MultiGlass was the winner of Techfest's start-up contest this year. (Photo: VNA) Quang Ninh (VNA) - Around 14 million USD in investment was pledged during the national innovative start-up day, Techfest 2019, in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province. A series of seminars were organised by 12 technology villages during the three-day event, attracting 250 foreign investors and experts, and nearly 300 start-ups. The first prize in the National Innovation Talent Contest for Start-ups was awarded to MultiGlass, a start-up providing smart technology to help people with disabilities use computers. The smart communication device combines iris recognition technology and Artificial Intelligence. MultiGlass will represent Vietnam at the Start-up World Cup 2020 in San Francisco, the US. At the Techfest closing ceremony on December 6, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung said the ministry will continue to assist the innovative start-up … [Read more...] about 14 million USD invested in start-ups at Techfest
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German firms see positive outlook
German businesses are seeing Vietnam as an attractive destination for investment (photo: Le Toan) Wolfgang Schmitz-Heinen, CEO of Witte Holding GmbH, visited Vietnam for the first time recently to look for opportunities to start a business here. Witte is a family-run global company in the printing business that specialises in printing secure and self-adhesive labels for various applications including the automotive and electronic industry. “We want to expand abroad more than before and are analysing different countries, and we got the opportunity to join this business delegation organised by the OAV-German Asia-Pacific Business Association to Vietnam. We are impressed from south to north there, and would like to follow this track to see what is possible for us. I have ideas, but we have to check now the circumstances to ensure that everything we have to do is carried out properly, but we will do it fast,” he told VIR. “What I learned in these last few days is that … [Read more...] about German firms see positive outlook
Hospitalization resulting from cold exposure
Children and parents were seen to fill the city Children Hospital No.1’s Treatment Ward yesterday. Dr. Pham Van Hoang who heads the Treatment Ward advised parents to keep their children warm in these days as well as have good diet to increase their children’s immune. Parents should take their children to nearest medical clinics when children experience cough, running nose and breathing failure Moderately cold weather also causes an increase in emergency hospital admissions of elderly people in these days. Dr. Truong Quang Anh Vu from Thong Nhat Hospital said that hospital admission rates increase in patients with respiratory problems, asthma and heart diseases. For instance, 3,500 outpatients arrived at the hospital on December 23 and 4 and patients with pneumonia, asthma and heart disease accounted for 40 percent. People should keep warm when going out especially those suffering chronic diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, high blood … [Read more...] about Hospitalization resulting from cold exposure
Four saved, two missing after fishing boat sinks
Bình Định Border Guards complete procedures for German national Michael Haas after he was rescued following a water-skiing accident. — Photo thanhnien.vn PHÚ YÊN — Four people were rescued but two remain missing after a fishing boat sank at about 5am Sunday off the central coastal province of Phú Yên. The ship went down in heavy seas off the coast of Hòa Tâm Commune, Đông Hòa District. Captain Nguyễn Cá, 53, made a distress call as his ship started taking on water, and another boat operating in the same area was on hand to save four crew members. Rescue workers are searching for the two missing people. In a separate incident, German national Michael Haas, 61, was rescued last Thursday by a fishing vessel working off Phù Mỹ District. He was transferred to local border guards. Haas said he had met with an accident while water-skiing. — VNS … [Read more...] about Four saved, two missing after fishing boat sinks