The Da Nang Startup and Innovation Festival (SURF 2020), the biggest annual international startup conference and exhibition in Central Viet Nam, is going virtual from 26 November to 26 December, using the city-developed virtual reality platform vrFairs for the first time. 

A view of a virtual booth at the ongoing Da Nang SURF 2020

The one-month event features to a total of over 80 startup booths developed by startups, science and technology enterprises, universities, junior colleges, incubators, and co-working spaces in Da Nang and other parts in Central Viet Nam.

The booths showcase products and services in such aspects as tourism, agriculture, biotechnology, healthcare, education, information technology, electronics, telecommunications, and renewable energy.

Each virtual booth is created in the form of a 3D model, applying virtual reality technology VR360, displaying the name, the logo, highly inviting images, videos and necessary documents on the entry.

All data, including introductory documents and videos about the entries are available for viewers to download, and the links to the entrants’ websites and their Facebook messaging system.

In particular, SURF 2020 showcases online chat programmes with the participation of three renowned speakers, namely CEO of the Da Nang Business Incubator Pham Duc Nam Trung, COB/CEO of the Hermes Management Angel Investment Le My Nga, and Founder/CEO of the Multi Vietnam JSC Le Hoang Anh, whose startup product won the first prizes at the Pitching Competition - SURF 2019 and the national innovative entrepreneurship day Techfest 2019.

In addition to such key activities on the event’s agenda as Conferences, VR Exhibitions, the Pitching Competition will take place to select excellent startup projects for the upcoming national-level Techfest 2020.

In light of the globally complicated COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s SURF returns with a new face to stimulate and promote the spirit of entrepreneurship, and enable entrepreneurs in the region seek opportunities for their consumption market expansion and mutual cooperation with other domestic and international partner in the coming time.

For more detailed event tracking, please visit the website https://surf2020.vrfairs.vn.

By KHANG NINH – Translated by A.T