The projects honored and awarded the Northern Regional Finals received high praise from the Jury, as they not only met the prerequisite requirements of economic efficiency of a startup project but also brought health value to the community, created many high-income jobs and increased efficiency, and produced in a green and sustainable direction.
On October 2, 2024, the Final Award Ceremony of the 2024 Northern Region Women's Entrepreneurship Competition with the theme "Women's creative startups, green transformation" was organized by the Vietnam Women's Union in a combination of online and in-person formats.
Delegates attending the award ceremony.
Congratulating 37 Startup Projects from 21 provinces and cities participating in the Northern Regional Finals, Dr. Tran Lan Phuong, Vice President of the Vietnam Women's Union - Head of the Organizing Committee of the Competition, commented: These are excellent projects that have passed the qualifying round of the Jury, who are experienced national startup support experts with deep expertise in the fields of science and technology, support for innovative startups, agriculture, investment, technology transfer, and fashion.
"It can be said that start-up projects/ideas, regardless of the level of participation, demonstrate the passion, enthusiasm, desire, and spirit of innovation in production and business of many women of all classes.
I especially appreciate the outstanding efforts of the contestants who are no longer young, the contestants from ethnic minorities, and women with disabilities; at the same time, I would like to express my pride and admiration for the determination, creativity, and dedication of the authors to find solutions to existing problems in life, demonstrating a strong entrepreneurial spirit to overcome difficulties and challenges of the domestic and foreign economic situation, contributing to promoting green transformation and contributing to a fast and sustainable development of Vietnam", Ms. Tran Lan Phuong affirmed.
Mr. Pham Duc Nghiem, Deputy Director of the Department of Market Development and Science and Technology Enterprises, Ministry of Science and Technology - Chairman of the Jury, evaluated the competition projects.
Mr. Pham Duc Nghiem, Deputy Director of the Department of Market Development and Science and Technology Enterprises, Ministry of Science and Technology - Chairman of the Jury, said : The competition took place in a special context, the Northern region overcame difficulties, especially in areas affected by natural disasters and floods, but the women made efforts to overcome difficulties, determined to demonstrate and present their entries. The Northern Regional Women's Startup Competition was organized methodically, objectively, publicly, transparently, creating a good environment for women to promote their ideas and projects. In terms of quality, the projects of women startups in the Region have increased in scale and diversified in genre.
Although the number of Startup Projects participating in the preliminary round at the provincial and municipal levels in the Northern region accounts for only 26.3%, the number of Projects entering the Semi-finals and Finals at the Regional level is the highest in the country, with 37 Projects (accounting for 43.8% of the total number of projects entering the Regional Finals), including 9 Projects (accounting for 24.7%) of ethnic minority women and 02 Projects of the Vietnam Women's Intellectuals Association. In particular, there are projects that received high evaluation from the Jury, because they not only meet the prerequisite requirements of economic efficiency of a startup project but also bring health value to the community, create many high-income jobs and increase efficiency, green and sustainable production.
Memorable milestones of the "Women's Creative Startup, Green Transformation" Competition in the Northern region in 2024
The 2024 "Women's Creative Startup, Green Transformation" Competition has attracted the attention of many women across the country to participate in the competition, increasing sharply in both scale and quality. At the reception and screening round at the provincial, municipal and coordinating agencies and units levels, there were 2,545 Startup Projects participating in the competition, an increase of 26% compared to the 2023 Competition and an increase of 65% compared to the previous year's competition in 2021.
Through the rigorous and serious judging rounds, 80 outstanding startup projects were selected to participate in the final round of the Regional Women's Startup Competition in the three regions of North, Central and South.
These impressive figures demonstrate the strong efforts and the will to overcome difficulties of all classes, members, and women across the country participating in the National Startup Movement. This is a new vitality and potential of women that needs to be encouraged, promoted, and supported so that startup ideas can be realized, helping women become business owners and cooperatives that develop sustainably in the future, contributing to creating jobs for themselves and many workers, most of whom are female workers.
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