Ten awards presented at the KGU Start-up Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ideas Competition.

Students present their project product, "Full Flavor Shrimp," to the judging panel.

This year's competition featured 26 entries. Through the training, preliminary, and semi-final rounds, 9 projects were selected for the final round. The projects covered a diverse range of fields and industries, including: food, healthcare products, technology and automation, agriculture and aquaculture, chemicals, etc.

In the final round, teams presented their ideas and answered questions from the judges. The teams' presentations highlighted the value of their ideas; their uniqueness and creativity; their marketing, financial, and production plans; their production and business models and revenue streams; and the feasibility of the project.

Ms. Huynh Hong Mai (far left) , member of the National Innovation and Startup Advisory Council, member of the Southern Startup Advisory and Support Council, and Deputy Director of the Startup Incubation Center - Nguyen Tat Thanh University, presents the first prize to the team of authors of the project "BanaGut - Healthy from the Gut, Clean from Nature".

As a result, the competition organizers awarded 1 first prize, 1 second prize, 2 third prizes, 3 consolation prizes, and 3 special prizes. The project "BanaGut - Healthy from the Gut, Clean from Nature" won first prize, the project "Refreshing Drink Powder from Vietnamese Agricultural Products" won second prize, and the two third prizes went to the projects "Smart Service Robot" and "Full Flavor Shrimp".

The promising projects went to "Smart Control Switch" and "Cleenzy Multipurpose Cleaner"; the "MANGA Noodles" project received the most votes.

Speakers participating in the panel discussion.

Within the framework of the competition, Kien Giang University organized a seminar on the topic "Strengthening the application of scientific and technological research results to innovative startups".

Startup experts and businesses shared information about policies promoting the application of new scientific and technological achievements in supporting innovative startups at universities; experiences in innovative entrepreneurship and commercializing startup products…

Text and photos: BICH TUYEN

Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/trao-10-giai-thuong-cuoc-thi-y-tuong-khoi-nghiep-doi-moi-sang-tao-kgu-start-up-a470106.html