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Vietnamese startups to compete in November

The final round of NTT Com Startup Challenge, a contest for Vietnamese startups, will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22.
Vietnamese startups to compete in November ảnh 1The final round of NTT Com Startup Challenge, a contest for Vietnamese startups, will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22 (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The final round of NTT Com Startup Challenge, acontest for Vietnamese startups, will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November22.

The judge of the contest includes shareholders or leaders of leading businessessuch as Golden Gate Ventures and NTT DOCOMO Ventures, along with startupexperts.

Apart from a prize worth 10,000 USD, free Japanese trips and access to ICTinfrastructure of NTT Com will be offered to winners.

Vietnam is the third destination of NTT Com Startup Challenge in SoutheastAsia, after Indonesia and Malaysia.

Through the contest, NTT Com wants to help startups access investors andinfrastructure of the group, thus contributing to the development of startupecosystem in Asia and in Vietnam in particular.

NTT Communications (NTT Com) is a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone(NTT) Corporation of Japan. It provides network management, security andsolution services.

In 2017, NTT Com generated 106.5 trillion USD in revenue, ranking fifth inFortune Global 500 list of the world’s largest companies.-VNA
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