Biggest start-up conference, exhibition opens in HCM City
The biggest and most significant conference and exhibition event for start-ups Hatch! Fair opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 7, attracting representatives from over 20 countries and territories.
Contestants in the Social Innovation Camp will compete in the final round at the HATCH! Fair. (Photo: Courtesy of HATCH! Programm)
HCM City (VNA) – The biggest and most significant conference and♐ exhibition event for start-ups Hatch! Fair opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 7, attr♔acting more than 150 start-ups, 100 investors and 80 speakers from 20 countries and territories.
The annual event, first launched in 2013, connects Vietnamese start-ups with those from Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Israel, Finland, the US and Australia through a series of seminars and round-table discussions on development and management experience, innovation in information technology, automation, artificial intelligence, Internet of things, and social start-ups.
More than 120 exhibitors are also showcasing products, services and the most promising start-up projects selected from previous contests.
Nguyen Viet Dung, Director of the municipal Department of Science and Technology, said HCM City aims to become a start-up city.
Towards this goal, the city has launched a programme to support small and medium-sized enterprises in innovation, competitiveness improvement and global integration for 2016-2020.
The event, co-hosted by the municipal Department of Science and Technology and the Hatch!Programme, will last through October 8.-VNA
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Contestants in the Social Innovation Camp will compete in the final round at the HATCH! Fair. (Photo: Courtesy of HATCH! Programm)
