Young Vietnamese entrepreneurs to be honoured with award by associations

The voting and awarding of the title, organised by the Central Committee of Vietnam Youth Federation (CCVYF), the Central Committee of the Young Entrepreneurs Association and the Sao Do young entrepreneur club, aim to encourage young Vietnamese entrepreneurs to work hard. Vietnam Investment Review joined in the nominating of entrepreneurs, and is the media sponsor of the whole programme.

In order to receive the award, the young entrepreneurs have to meet requirements such as being not older than 35, are holding key positions, such as chairman, general director and owner of a company or head of a cooperative that is legally registered in Vietnam. The entrepreneurs will be assessed regardless of ethnicity and religion, and whether their companies belong to the private sector or the state-owned sector.

The entrepreneurs should have a remarkable achievement in the management of their companies and be a participant in social welfare activities. The products of the companies have to have high quality, as assessed by customers, are environmentally friendly and not harmful to health.

The organisation board received hundreds of applications from all regions of the country. After the assessment process they have chosen 100 entrepreneurs to receive the “Excellent Young Entrepreneur” title, and ten entrepreneurs to receive the “Excellent Young Startup Entrepreneur” title.

The ceremony is going to be held at 8.30 am on June 04, 2016 at the Au Co art centre at no. 8 Huynh Thuc Khang street in Hanoi and will be live broadcast on the VTC1 television channel. On this occasion the organisation board is going to hold a series of activities such as a meeting between the awarded entrepreneurs with leaders of the party and the government, a forum on the topic of the private sector, as well as business matchmaking and promotion of the products and services of awardees’ companies, and training for young entrepreneurs on corporate governance.