The information was announced at the first Malaysia Tech Week 2019 which took place from June 17-21.

The ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards is launched at the first Malaysia Tech Week 2019.

At the event, Malaysia New Entrepreneur Foundation launched the initiative to build a Southeast Asian startup community under the name Rice Bowl Republic to compete with the four big startup hubs in the world: the US, China, India and Europe.

The ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards was also launched at the event.

The awards, which covers 13 categories, is said to be a “door” to help startups, startup incubators and co-working space centers, and universities access investors and join the global playground with as much support as possible.

Participants of the event pledged to remove obstacles in innovation movements in Southeast Asian nations and support the development of startup ecosystems in separate countries.

Vietnam startups to have their say at upcoming forum

An upcoming national private sector forum will give startups a platform to discuss problems and ideas with government officials.

Google helps Vietnamese startups go international

Google has recently announced a programme helping Vietnamese startups go global.

Foreign investors open wallets for Vietnamese startups

Vietnamese startups in transport, homestay, fintech and other sectors have received millions of dollars from foreign investors in January.

Nearly 900 million USD injected in Vietnamese startups in 2018

Vietnamese startups were invested into the tune of 900 million USD in 2018, tripling the previous year’s investment, according to a report recently released by Topica Founder Institute (TFI), a startup accelerator programme in Vietnam and Thailand.

Investment in Vietnamese startups triples in 2018

Investment in Vietnamese startups rose to $889 million in 2018, three times that of 2017.

Source: VNA