Spreading the entrepreneurial spirit among young people

(Fatherland) - On January 8, 2025, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with Hong Bang International University organized the final round of the "Students with Startup Ideas" Competition at the city level for the 2024-2025 school year.

This year's final round gathered 20 excellent projects, selected from 185 preliminary projects from 200 high schools, secondary schools, and vocational education and training centers in Ho Chi Minh City. The competition promotes entrepreneurial spirit, equips students with knowledge and practical skills, helping them confidently realize creative startup ideas.

Startup Competition Jury

This year's competition recorded the largest number of participating schools ever, demonstrating that the entrepreneurial spirit has spread strongly among young people. This is also the first year that the Organizing Committee has expanded the number of participants, organizing a separate final round for startup projects at the secondary school level, contributing to the early development of creative thinking for students. Many interesting creative projects were entered by students in the competition, in 5 areas: (1) Industry, product manufacturing; (2) Agriculture, forestry, fishery; (3) Education, tourism, services, finance; (4) Health, health care, beauty technology; (5) Business creating social impact. The 10 best projects will be selected to participate in the national "Students with startup ideas" competition organized by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Speaking at the opening of the final round of the competition, Mr. Duong Tri Dung - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City said that the competition is a good opportunity for students to enhance communication, learning, and sharing experiences with friends, promoting innovation and start-up activities in high schools. Schools need to continue to spread and further promote start-up education activities to help students have a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to enter higher education levels, while contributing many initiatives to develop the city's economy in general, the family economy and themselves in particular.

Mr. Duong Tri Dung - Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training spoke at the contest

Mr. Duong Tri Dung also highly appreciated the cooperation and companionship of the schools, along with the school's team of experts in organizing and supporting start-up projects for students in the past two competition seasons. Notably, Ho Chi Minh City has 3 teams selected to participate in the National Start-up Competition for the 2023-2024 school year, all of which won First and Second prizes.

"With proper guidance, support and valuable experience from the team of lecturers and experts, the teams can carry out the competition project appropriately and promote the qualities of each student, each team and each school. Hopefully, in the near future, there will be more coordination and connection activities between the city's schools and businesses, creating an educational and entrepreneurial environment for the city's students, to ensure the common goal of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Government for innovative and entrepreneurial activities among students and young people," Mr. Duong Tri Dung emphasized.

The teams presented their products.

Along with the startup competition is the "Student Startup Support Day" in Ho Chi Minh City in the 2024-2025 school year. This activity aims to equip students with knowledge, skills and promote entrepreneurial spirit; promote scientific research activities, digital transformation, and the formation of startup projects in educational institutions. This will be a playground and an opportunity for students to access career information directly from experts, providing a balance between theory and practice; cultivate important skills such as: communication, teamwork, problem solving, and presentation/presentation/critical thinking - key factors for success in all industries and startups. Final results:

High school exam table:

1 First Prize: Tran Phu High School "Skillpuzzle" - discover life skills through each puzzle piece"

2 Second Prizes: (1) Marie Curie High School: "Historical Board Chess" - Extended version of Monopoly board game; (2) Tran Van Giau High School: "BiocharI" - Application of agricultural by-products in the production of modified biochar to reduce soil salinity, water resources and mineral fertilizers to provide nutrients for the soil.

2 Third Prizes: (1) Nguyen Huu Huan High School: "Incense Cones - Safe Fragrance from Nature"; (2) Tran Van Giau High School: "Emotional Well - Being: Taking care of students' mental health with meaningful message postcards, challenge cards and boardgame "emotional journey map"

7 Consolation Prizes: For 7 teams from Nguyen Huu Huan High School, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Tran Van Giau High School, Gifted High School - Ho Chi Minh City National University, TiH School, Secondary School, Viet Uc High School, Viet My Anh High School, Ten Lo Man High School, Gia Dinh High School.

Secondary school exam table:

● 1 First Prize: Chanh Hung Secondary School: "Germina - green sprout of time".

● 1 Second Prize: Tran Dai Nghia Specialized Secondary-High School: "GlocalVietnam.com - Travel your way in Vietnam".

● 1 Third Prize: Hai Ba Trung Secondary School: "Coconut fiber in painting".

● 2 Encouragement Prizes: (1) Phan Dang Luu Secondary School: "Searching and selling medicine online"; (2) Nguyen Binh Khiem Secondary School: "Potential application of BongBong Bio-Insecticide biological pesticide production".

Source: https://toquoc.vn/lan-toa-tinh-than-khoi-nghiep-trong-gioi-tre-20250109053305976.htm