The Department of Information and Communications of Hanoi (DIC) has worked with several agencies to develop an information technology business incubator scheme to promote start-ups.
Hanoi (VNA)🐭 - The Department of Information and Communications of Hanoi (DIC) has worked with several agencies to develop an information technology business incubator scheme to promote start-ups.
The aim is to develop Hanoi as a start-up city, Director of the DIC Phan Lan Tu said at a briefing held recently to review the performance of the department in the first six months.
He said the Government had talked a lot about Vietnam becoming a start-up country and Hanoi was eager to become a start-up city.
In May this year, the Prime Minister approved a draft project called “National Programme to Support Innovative Startup Ecosystem in Vietnam by the year 2025” to create a favourable environment to promote and support the development of start-ups with high-growth potential.
The project has set the following targets for 2020: complete the main legal framework for a start-up ecosystem; run an online portal for the National Innovative Start-up Ecosystem; support about 800 start-up projects and 200 start-up enterprises, of which 50 will raise follow-on investment from private venture investors or will undergo mergers and acquisitions worth about 1 trillion VND (about 50 million USD).
By 2025, the project is expected to have supported 2,000 start-up projects and 600 start-up enterprises, of which 100 will have raised follow-on investment from private venture investors, or will have undergone mergers and acquisitions worth about 2 trillion VND.
State funding will only be provided to support start-ups in their earlier stages. Subsequently, support from private investors and organisations will play a vital role in ensuring the efficiency and sustainability of the start-up ecosystem in Vietnam.
Tu said the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) would have a start-up scheme in ICT. Currently, DIC is building a start-up project in Hanoi.
The department has also worked with relevant bodies in order to compile a report for the city administration about IT incubator schemes to enhance start-up activities for small- and medium-sized enterprises.
In the first six months, the department also finished preparing an information technology development programme for the 2016-20 period and a plan to build a software and digital content park.
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