Like other localities nationwide, Da Nang is seeing the Hult Prize on Campus programme, which is within the framework of the international-level Hult Prize 2021 Challenge, getting underway at its universities.

The Hult Prize on Campus programme getting underway at the Da Nang University of Foreign Languages and Studies

The winner of university-level programmes across Viet Nam will advance to the Hult Prize Southeast Asia Regional.

Qualifying rounds in Southeast Asia opened in October and are set to wrap up by late this year.

The Hult Prize Southeast Asia Regional final round is due to take place next April in HCM City, where only three outstanding teams from the region will be eligible for joining a one-month international Accelerator Programme in London.

Based on their performance at the training, six squads will advance to the global finals, which will be held at the United Nation’s headquarters in New York on 15 September, 2021.

The winning team will bring home a prize of 1 million US$ in seed capital presented by former US President Bill Clinton.

Themed ‘Food for Good’, the global Hult Prize 2021 competition calls on young people from 100 countries and territories across the globe, including former contestants, to mull over start-up models that are able to revitalise the potential and strengths of food, dubbed the most primary and necessary of resources.

Regional Director of the Hult Prize Southeast Asia Ho Quang Hung said that under this year’s theme, competing teams are required to set up food businesses that generate employment, bolster the economy, and re-establish food supply chains, as well as change public mindsets around food in the upcoming decade.

First held in 2009, the Hult Prize is the world’s largest social impact competition. Run in partnership with the United Nations, student teams come together to compete to solve a pressing social issue by developing a scalable, sustainable social enterprise.

Finalists pitch to a panel of esteemed judges, global business leaders, thought leaders, and change makers to win 1 million US$ and launch their enterprise.

Noticeably, four startup projects in Da Nang have been named among 17 finalists for the Hult Prize Southeast Asia Regional 2020. They are Biochar, Rebo, Inno – 2ur, and Micway projects.

By PHONG LAN- Translated by A.T