Medlink surpassed eight other competitors in the final round of the contest, which was held on September 7 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology by the Association of Vietnamese Students and Professionals in the US.

Medlink wins first startup contest VietChallenge 2019.

The second prize came to VVN AI, a supplier of artificial intelligence to recognise images and texts, which is applied in the transaction process at shops and banks, helping save time and enhance convenience and security.

Timobile from Indonesia and Graam from Vietnam shared the third prize of the competition, which received more than 400 entries in total.

The prize winners will become partners of the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group, giving them a chance to provide services to nearly 100 million customers of Viettel around the globe.

Presenting awards to the winners at the event, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung reiterated Government support for Vietnamese students abroad to launch innovative startups and make more contributions to their homeland.

At the ceremony.

A delegation led by Deputy Minister Cuong had engaged in a series of in-depth discussions with major US partners in Boston in Massachusetts state and San Francisco in California state, and will visit world leading technology groups of Amazon and Google, as well as Silicon Valley.

The official revealed that the ministry plans to sign many deals with US partners, including Ai20x, Pegasus Tech Venture and Stripe Inc.

One of the highlights of the Techfest Vietnam 2019 in the US is a Silicon Valley – Vietnam connection forum, where representatives from Vietnam and US startup ecosystems will meet to discuss connection opportunities.

Techfest Vietnam in the US will be the first step towards the organization of Techfest Vietnam 2019, scheduled for December this year in Quang Ninh province.

Two startups win KVision innovation awards

Two aspiring startups, Ecom Easy Asia and Ninjaman, won the KVision x VIISA Hackathon 2019 held June 28-30 in HCMC.

Bac Giang launches “Youth Startup Product ” contest

(BGO) – The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in the northern province of Bac Giang (Youth Union) has launched the “Youth Startup Product ” contest in 2019 to specify the coordination plan between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Center  Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union about “Startup Encouragement from One Commune One Product Programme for the Youth and Students in 2019 - 2020 ”.

100 million VND offered to Women’s Union in Da Mai ward in creative startup contest

(BGO) - The Vietnam Women's Union collaborated with the Vietnam Climate Innovation Centre (under the Ministry of Science and Technology) to organise a ceremony in Hanoi to honour  the creative ideas at the creative startup contest  themed "Women and the future of green economy".

Over 50 green startup ideas honoured

The Vietnam Women's Union collaborated with the Vietnam Climate Innovation Centre (VCIC) to organise a ceremony in Hanoi, on June 24, to honour 51 creative ideas at the third Proof-of Concept (PoC) competition under the theme "Women and the future of green economy".

Saigon Innovation Hub joins ASEAN startup programme

The Saigon Innovation Hub (SIHUB) has been appointed by the government of Malaysia as the only representative of Vietnam to join the ASEAN startup programme.

Source: NDO/VNA