Kick-off Business Challenge Season 5
Update at 15:05, Tuesday, 20/10/2020 (GMT+7)
On October 16th and 17th, 2020, the Kick-off event for start-up competition “Business Challenge Season 5” were held by VNU University of Economics and Business (UEB) and Friedrich Naumann Foundation Vietnam (FNF). This is a two-day-event, announcing the launching of “Business Challenge Season 5” to businesses, taking place at Thung Nham Resort, Ninh Binh Province.
Attending the event, from VNU University of Economics and Business, there were Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Truc Le - Rector, Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Anh Thu - Vice Rector, from FNF Vietnam, there were Mr. Andreas Stoffers - Country Director; PhD. Pham Hung Tien - Vice Director.
Especially, the kick-off welcomed many entrepreneurs, business owners and managers.
Speaking at the event, Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Truc Le said, this is the fifth season of the competition. Each year, its scale gets bigger, attracting a large number of participants and spreading the start-up spirit among students.
Rector of the UEB speaks at the event
On the next day, Vice Rector of the UEB and Head of the Organizing Committee - Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Anh Thu said: The competition is an important event of the UEB, serve as a playground for young people to experience and learn from the mentors as well as realizing their dream of starting a business. Through all those year of organizations, many winners of the competition have successfully implemented their projects. She hoped that the business community will strongly support the students with their project.
The meeting was attended by a large number of businesses
Vice Rector of the UEB - Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Anh Thu speaks at the event
Mr. Andreas Stoffers - Country Director of FNF Vietnam said: This is a large-scale startup competition, attracting many businesses. The competition supports dreams and start-up ideas of many young people and realizing it. I hope that this year's competition will attract a large number of participants.
Mr. Andreas Stoffers - National Director of FNF speaking at the launching ceremony
Mr. Pham Thanh Hung - Vice Chairman of Cen Group speaks at the launching ceremony
PhD. Luu Huu Van and MSc. Nguyen Thi Hai Ha presented the rules of the contest
Mr. Bui Tung Lam and PhD. Hoang Thi Bao Thoa presented the training plan during the competition
Delegates contributed many ideas to the competition organization
Mr. Pham Hung Tien - Deputy Director, FNF Vietnam
Delegates speaking at the event
Mr. Pham Anh Cuong - Founder and CEO of BestB Start-up Ecosystem, Director of BestB Capital
Mr. Ho Chi Dung - Head of Research and Development, PeopleOne Joint Stock Company
Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Dang Minh - Associate Dean of School of Business Administration, UEB
Business Challenges organizers together with guests and mentors
Members of BA plus take a photo with Mr. Pham Thanh Hung (Shark Hung)
The Golden Lotus painting produced by Thuong Thuong Social Enterprise belonged to Ms. Hoang Thi Thuy Hang - Director of Tano Vietnam Company Limited. In the photo: Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Truc Le handed the auctioned products to Ms. Hoang Thi Thuy Hang
Representatives from BIDV successfully auctioned the book Meiji Duy Tan. Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Anh Thu (second from right) - one of the three authors of the book handles the book to its owners
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Thanh Tu