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Techfest 2024 to create breakthrough opportunities for innovative startups

The National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day 2024 will get underway from November 24 to 30 in the northern city of Hai Phong, to create breakthrough opportunities for Vietnamese innovative startups.

The annual event aims to raise awareness of the significant role of innovation as part of the country’s socio-economic sustainable development while simultaneously encouraging the wider community to promote innovative startup activities.

A diverse range of activities will take place during Techfest 2024, including an exhibition showcasing innovative startup products and services by domestic and international firms, a contest to seek talent innovative startup, and a policy forum discussing the development of innovative startup support centres.

Most notably, there will be a number of international conferences to be held featuring the participation of foreign organisations, including the UN Development Program (UNDP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).


Tran Quang Tuan, director of the Department of Science and Technology of Hai Phong City, emphasised that Techfest 2024 will contribute to accelerating Hai Phong city’s socio-economic development and giving fresh impetus to the innovative startup activities of the locality and the entire country.

Furthermore, the event will create favourable conditions for businesses to gain access to international resources, expand cooperation, and integrate the Vietnamese innovative startup ecosystem with that of the wider region and the world, Tuan noted.