HCMC is committed to being a responsible partner and actively facilitating cooperation between businesses of Vietnam and Indonesia, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups.
The Vietnam - Singapore Industry 4.0 Innovation Center recently made a debut in the southern province of Binh Duong, aiming to not only support startups but also assist manufacturers to carry out reforms and raise labor productivity.
According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Ho Chi Minh City Branch, up to now, the Bank - Enterprise Connection Program has had more than 10 commercial banks in the city registered to commit to lending about VND300 trillion at preferential interest rates this year.
In the past few years, several organizations in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) have joined hand to promote startup activities in the community by offering friendly working space, necessary capital, and sensible advice to those in need, in hope of creating more useful products for both domestic and international markets.
The Vietnam Innovative Startup Accelerator (VIISA), founded by FPT Ventures, Dragon Capital, and Hanwha Investment & Securities, has just organized the third Investment Day in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Saigon Innovation Hub (SIHub) has just welcomed six Malaysian and Singaporean startups from the program ‘Runway to the World’, a network of exchanging startup businesses around the world in order to expand their market globally.
The Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) has cooperated with Korea IT Cooperation Center (KICC) under the National IT industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) operated by the Government of South Korea to launch K-Startup Grand Challenge 2018 in Hanoi on May 24.
The Vietnam Innovative Startup Accelerator (VIISA) will invest $15,000 each across four startups after five month careful selection of over 100 startups in different fields, the accelerator announced on April 23.