Time: 10:30, Thursday, September 16, 2021.

Broadcast method: On official fanpage and Youtube channel of TECHFEST VIETNAM.

The 7th National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day TECHFEST VIETNAM 2021 officially kicks off with the slogan "Embracing Innovation - Reshaping The Future". The event aims to affirm the role of innovation in responding to challenges, and directs towards the formation of an "open" innovation ecosystem at the national scale which is connected to the world.

This is the largest annual event for Vietnamese innovative start-ups under the direction of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce Industry (VCCI).

The event also launched the National Innovative Entrepreneur Contest TECHFEST VIETNAM 2021, which aims to support Vietnamese startups in doing dual task in the new normal situation.

TECHFEST VIETNAM 2021: Embracing Innovation - Reshaping The Future

Website: techfest.vn

Email: info@techfest.vn

Hotline: +84948058823

In the era of rapidly developing technology with a huge amount of data and information, the Finance - Banking industry is one of the pioneering industries in digital transformation to actively adapt to the context of the industrial revolution 4.0. create competitive advantages and sustainable development.

In fact, in Vietnam, digital transformation in the Finance - Banking industry is taking place very actively, "contactless" activities are becoming more popular and gradually becoming a habit in society. In particular, promoting digital transformation has helped financial and banking institutions to maintain stability in the face of complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring smooth transactions and meeting demand for customer diversity.

However, the rapid development of digitization also brings many difficulties and great challenges in ensuring information security for organizations, when the amount of data being pushed into the digital environment is increasing and increasing. value, this becomes a lucrative bait for hackers with extremely sophisticated and modern tricks and technology. The security of data in the financial - banking industry is becoming more important than ever.

Through the seminar, Cybersecurity Technology Village will:

Listen directly to the challenges and difficulties of the Finance - Banking industry.

Information security becomes the driving force to support Finance - Banking digital transformation.

Building and developing the Innovation Community.

Follow-up activities: mentoring, connecting investors,... to support the Innovation Community to turn Ideas into useful technology products.

Logistech Festival 2021 is a series of events organized by the Logistics Technology Village, within the framework of Techfest Vietnam 2021. Don't forget to schedule an appointment to attend the first exciting activity in the program!

Time: September 25, 2021

• 8:30am - 9:00am: Opening ceremony of Logistech Festival 2021

• 9h00 - 11h00: Seminar "Seminar Supply Chain Recovery with Breakthrough Logistics Technology" with national and international logistics experts.

Format: online at Logistech Village Fanpage - Techfest Vietnam

Contact to attend: logistics@techfest.vn

As part of the series of events of Techfest Vietnam, Fintech Village with the theme "Embracing Innovation - Reshaping the Future", the Talent Search Competition in the field of Fintech creates a useful playground, in order to find talents in applying technology operating in the financial sector such as: payment; peer-to-peer lending; personal financial management, corporate finance, AML, Insurtech... (collectively referred to Fintech).
The contest creates opportunities to interact and work directly between project teams with famous advisors, judges, leading experts in the Fintech field, experienced in arousing business enthusiasm, passion for startups in the field of financial technology; helping groups step by step realize business ideas, equipping them with knowledge and skills on entrepreneurship, innovation and operation management for sustainable development of projects, and connect with investment funds in the region and abroad.

Social Challenge and Innovation Village is hosted by Management and Sustainable Development Institute (MSD) - United Way Vietnam and co-hosted by National Economics University, United Way Worldwide, Happy Women Leader Network, and the participation of other prestigious domestic and foreign partners.

In addition, within the framework of Techfest 2021 Social Challenge and Innovation Village is a platform for technology and innovation startups to collaborate with other stakeholders with the aim of creating value for Vietnamese community. Therefore, the main focus of the Village is to promote and enhance innovation and technology to create inclusive development so that no one is behind. The slogan of the Village is "Live United - Creating trends - Leading changes".

To officially kick off all activities within the framework of Techfest, Social Challenge and Innovation Village is going to organize the Official Launch of Social Innovation Festival and Shinhan S2 (Square) Bridge Vietnam Model - a model that has been effectively applied in Vietnam to promote social innovation start-up ecosystem.  

Language: Vietnamese and English (simultaneous interpretation is available)

Online via Zoom: Meeting ID: 983 4978 2749. Passcode: 050308

In the context of the real estate and technology industry is developing strongly in recent years in Vietnam. The real estate market also approaches the trend of digital transformation to enhance the ability to operate flexibly to adapt to change. Real estate technology is becoming a trend to develop and attract a lot of investment capital and it is also a great opportunity for businesses to develop in parallel with the birth of technology real estate startups. So what challenges will startups face and will the field be really easy for them? 

Come to the talkshow "REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY STARTUP - EASY AND DIFFICULT?" you will have the opportunity to meet, consult as well as answer questions by leading experts in this field:

Guest:  Mr. Nguyen The Duy - CEO Of Dones  (Startup attends Techfest 2021 - SmartCity Village & PropTech).

Moderator:  Ms. Bich Ngoc - Founder Sen Golden Group - Co-head of SmartCity & PropTech village.

In the 5th topic in the talk series from  SmartCity Village & PropTech TECHFEST VIETNAM 2021,you will listen to the interesting sharing of experts. The talkshow will revolve around the following:

- Startup for  real estate is easy or difficult?

- How to access capital and mobilize resources in the field of technology and real estate?

- What difficulties will startups have when accessing the real estate sector?

- The difficulty that Vietnamese startups face when competing with foreign startups?

In order to provide knowledge of connected platforms to meet the new demands of the ongoing and powerful wave of digital transformation, the Platform and Infrastructure Village will organize webinar Digital Platform Strategies .

The Webinar is a part of the TECHFEST 2021 series, which is free to attend.

Sign up for the Webinar at: https://vticloud.io/news.../free-webinar-platform-strategy

Time: 10:00 - 12:00, Wednesday - 16 November 2021

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Website: techfest.vn

Email: info@techfest.vn

Hotline: +84336138156 (Ms. Quynh Trang)

Within the framework of the National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day TECHFEST VIETNAM 2021, besides the panoramic and multi-dimensional views of Edtech Vietnam, Edtech Village also aims to build a business alliance to support and create core value for the education technology ecosystem in Vietnam.

This is also the first time that the white book on Edtech Vietnam "Edtech Vietnam 2021: Looking back and forward" will be released together with the Criteria and Advisory Council to evaluate and rank the major segments in the educational technology market in Vietnam.

We will publish the proceedings in Vietnamese and English. We expect that the E-book will be published on November 20, 2021 and the paper version in December - accompanying the main events of the Education Technology Village. Both versions will be widely released to domestic units and international companion partners.

At the end of the Semi-Final Round of the Future Solution Contest - Startup Board, the Organization Board and the Jury have selected the 32 best teams to continue to participate in the Final Round which will take place on November 27, 2021.

The Social Challenge and Innovation Village would like to introduce the Jury Board of this round

1. Dr. Pham Hong Quat - General Director at National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development (NATEC)

2. Ms. Nguyen Phuong Linh - Executive Director of MSD/United Way Worldwide, Chair of Social Challenge and Innovation Village

3. Mr. Nakashoji Kazuhiro - Director of Dream Incubator in Vietnam

4. Ms. Ngo Thuy Ngoc Tu - Co-founder and Executive Director of Touchstone Partners, Co-founder and Chairwoman of YOLA Education

5. Mr. Nguyen Minh Cuong - Chief Operation Officer at Hub Global, Product Owner at Trekkrs

6. Ms. Tran Van Anh - Program Director of MSD, representative of Shinhan Square Bridge Vietnam

7. Ms. Hooyung Young - Vice President of Southeast Asia, Korea and Japan United Way Worldwide, representative of Shinhan Square Bridge Vietnam

8. Dr. Nguyen Hoai Tuong - Technology expert, General Director at Titops, Researcher - Lecturer at Vietnam National University in Hanoi

9. Mr. Vu Tuan Cuong - Director of A4I Co., Ltd

10. Mr. Chinh Nguyen - Investment Associate at BEENEXT

Once again, we would like to congratulate the TOP 32 of the contest and we hope that the teams will do well in their final round of the contest.

The Multilateral Trade Connection program will be held on December 4, 2021, including 02 major activities: Edtech Startup pitching and Business Matching with the participation of Edtech startups, investment funds, and leading experts.