The 10th National Innovation Startup Festival, Techfest Vietnam 2024, is kicking off in April with a goal to integrate the creative startup ecosystem regionally and internationally. Dr. Pham Hong Quat, Director of the Department of Science and Technology Market Development at the Ministry of Science and Technology, shared this information on the morning of April 19.
Techfest 2024 will focus on bringing Vietnam’s startup ecosystem into regional and international integration to establish an alliance of creative startup countries. With the theme “10-year journey – Global integration,” the festival will showcase activities and highlight outstanding technologies and business models in the creative startup ecosystem for 2024 and the past five years since 2015. Each year, the festival’s theme is related to pressing issues in the creative startup ecosystem, aiming to find effective solutions.
The event will take place in Hai Phong and feature various events including policy forums, talent contests, investment connection sessions, and product exhibitions. Close to 150 activities will be organized with the participation of nearly 30 technology villages. The festival will also include a conference, international forum, technology booth exhibition, and a national high-level policy forum. Additionally, a talk show connecting the global creative startup network will be a highlight.
Vietnamese startups will have opportunities to expand market reach, attract international investment, and showcase their dynamic creative startup ecosystem through Techfest Vietnam’s Asian Unicorn and High-Tech Startup Summit. This summit gathers high-tech startups, unicorns, and potential soonicorns in Asia providing Vietnamese startups with valuable exposure to global markets.
Techfest Vietnam has become an annual event led by the Ministry of Science and Technology since its initiation in 2015. Through Techfests, Vietnam’s creative startup ecosystem has flourished, bringing forth a new generation of IP-based businesses capable of accessing global markets. Currently three national innovation startup support centers are being established in Hanoi
