More than 500 young enterpreneurs in rural areas have been equipped with knowledge and skills to develop competency through the series of coaching & competitiveness-enhancing programs initiated by the Ho Chi Minh Central Youth Union (HCYU) and Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (SABECO) during 2022-2023.
Although Vietnam is one of the region’s fastest growing startup markets with over 3,800 young businesses, the success rate is very low – only about 3%, according to statistics from the Nextrans fund in 2020. At many conferences, experts suggested possible major causes for such situation were startups’ lack of digital capabilities and business skills. Therefore, as Vietnam is pushing on new-styled rural area development and industrial revolution 4.0, it is essential to help young entrepreneurs improve their business competence and digital capabilities for sustainable growth.
From August 22 to September 13, HCYU collaborated with SABECO to organize coaching conferences on business and digital transformation knowledge and skills in Ha Nam, Khanh Hoa and Can Tho. More than 300 participants were equipped with crucial skills from branding, marketing strategies, e-commerce distribution, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence adaptation in content creation. Additionally, the conferences presented an opportunity for the young entrepreneurs to connect with one another and get consultation from experts across multiple industries.
Along with the training activities was the semi-final round of the 2023 startup competition for rural areas. Of 446 entries from all over the country, 135 innovative business projects and ideas were shortlisted to compete in the final round to be tentatively held in Soc Trang in November.
First organized in 2022, the coaching programs are one of activities under the project of "Enhancing the competitiveness of rural youths excelling in entrepreneurship", jointly implemented by HCYU and SABECO as part of their three-year strategic partnership. More than 520 startups and young people have attended the training activities over the past two years, acquiring practical knowledge and skills to reinforce their own capabilities in order to realize their desire to get wealthy from agriculture.
Enhancing competitiveness for rural youths is part of SABECO's 4C sustainable development strategy – focusing on Country - Culture - Conservation – Consumption – to create positive values towards the sustainability and prosperity of Vietnam and its people.
HCMC, September 6, 2023 – Herbalife Vietnam, a premier health and wellness company and community, is supporting the Life and Health Newspaper under the Ministry of Health to organize the “Better Me” contest for the second time. Better Me inspires people to become better versions of themselves and achieve long-term wellness goals. The contest will start on August …, 2023 and is open to all Vietnamese citizens aged 18 and over.
With the theme ‘AES Go Green’, AES Mong Duong organized a series of activities to promote environmental awareness among its employees, contractors and local communities.
The Container Library project was initiated with the desire to build a fully equipped and sustainable reading space for pupils. This is a gift to help pupils have a healthy environment to study and play in, building a culture of reading and spreading the value of reading, good character formation, and life skills training, which many partners have been implementing in Vietnam for many years.
The "Award for Economical and Efficient Use of Energy" in Ho Chi Minh City is organized by the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade with support from USAID through the Vietnam Urban Distributed Energy Technical Support Project in Ho Chi Minh City.
Ho Chi Minh City, August 22, 2023 – JTI Vietnam, in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, jointly planted 450 new trees in the areas of Cat Que commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi, and Long Phuoc ward, District 9, Thu Duc City.
On the morning of August 16, 2023, at Muong Thanh Hue Hotel, C.P. Vietnam Corporation (CPV) held a conference "Supplier Potential Development Program 2023". This is an annual activity of the Sourcing Development & Audit Department to improve CPV's competitiveness and sustainable sourcing development. Each year, CPV will exchange and implement a different theme that is in line with the general trend of the world and Vietnam. In 2023, the conference will be held with the theme: "Environmental management in supply chain development"
Bac Ninh, July 20, 2023 – Samsung Vietnam and Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) jointly held the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of Samsung Bac Ninh Hope School (Vietnam Korea Cooperation Center).
- After nearly 1 year, the project has been implemented at 33 schools in 12 provinces across the country, bringing training opportunities for high-tech development for more than 3,200 students and teachers nationwide. - For the first time, the Science and Technology Innovation Competition “Innovation Tech Challenge - 2023” applied the Robocon format. - In 5 years of operation, the Samsung Innovation Campus program has provided courses such as C&P, AI, Big Data, IoT for about 6021 Vietnamese teenagers and about 389 teachers. The program has so far reached about 40 schools and 20 provinces nationwide.
Ho Chi Minh City, 31 July, 2023 – Prudential Vietnam Insurance Co., Ltd. (Prudential Vietnam) was awarded the ‘International Life Insurer of the year’ and ‘ESG Initiative of the Year’ under the 8th Insurance Asia Awards ceremony held on 27 July 2023, at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore.
Prudential Vietnam, in collaboration with Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and supported by the British Chamber of Commerce (BritCham), conducted the “Thematic bonds & Transition investment Workshop” on 6th July in Hanoi to solicit feedback on how to support the growth and development of the thematic/labelled bond market in Vietnam.
