Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam visits a booth of a student’s startup project at the launch of the National Students’ Startup Day held yesterday in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Each young Vietnamese should be ambitious andfearless to follow start-up dreams and bring prosperity to the country, saidDeputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
He made the appeal infront of hundreds of students at the Hanoi-based National Economics Universityon December 16 for the launch of the National Students’ Startup Day.
“The country has experienced countless disasters and destruction, Vietnamesepeople have fought two devastating wars, with unimaginable sacrifices andlosses. That’s why, along with the dream of independence and people, Vietnamesealso wish for flourishing prosperity,” he said, adding that despite greatdevelopment leaps in recent times, Vietnam remains a low middle-income country.
“We cannot expect outside countries to make riches for Vietnam, each Vietnamesemust do their best to contribute to the country’s growth,” he said, noting youngergenerations would be the driving force of this growth.
Aside from the youth’s efforts, it’s important for teachers and leaders ofeducation institutions to support the students in science and research, hesaid, adding that the universities should be the “breeding ground” of newideas, not an environment for disseminating “old knowledge.”
Deputy PM Dam stressed that universities are the main factor in the nationalstart-up ecosystem.
At the event, Ministerof Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said the ministry had instructededucation institutions on how to organise activities to inspire start-up spiritamongst students, including training programmes and counselling sessions tohelp youths deal with their difficulties in a positive ways and help start-upfounders overcome challenges.
After a year of implementing the Government-sponsored project to supportstudents’ start-up efforts, Nha said the education sector has started to paymore attention to start-up education and support, evidenced by the increasingnumber of projects by younger students in this year’s contest.
The final round of the national students’ start-up competition for this yearwas also held on December 16 as part of the event, with the 15 best projectschosen amongst 80 start-ups in various fields from health, education to fintechand agriculture.-VNA
He made the appeal infront of hundreds of students at the Hanoi-based National Economics Universityon December 16 for the launch of the National Students’ Startup Day.
“The country has experienced countless disasters and destruction, Vietnamesepeople have fought two devastating wars, with unimaginable sacrifices andlosses. That’s why, along with the dream of independence and people, Vietnamesealso wish for flourishing prosperity,” he said, adding that despite greatdevelopment leaps in recent times, Vietnam remains a low middle-income country.
“We cannot expect outside countries to make riches for Vietnam, each Vietnamesemust do their best to contribute to the country’s growth,” he said, noting youngergenerations would be the driving force of this growth.
Aside from the youth’s efforts, it’s important for teachers and leaders ofeducation institutions to support the students in science and research, hesaid, adding that the universities should be the “breeding ground” of newideas, not an environment for disseminating “old knowledge.”
Deputy PM Dam stressed that universities are the main factor in the nationalstart-up ecosystem.
At the event, Ministerof Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said the ministry had instructededucation institutions on how to organise activities to inspire start-up spiritamongst students, including training programmes and counselling sessions tohelp youths deal with their difficulties in a positive ways and help start-upfounders overcome challenges.
After a year of implementing the Government-sponsored project to supportstudents’ start-up efforts, Nha said the education sector has started to paymore attention to start-up education and support, evidenced by the increasingnumber of projects by younger students in this year’s contest.
The final round of the national students’ start-up competition for this yearwas also held on December 16 as part of the event, with the 15 best projectschosen amongst 80 start-ups in various fields from health, education to fintechand agriculture.-VNA
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