Can Tho city on October 19.

The number of digital consumers in ASEAN has risen by nearly 20% to more than 316 million since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Deputy Secretary-General for the ASEAN Economic Community Satvinder Singh.

This year will be pivotal for the next stage of development of innovative enterprises and Vietnam's digital economy to attract investment capital.

An online conference to promote investment from the Republic of Korea in the southern province of Binh Duong was held by the provincial People’s Committee and Becamex IDC Corp on November 9.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on October 1 launched the Vietnam Workforce for an Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem (WISE) project.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has introduced a project facilitating the development of its innovative start-up ecosystem during the 2021-2025 period, with a target of supporting 1,000 start-ups.

A high-level conference was held in Hanoi on October 8 with the aim of connecting Vietnamese individuals, investors, and businesspeople abroad with investment and innovative start-up opportunities at home.

The Ho Chi Minh City Innovative Start-up Centre commenced its construction on October 1, which is expected to be a hub for start-ups amid the fourth Industrial Revolution.

The national innovative start-up day, Techfest 2019 kicked off on December 4 in Ha Long city, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh.

The national start-up day “Techfest Vietnam 2019” is scheduled to take place in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 4-6, a local official has announced.

The national innovative start-up day Techfest 2019 is expected to connect the Vietnamese start-up ecosystem with the region and the world.

Building the correct legal framework is one of the major challenges holding back start-up businesses and now the Government is looking at easing red-tape and giving an easier ride to both young companies and the private sector.

Despite Vietnam’s rise in the global competitiveness index, further reforms are needed to achieve economic targets set by the Government, speakers said at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 24.

Leading speakers from home and abroad will address the fourth Da Nang Start-up Innovation Festival on November 1.

Vietnam's start-up sector is closing the gap with regional leaders Indonesia and Singapore with new investment, according to a Nikkei Asian Review article.

The Hanoi Innovation Summit 2019 under the auspices of the Hanoi People’s Committee and the Ministry of Planning and Investment opened on August 29 at the National Convention Centre.

“Vietnam is shaping up to be Southeast Asia’s next hottest startup ecosystem” is the title of an article recently posted on the website of TechinAsia – the largest English-language technology media company in Singapore that focuses on Asia.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Chuncheon Bioindustry Foundation (CBF) has signed a number of cooperation agreements with Vietnamese localities and companies in the field of biotechnology.

The Vietnam Venture Summit 2019 was held in Hanoi on June 10 as a platform for policy dialogue between the government and international venture funds.

Agricultural start-ups should capitalise on the huge demand for safe agricultural products by developing long-term, sustainable production strategies, experts said at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6.