On May 23, the delegation visited the headquarter of Impact Hub Amsterdam. At the meeting, Ms. Manon Klein - Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam introduced the network's activities to support startup in the Netherlands and over the world. Accordingly, Impact Hub Amsterdam has connected businesses in various fields to seminars and conferences to help investors approach supportive policies as well as capital and technological solutions. Impact Hub Amsterdam focuses on innovation that helps create transformative solutions, sustainable economic development, circular economy and environmentally friendly products.
The delagation listened to a presentation by Impact Hub Amsterdam
The delegation considered the possibility of applying Impact Hub Amsterdam's experiences in building policy mechanisms, managing innovation spaces, and raising capital... to the process of creating an innovation ecosystem in Da Nang.
Following this, on May 24, the delegation paid a working visit to PUM, an organization that supports startups, innovation and sustainable economic development. At the meeting, Mr. Sven Dekker - National Coordinator of PUM shared experiences and made recommendations for Da Nang to research and apply into practice in developing incubators and innovative startups. PUM is currently supporting 9 incubator projects in Vietnam, including 2 projects in Da Nang, which are Song Han incubator and the Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (VKU).
Da Nang delegation had a meeting with PUM.
PUM experts stated that Da Nang in particular and Vietnam in general has many opportunities to carry out start-up and innovation projects in the field of innovation. agriculture, climate change, supporting women, handling environmental pollution and traffic congestion... However, Da Nang needs to change the method of entrepreneurship training for students and building a coordination team …
In response, the Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Trung Chinh requested PUM will provide support, training, and consulting programs for startups and innovation in Da Nang city in the near future.
IPA Da Nang
