Agricultural projects “win big” at the 2024 National Startup Competition
After a careful selection period, the 2024 National Startup Competition has come to an end with many impressive achievements for projects in the agricultural sector.
The National Startup Competition 2024 is an important part of the National Startup Program 2024, organized under the direction of the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) with professional support from the National Innovation Startup Advisory Council - VSMA.
Projects participating in the competition are companies and businesses that are startups operating for no more than 5 years, have been implemented in practice and have revenue; have products and services, have the ability to develop, have sales, have the ability to expand domestic and international markets; projects with technological or innovative elements or create social impact, transition to a circular economic model, towards a green economy...
On the afternoon of December 14 in Hanoi, the organizing committee found the Top 10 best projects and awarded the First, Second, Third, and Encouragement prizes.
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| Top 10 best projects of the National Startup Competition 2024. |
The first prize was awarded to the project “Global Breadfruit – Vietnamese Breadfruit: 7-layer food forest” from Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. With the orientation of building a sustainable agroforestry chain from Breadfruit trees, the project has created 100% Breadfruit products, initially successfully exported to the world.
In addition, the organizers also awarded 2 Second Prizes to other agricultural projects, including the project "Green Choice - A set of circular products from durian" from Ho Chi Minh City and the project "Developing a circular green product chain associated with preserving the value of precious medicinal herbs" from Nghe An province.
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| The project "Global Breadfruit - Vietnamese Breadfruit: 7-layer food forest" won First Prize in the 2024 National Startup Competition. |
In particular, the Singapore Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN Singapore), invited by the organizers to Vietnam, presented 2 awards to project groups in the Top 10.
In particular, the North Star Asia Award 2025 belongs to the project “Green Choice – Circular product set from durian”, an impressive initiative with the goal of promoting sustainable development trends through utilizing and recycling natural resources.
The Expand North Star 2025 award was given to the project “5Star – Application connecting the construction industry, home care, minor repairs, calling contractors”. The project can be considered the “Uber of the construction industry”, helping to effectively connect customers with construction workers and contractors.
According to Mr. Bui Trung Nghia, Vice President of VCCI, Vietnam possesses a vibrant startup ecosystem, attracting the participation of innovative startups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as a large number of universities, research institutes, investment funds, and international support organizations.
In 2024, for the first time, Vietnam's innovative startup ecosystem ranked 56th in Startup Blink's Global Startup Ecosystem Index. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City entered the top 200, and Da Nang city entered the top 1,000 global startup cities.
“The entrepreneurial spirit has spread strongly in many localities, creating typical bright spots and making many contributions to building the entrepreneurial ecosystem,” affirmed a representative of VCCI.
With the title of Typical Locality in Building a Startup Ecosystem in 2024, the Voting Council found 3 provinces representing the North, Central and South regions including: Cao Bang, Binh Dinh, Dong Thap.
Mr. Pham Thien Nghia, Chairman of the People's Committee of Dong Thap province, said that Dong Thap's entrepreneurial spirit is closely linked to the agricultural sector. "The goal is to help people not only grow rice but also maximize the value of agricultural products, creating more income and opportunities for sustainable development," he said.
Dong Thap province also established special support organizations, typically the Farmers' Association and Business Café models... These are places that connect individuals and organizations with creative ideas, helping them meet, learn and share start-up experiences.
Within the framework of the event, the Organizing Committee also launched the National Startup Program 2025, with the hope that startup activities will continue to receive more attention, support and promotion in the coming time, in order to create effective business projects, contribute to economic growth and enhance Vietnam's position globally.
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