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Ho Chi Minh City supports startups

by VTV429 December 2016 Last updated at 07:02 AM

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Ho Chi Minh City supports startups
Participants at the event (Photo: qdnd.vn)
VTV.vn - The plan to support the start-up community in HCM City from 2016 to 2020 was officially kicked start on Wednesday.

The City Department of Science and Technology will screen and select innovative start-up projects in order to create a network connecting businesses, organisations, consultant firms and service providers.

Projects will be chosen from the fields of engineering - automation, chemistry - pharmaceuticals, plastic and rubber industries, electronics, information technology, food manufacturing, and biotechnology.

The chosen projects will have to contribute to the city's socio-economic development and a knowledge economy, and help the city in becoming a smart city, as well as developing a national and regional hub of science and technology.