18 projects participating in the 2025 Rural Youth Startup Project Competition

On August 14, in Ha Long ward, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union coordinated with the Quang Ninh Provincial Youth Union to organize the Northern Regional Semi-final Round of the Rural Youth Startup Project Competition.

2025. Attending the opening ceremony were comrades : Nguyen Tuong Lam, Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Youth Union; Nguyen Van Cong, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province.

Comrade Nguyen Tuong Lam, Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Youth Union delivered the opening speech.

In his opening speech, Comrade Nguyen Tuong Lam, Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Youth Union affirmed that the contest is a meeting place for creativity, aspiration and action; thereby encouraging rural youth to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship and career establishment, contributing to building a modern and sustainable agricultural economy . At the same time, the contest also creates opportunities for rural youth to access capital, improve their entrepreneurship skills and contribute to developing the rural economy in a modern, green and sustainable direction.

Leaders of Quang Ninh province and the Organizing Committee presented flowers to the Jury of the Semi-final round of the contest.

After more than 4 months of launching, the Organizing Committee of the Competition received 228 projects from 34 provincial and municipal youth unions. Passing the preliminary round, 120 projects were selected for the Semi-finals.

The Northern Regional Semi-finals held in Quang Ninh included 18 projects from the provinces: Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, Son La, Bac Ninh , Thai Nguyen, Lao Cai, Lai Chau and Dien Bien.

This year's semi-finalist projects are diverse in field.

Comrade Nguyen Van Cong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and delegates visited the Project exhibition booths.

This year’s semi-finalists are diverse in fields, from smart agriculture, clean production to circular economic models. Many ideas are not only groundbreaking but also have high potential for practical application, meeting the development needs of the agricultural sector. The most potential projects will be selected to participate in the final round of the competition, scheduled to be held in September 2025 in Hanoi.

Seminar "Application of artificial intelligence in the startup ecosystem".

The contest is part of a series of activities of the "Youth Startup" journey in 2025 organized by the Central Youth Union in many provinces and cities across the country.

Also within the framework of the journey, on August 13, there was a Conference on training on startup skills and digital transformation for Youth Union and Association officials, a discussion on "Application of artificial intelligence in the startup ecosystem" and a Vietnam Private Economic Forum in the local dialogue region - Northern Midlands Cluster.

Mai Linh

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