Techfest Vietnam 2019 Welcomes Start-ups and Investors

HA NOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 11 November 2019 – Innovative Vietnamese start-ups taking part in Techfest 2019 will have
opportunities to connect with potential regional and global investors through a
series of exciting events.

The national innovative
entrepreneurship day, expected to attract more than 5,500 people, 300 start-ups
and 250 investors, will take place in H? Long City, the home to UNESCO World
Heritage Site Ha Long Bay, from December 4 to 6.

The highlight of Techfest 2019 held
by Ministry of Science and Technology will be the participation of regional and
global partners, including many from Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea, the
US and European countries.

This biggest annual event for the
innovative start-up community in Viet Nam will present an overall picture of
the Vietnamese start-up eco-system, bringing Vietnamese start-up to the next
level.

Interested start-ups and investors
can register and get information of the event on the website http://www.techfest.vn.

With a series of in-depth workshops,
investment matching activities and seminars connecting resources in different
economic sectors and the first ASEAN Angel Angel Alliance Summit held in Viet
Nam, Techfest 2019 will open up opportunities for exchanges, connections,
co-operation and the development of innovative start-ups.

Start-ups will have
a chance to pitch their ideas at the Innovative Technopreneur Contest.

Like in previous years, there will be
a high-level policy dialogue on eco-system start-up innovation to be attended
by leaders of the Government and Ministry of Science and Technology. This
year’s dialogue is expected to attract international organisations and
representatives from ASEAN countries.

To promote links among different
stakeholder groups in localities’ start-up eco-systems with national
eco-systems as well as create and spread the entrepreneurial spirit of young
people, before the main event in Qu?ng Ninh, a series of local Techfest events
have been held in many different localities across the country, including: in
northern mountainous areas, the Red River Delta, the Central Highlands and the
Mekong Delta.

Within the series of Techfest
International 2019, Techfest Vietnam in the US was held in September with the
goal of connecting start-ups, overseas Vietnamese communities as well as to
support and promote start-ups in Viet Nam and abroad.

Spanning four years from 2015 until
now, Techfest Vietnam has attracted 15,000 attendees, 2,000 start-ups and more
than 1,000 investment deals.

Last year, there were some 160
in-depth investment matches before and during the event with total investment
of up to US$7.86 million.