Vietnam hosts 5th ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs’ Carnival
The 5th ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs’ Carnival was held on November 30 by the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’ Association (VYEA), as Chair of the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs’ Council in 2020.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh addresses 5th ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs’ Carnival (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The 5th ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs’Carnival was held on November 30 by the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs’Association (VYEA), as Chair of the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs’ Council in 2020.
This is the first time the carnival has beenheld in-person in Vietnam and via videoconference with the young entrepreneurs’associations of ASEAN countries.
In his welcome remarks, Vietnamese Deputy PrimeMinister Truong Hoa Binh said that ASEAN’s young entrepreneurs should intensifyinternational cooperation and seek more customers in the region and the world.
It is necessary for them to promote their dynamismand creativity, step up the application of scientific and technologicaladvances, support youths in disadvantaged areas, and develop the digitaleconomy, the Deputy PM said.
Stressing the importance of connectivity, heaffirmed that the Vietnamese Government pledges to take action to step upconnectivity between young ASEAN entrepreneurs.
Speaking at the event, VYEA President Dang HongAnh said this year’s carnival is of special significance amid the COVID-19pandemic.
Participants discussed the business ecosystemand alliances among young ASEAN entrepreneurs and the roadmap to a digitalfuture.
The VYEA also handed over the ASEAN YoungEntrepreneurs’ Council chairmanship to the association in Brunei at thecarnival.
The ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs’ Council was setup in November 2015 at the 27th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, with theaim of promoting the common voice of the bloc’s young entrepreneurs in boostingregional solidarity, and socio-economic and cultural cooperation in the ASEANCommunity./.
Promoting the role of youth in ASEAN will contribute not only to intensifying the sustainability of development strategies but also to tightening solidarity and friendship among countries in the region and the world.
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Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh addresses 5th ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs’ Carnival (Source: VNA) 
