Co-organised by Viettel and the Ministry of Information andCommunications from June 10, the contest looks for technological ideas and products in the fields of healthcare, education, finance-banking,agriculture, transport - logistics, energy, natural resources - environment,industrial production, entertainment solutions - utilities, and businessmanagement.
It attracted 257 entries from eight countries around the world after three months, and 16 potential solutions and products have been selected so far.
The organisers said products and solutions for health, education, entertainment and utilitiesaccounted for more than 40 percent of the total, while entries related to technology inbusiness management made up 26percent.
The 32 best teams in the preliminary roundcompeted in Pitch Day, which took place on October 5 and 6, to select the ten most potential teams for the final round of thecompetition on October 16.
Thecontest’s winner will receive a cash prize of 300 million VND (12,000 USD),meanwhile winners of the second and third prize will be awarded 200 million VNDand 150 million VND, respectively.