Final round of IoT start-up competition held in HCM City
Seven start-ups competed in the final round of the Internet of Things (IoT) Start-up Competition in Ho Chi Minh City on October 16.
At the event (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Seven start-ups competed in thefinal round of the Internet of Things (IoT) Start-up Competition in Ho Chi MinhCity on October 16.
Organised by the Saigon High-tech Park’s Incubator Centre,the competition took the theme “Building IoT-based Smart City” with a view to promotingstart-up spirit in IoT and seeking excellent start-up ideas to build asustainable IoT start-up ecosystem.
The event was in response to the Ho Chi Minh CityInnovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Week 2018 and the government’s smart citydevelopment plan.
Le Thanh Nguyen, Director of the centre, said over the past12 years, the centre has become a prestigious destination for start-ups inVietnam.
He said the competition, launched in May 2018, attracted over60 projects. Seven of them in Group A for students were honoured and sevenothers in Group B for start-ups competed in the final round.
Outstanding projects in Group B include IoT Kit – Blockythat facilitates connectivity, NRobot for education, and G-Smart that helpsparents monitor children’s access to the Internet.-VNA
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At the event (Source: VNA)