The Vietnam Youth Union’s Supporting Centre for Youth’s Startup in collaboration with the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam organised the Startup Hunt contest from July 5 to August 29 to promote startup and innovation in tourism.
At the press conference on July 5 (Photo: infonet.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Youth Union’s Supporting Centre for Youth’sStartup in collaboration with the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam organised theStartup Hunt contest from July 5 to August 29 to promote startup and innovationin tourism.
At the press conference held in Hanoi on July 5, Vice President of the VietnamYouth’s Union Nguyen Thi Thu Van said that the contest responds to the youth startupscheme during 2019-2022 to encourage initiatives for local tourism development,while luring public attraction to the youths’ innovation in the tourism sector.
Twenty best individuals or groups selected to the semi-final round will receiveconsultancy to complete their products in two weeks before sending to theorganising board via Youtube links. After that, five most excellent initiativeswill enter the finale, which will take place on August 28-29.
The champion will receive 200 million VND (8,585 USD) in cash, and have a chanceto study startup models in Israel.
The organising board will present one second prize, one third prize, and twoconsolidation prizes, each worth 100 million VND, 50 million VND and 10 millionVND, respectively.-VNA
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At the press conference on July 5
