VOV.VN - A total of 13 Vietnamese enterprises joined 60 startup and innovation firms from Japan and the five ASEAN member states of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, and Thailand to attend the Japan-ASEAN Startup Business Matching Fair 2024 held on June 19 in Bangkok, Thailand.
In his opening remarks, Japanese Ambassador to Thailand Otaka Masato highlighted the fair, which has been held annually since 2023, as a prime opportunity for startups to showcase technologies related to ESG (Environment, Society and Governance), factory automation, health, and logistics technologies to encourage sustainable business practices.
He expressed his confidence that seminars featuring the engagement of leading e-commerce platforms from Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam at this fair will further facilitate the expansion of sales and enhance trade flows across Japan and ASEAN.
In a video speech sent to the conference, Vu Quoc Huy, director of the National Innovation Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, said that the centre is honoured to be the co-organiser of the Japan-ASEAN Startup Business Matching Fair this year.
Recent years has seen the nation emerge as a regional beacon of innovation and startup ecosystem thanks to the Government's strong determination to use innovation as a driving force for sustainable development, Huy said.
As a dynamic support centre for startups, the NIC aims to not only nurture a vibrant and supportive ecosystem for Vietnamese startups, but also to promote linkages with global partners through actively participating in international forums.
Within the framework of the fair, startups introduced technology solutions in a multitude of fields, such as agriculture, health, education, insurance, logistics, e-commerce, cybersecurity, and real estate management.
