Hanoi (VNA) – Sixty-eight businesspeople werehonoured as excellent young startup entrepreneurs of 2018 at an award ceremonyheld in Hanoi on August 27.
The top ten among those were also announced, including DoThi Hoai, chairwoman of the executive board of Vietnam CHC Development JSC(Hanoi); Nguyen Thi Vu Hien, director of Thang Long gas trade & developmentJSC (Thai Nguyen); and Duong Long Thanh, director of Thang Loi real estate JSC(HCM City).
These 68 businesspeople were chosen from hundreds ofnominees across the country through three rounds of selection.
In 2017, together they generated 2.865 trillion VND (123.19million USD) in revenue and 147 billion VND (6.32 million USD) in profit,contributed 91 billion VND (3.91 million USD) to the State budget, and created4,100 jobs. The figures for the top ten entrepreneurs were respectively 1.231trillion VND (52.93 million USD), 75 billion VND (3.22 million USD), 55 billionVND (2.36 million USD), and 1.637 jobs.
Speaking at the award ceremony, First Secretary of theCentral Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Le Quoc Phong saidthe Party, Government and State has paid significant attention to promoting businessdevelopment and roles of businesspeoplein national construction.
He noted the award aims at encouraging young Vietnamesepeople to launch their own startups, thus turning the country into a startupnation.
The programme to select and award excellent young startupentrepreneurs has been organised since 2015 by the Vietnam Young EntrepreneursAssociation. To date, it has honoured 300 businesspersons from differentsectors across the nation.-VNA
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Scene at the award ceremony (Photo: VOV) 
