HCM City (VNA) – The second edition ofthe Young Hoteliers Awards ASEAN was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11 toseek young talents in tourism and hospitality.

Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh CityUnion of Friendship Organisations Tran Hoang Khanh Van said the contest washeld for the first time in 2015 on national scale only. This year’s event was expandedto Southeast Asia to create a dynamic and professional background for younginnovators to demonstrate their ideas.

The competition will take place from April12 – August 8 with qualifying, semi-final and final rounds, open to citizensaged 16-25 from Southeast Asian nations. They will compete in three-memberteams and write and speak in English.

Entries should be sent to the website //yha.hospitality.edu.vn from April 12 – May 31. Each team must send a brief report on their ideas onone of the topics: tourism, cuisine, restaurant-hotel services, as well astechnological application in the field.

The best 30 teams will enter the semi-finalround, which must submit short films, recordings, infographics, photos, slides,or music videos and make English presentations.

The best eight teams will move to the finalround, which will chose the first, second and third prize winners.

During the competition, participating teamswill receive support from consultants and connect with investors to realise theirideas.-VNA