Hanoi (VNA) - Speakers who are famous entrepreneurs and managers shared their experience to promote the start-up spirit of Vietnamese intellectuals in foreign countries, especially Japan.
As part of a series of events at the Viet Start-up Contest in Japan (VSC2019), the event "starting a business from heart or mind" has been held in Japan to promote the entrepreneurial spirit of Vietnamese intellectuals in foreign countries.
Speakers share their experiences and opinions on start-up in Japan (Photo courtesy of organisers)
The event attracted hundreds of delegates from many fields along with five guests of the programme to talk about start-up.
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Nam, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of FPT University, said to start a business, start-ups need to have personal motivation and great aspiration. Accessing the quality education in Japan is a strong point that helps start-ups to find solutions to problems in a logical and basic manner so as to organise their company’s operation and create profit values. In addition, start-ups need to attach importance to building a corporate culture based on its own values.
Answering the question "starting a business start from heart or mind", Tran Thi Thu Ha, Deputy Director of the National Department of Science and Technology Information under the Ministry of Science and Technology, said there is no clear limit on those who can become a great entrepreneur. What makes a successful entrepreneur first is in their own mind. For scientists who want to solve the 'pains' of society with innovative solutions - that is the mind, but it also comes from the start-ups’ desire to change society.
Also present at the event, speakers such as Nguyen Tuan Duc, CEO of Aimesoft Company; Dao Ngoc Thanh, CEO of BAP IT Co., shared their motivation to help young people to confront with difficulties and challenges, especially when start-up companies are in the process of developing the quality and shaping core value.
Viet Startup Contest (VSC) 2019 is competition for new and breakthrough ideas to solve critical problems of Vietnam and to build a sustainable future for the country.
The contest is open to individuals and groups of all ages and nationalities, residing inside or outside Japan.
Apart from a chance to win the first prize worth 1,000,000 JPY, attendants will receive guidance and advice from experienced advisors and judges to develop and expand their ideas. Those interested in the contest can get further information via link https://tinyurl.com/y6jotk8f.
VSC 2019 is organised by the Vietnamese Academic Network in Japan (VANJ), the Vietnamese Professionals in Japan (VPJ) and Vingroup Japan – a Japanese subsidiary of Vingroup in Vietnam.
In 2016, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc approved the Supporting National Innovative Start-up Ecosystem to 2025 Project, also known as Project 844. Among its goals is to develop a legal system and national e-portal for startups by 2020 and give funding to 200 startup enterprises.
In January 2018, the Law on Support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises also came into effect, which details how startups can get help in areas such as technology transfer, training, trade promotion, investment, preferential loans, and incentives for venture capital funds, he noted.
According to the Vietnam Tech Investment Report released recently by Singapore-based venture capital firm Cento Ventures and Vietnam’s early stage venture fund ESP Capital, Vietnam jumped from fifth to third in the list of most active start-up ecosystems in the six largest ASEAN economies in only two years.
The change was from the first half of 2017 to the corresponding period of 2019, with the country trailing only Indonesia and Singapore./.
