Hanoi (VNA) – The National StudentEntrepreneurship Festival 2018 will take place at the National EconomicsUniversity in Hanoi on December 16, the Ministry of Education and Training announcedat a press conference in Hanoi on December 12.
Deputy Minister of Education and TrainingNguyen Thi Nghia said the festival aims to inspire students to dream and voicetheir startup ideas and then call on businesses to invest in them.
Nearly 80 projects in science-technology,business, finance, education, healthcare and agro-forestry-fisheries will be ondisplay.
Seminars and forums on supporting studententrepreneurship amid the fourth industrial revolution, scientific research andstartup incubators in tertiary education establishments will also be held.
A highlight of the festival will be the competition“Students with startup ideas 2018”. Launched in September 2018, the event hasattracted nearly 200 entries from more than 200 high schools, colleges anduniversities, mostly in technology, education, healthcare and social affairs. The15 best projects have been listed for the final round scheduled for December16.
For students’ projects, first prize willinclude 100 million VND (4,300 USD) and support from investors while 70 millionVND will be granted to the second prize and 50 million VND to the third prize.
The first prize for high school studentswill be worth 50 million VND while the second and third prizes will value 30million VND and 15 million VND, respectively.-VNA
Deputy Minister of Education and TrainingNguyen Thi Nghia said the festival aims to inspire students to dream and voicetheir startup ideas and then call on businesses to invest in them.
Nearly 80 projects in science-technology,business, finance, education, healthcare and agro-forestry-fisheries will be ondisplay.
Seminars and forums on supporting studententrepreneurship amid the fourth industrial revolution, scientific research andstartup incubators in tertiary education establishments will also be held.
A highlight of the festival will be the competition“Students with startup ideas 2018”. Launched in September 2018, the event hasattracted nearly 200 entries from more than 200 high schools, colleges anduniversities, mostly in technology, education, healthcare and social affairs. The15 best projects have been listed for the final round scheduled for December16.
For students’ projects, first prize willinclude 100 million VND (4,300 USD) and support from investors while 70 millionVND will be granted to the second prize and 50 million VND to the third prize.
The first prize for high school studentswill be worth 50 million VND while the second and third prizes will value 30million VND and 15 million VND, respectively.-VNA
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