After 2 preliminary rounds, selecting profiles at the local level and departments and organizations with more than 300 profiles, the final round of the contest "Searching for Quang Nam Startup Talent" in 2024 took place from April 25 to 27 with 65 projects.

The projects are divided into 6 groups of fields: Food; agriculture (including medicinal herbs, materials, crops, fertilizers, etc.); soap, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals production; tourism, services, handicrafts; energy, construction, equipment, automation; information technology - communications.

Projects applying information technology to production and business account for more than 70%; including LACO project, CEPC AI, ATM garbage collection, SCMP - smart water pump control and monitoring device,...

Mr. Pham Ngoc Sinh - Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology, Head of the Provincial Creative Startup Support Executive Board, Chairman of the Council for Evaluation, Recognition and Encouragement of Creative Startup Ideas and Projects in the Province in 2024 said that this year, the number and quality of projects increased.

In particular, the application of technology in production and business increases innovation and market access for products. With such a scale, selecting outstanding projects is also difficult for the jury.

[VIDEO] - Mr. Pham Ngoc Sinh briefly informed about the project at the final round of the competition:

The award ceremony of the contest "Searching for Quang Nam's startup talent" is expected to take place during the 5th Provincial Creative Startup Week - TechFest Quang Nam 2024 with the theme "Intellectual property and digital technology - Creative startup platform, green transformation" from May 14 to 18.