The event, held in Hanoi on 25 November 2020, saw the start-ups compete to win nearly USD200,000 in cash and in-kind support. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Mr Vuong Dinh Hue spoke at the event, acknowledging the role innovation and technology will play in making Hanoi an even more attractive destination for investment, and pledging the government’s continued support to fostering the further development of tech start-ups. On hand for VinaCapital were Don Lam, CEO, and Trung D. Hoang, Head of VinaCapital Ventures. Dr Philipp Rösler, Chairman of VinaCapital Ventures Advisory Committee, also joined the event, having flown from Europe to lead a delegation of investors.

The Hoiana Integrated Resort was recently honoured to be the venue for two of Vietnam’s most important tourism events of the year: the Forum on the Development of Tourism Linkages between Hanoi, HCMC, and the Central Vietnam Key Economic Region on 27 November 2020, and the National Tourism Conference on 28 November 2020. Read more about these events here.

Trung Hoang, Deputy Managing Director at VinaCapital (left), spoke at the launch event of the 9th annual financial literacy program sponsored by Visa and the Central Committee of Vietnam Students’ Association (CCVSA). This year’s program carries a start-up theme, and VinaCapital will play a key role in educating students of financial awareness in a business-building context, with the goal of inspiring more students to pursue their entrepreneurial aspirations. Read the full announcement.

VinaCapital launched its first ETF, the VN100 ETF (FUEVN100) on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange on 21 July 2020. It aims to replicate the performance of the VN100 Index, comprised of the exchange’s largest and most liquid stocks, and offers investors with low-cost exposure to some of Vietnam’s leading large and mid-cap companies across a range of sectors with no limits on foreign ownership. Click here to read the full announcement.

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