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Youths win rural building startup contest

A startup competition to encourage youths to engage in rural building awarded outstanding projects at Can Tho University on November 22.
Youths win rural building startup contest ảnh 1The first prize is presented the "Green Blessing" project (Photo: VNA)

Can Tho (VNA) – A startupcompetition to encourage youths to engage in rural building awarded outstandingprojects at Can Tho University on November 22.

Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, deputy head of thehigh-tech farming club and head judge of the contest, said 10 of 179 projectssubmitted by youths across 52 provinces and cities nationwide  were selected to compete in the final.

She said the projects apply technology to boosttourism growth and promote clean lifestyle and clean food.

The first prize of the contest went to the“Green Blessing”, a project on cultivating organic vegetables in line withresponsible tourism by Hoang Thi Hao, Khuc Ngoc Huy, Dinh Hong Diep and BuiXuan Truong from the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

The group worked to develop a tourism modelwhere tourists are treated to safe and clean farm produce, meditation sessionsand resort services. They won 50 million VND (2,150 USD) in cash and a maximum loanof 1 billion VND (43,000 USD) from the national fund for employment.

A three-member group from the centralprovince of Thanh Hoa and Nguyen Thi Anh Thi the Mekong Delta province of DongThap secured second prize for their respective projects on the making of herbalrice and trapa natan products. The prize meant 30 million VND (1,290 USD) and aloan of up to 500 million VND (21, 401 USD) for each winner.

The third prize winners were Tran Trung Hieufrom the Mekong Delta province of An Giang for a project on production andservices that support agricultural development; Ben Chi Thinh from the CentralHighlands province of Kon Tum with his dang shen processing project; and aseven-member group from the northern province of Tuyen Quang with their projecton youth cooperatives and community-based tourism. The third prize came with 15million VND (645 USD) in cash and up to 300 million VND (12,900 USD) in loans.

Four consolidation prizes each worth 10million VND (430 USD) and a maximum loan of 200 million VND (8,600 USD) werealso awarded.-VNA

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