More than 2,000 university and college students compete in stock investment with real money

Hơn 2.000 sinh viên ĐH, CĐ thi đầu tư chứng khoán bằng tiền thật- Ảnh 1. — Dr. Nghiem Quy Hao, Head of the Organizing Committee, rang the gong to open the competition this afternoon.

On the afternoon of January 15, the 2nd Vietnam Student Stock Investment Competition - INVESTMENT CHALLENGE 2024, opened at Ton Duc Thang University.

The competition is chaired by the Center for Applied Economic Research and Training (CAER) under Ton Duc Thang University, in coordination with the Faculty of Finance and Banking and the Young Securities Investment Club (NSC) of the university. The Vietnam Securities Business Association is the professional sponsor of the competition.

This playground has become a highly practical and large-scale academic movement activity for students nationwide. As of January 15, the organizing committee has received registrations from more than 2,300 candidates from 102 universities and colleges nationwide to participate in the competition (in 2023, there will be more than 2,100 candidates from 93 participating schools). Among them, many large universities such as: Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, University of Economics and Law, Foreign Trade University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Banking, National Economics University, Banking Academy, Academy of Finance, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, VinUni, etc.

The competition takes place from May to September 2024. Notably, the actual investment round involves opening a real account and being given real capital to invest and trade with real money at securities companies. In round 2, the sponsorship amount for the teams: the top 10 teams based on the results of round 1 are 20 million VND/team; the remaining teams are 10 million VND/team.

Dr. Nghiem Quy Hao, Director of the Center for Applied Economic Research and Training (Ton Duc Thang University), Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest, said: “Through activities of accompanying, supporting, mentoring, opening accounts, providing capital, and sponsoring cash and in-kind, securities companies have been and are working with universities to help guide and perfect students’ careers. Thereby, contributing to training high-quality human resources for the national securities and financial market to develop strongly and sustainably.”

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