Once the sous chef of a five-star hotel in Hue and a multiple award-winning chef, Tran Huy Cuong took an unexpected turn in his career, venturing into entrepreneurship in his 50s. Driven by the desire to “turn simple things into specialties,” he chose the figs as the starting point for his journey to bring Hue’s traditional culinary products to Vietnamese dining tables and beyond.

On the afternoon of January 14, the Startup and Innovation Center - Hue University, in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology and the Vietnam - Japan Association of Entrepreneurship (E-Future), organized the final round of the “Vietnam Startup Contest 2024” (VSC2024).

The “YES! Camp x Hue 2024” program, organized by Hue University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in collaboration with CreBiz Factory (South Korea), is not merely a startup competition. It also fosters creative ideas, promoting the spirit of innovative entrepreneurship toward the goal of NetZero - a green and sustainable future for Vietnam.

In the potential-filled land of Lang Co (Phu Loc), the national “Outstanding Young Entrepreneur” Nguyen Anh Khoi continues to write his youthful story with the fire of creativity and dedication.

With the help and companionship from members of the province's startup ecosystem and investors inside and outside the province, many startups or startup ideas and projects, even though they started small, have overcome difficulties in their entrepreneurial journey and are gradually asserting their position in the market.