Hanoi(VNA) – The Hanoi People’s Committee will joi♏n hand with the Israeli Embassy and FPT Group to organise a workshop on startup on September 21.
More than 200 delegates from the Government, ministries, centrally-run agencies, Hanoi authorities, foreign embassies, international organisations, universities, research institutes, business associations, investment funds and start-up groups are expected to join the event, making it the largest of its kind in the capital city.
The information was announced by Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications Phan Lan Tu at a press conference in Hanoi on September 13.
Tu unveiled that Israeli experts will share experience in creating an innovative startup ecosystem at both macro and micro levels and propose action plans to build the startup ecosystem in Vietnam.
The workshop will also seek ways to step up economic, scientific, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries, he noted.
A cooperation programme between the Hanoi Business Incubator, the Vietnam Innovative Start-up Accelerator programme and Israel partners is due to be signed on this occasion.-VNA
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Illustrative image (Souce: VNA)
