Webinar: Vietnam Market Entry Opportunities and Strategy

Vietnam has been proving significant improvements in developing a dynamic and open business environment while still putting the Covid-19 outbreak under control. Remaining a positive economic outlook in the post-pandemic period, the country stands firm as among the most attractive destinations in the region for foreign investors and businesses, including venture capital firms and startups.

Startups looking for market size to scale cannot ignore Vietnam for its sizable, young and tech-savvy consumer base with growing disposable income.

In this webinar, you will learn about:
Socio-economic advantages and welcome opportunities making Vietnam a can’t-miss market for Asian expansion plan of international startups;
Open innovation trends with startups in Vietnam and recommended the approaches to do business with local companies;
Challenges to take into account and sources of support to facilitate the market entry of overseas startups.

Special Opportunity - 1:1 Consulting Session

02 foreign startups with solid go-to-market plans to Vietnam will have the opportunity for a 15-minute talk each with Innolab Asia and Sunwah Innovations after the event to validate your market potential, optimize your product-market fit and accelerate your market entry to Vietnam. Sunwah Innovations will be in touch with the selected startups to arrange the meetings.

Please send your decks directly to thuy.ho@swinno.com.vn if you want to register for the 1:1 consulting session.

Speakers:
- Mr. Do Tien Thinh, Vice Director, Vietnam National Innovation Center
- Mr. Cong-Thang Huynh, Co-Founder & CEO, Innolab Asia
- Mr. Vinnie Lauria, Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures
- Ms. Katie Nguyen, Vice Director, Sunwah Innovations
- Mr. Tim Lee, CEO, CARRECT
- Moderator: Mr. Kevin Vuong, Incubation Manager, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Innovation (UII)

Co-organizers:

Vietnam National Innovation Center - NIC: Established under the Decision No. 1269/QD-TTg dated October 2nd, 2019 by the Prime Minister as an affiliated unit of the Ministry of Planning and Investment. NIC aims to support, develop the startup ecosystem and innovation, contributing to innovating the growth model on the basis of scientific and technological advancement. NIC is the focal point to develop innovative mechanisms and policies; engage domestic startups in the innovation process; cooperate with organizations, research institutes, investment funds, etc. to improve high-quality human resources and promote innovation in Vietnam.

Innolab Asia: Innolab Asia is the implementation partner for Open Innovation Vietnam, a national initiative launched by National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development (under the Ministry of Science and Technology) in 2018 to build an open innovation platform that connects corporates, SMEs with the startup ecosystem in Vietnam towards 2025.