Within the framework of their business trip to Europe, a group of Da Nang’s officials, led by municipal People's Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh, met and had working sessions with some businesses and organisations in the Netherlands from May 23 - 25.

The Da Nang delegation worked at the Impact Hub Amsterdam

Accordingly, the Da Nang delegation paid a visit to the Impact Hub Amsterdam which is one of the 110 largest Impact Hubs globally, operating under the model of a certified commercial company for sustainable development goals supported by the government and investors.

To date, the Impact Hub Amsterdam has built a network of impact entrepreneurs and innovators with more than 30,000 members in over 100 cities worldwide.

When receiving the Da Nang visitors, Mrs. Manon Klein, Director of the Impact Hub Amsterdam, informed about the network's activities in the Netherlands and globally to support startup activities.

Accordingly, the Impact Hub Amsterdam will connect enterprises in each field group to appropriate seminars and conferences to seek solutions and support innovative startups to approach authorities and investors; as well as will call for policies, capital sources and technology solutions to support startups.

During the visit, the Da Nang delegation learned some experiences in building policy mechanisms, managing innovation spaces, and raising capital in order to develop an innovation ecosystem in Da Nang.

Da Nang's officials at the Brainport High-Tech Park.

In the Brainport High-Tech Park dubbed the "Silicon Valley" of Europe, the Da Nang officials had a working session with leaders of Sioux Technologies.

The Sioux Technologies company has opened a representative office in Da Nang with 60 employees, which specialises in developing and providing high-quality software apps to operate machinery equipment for the world's leading tech-companies.

Chairman Chinh thanked Sioux Technologies leaders for sharing their experiences in developing an ecosystem for high-tech manufacturing industries. Notably, the proposed model is quite suitable for Da Nang.

Mr. Chinh requested the company's leaders to research and expand the investment market in Da Nang, and at the same time to call on more businesses involving the semiconductor supply chain to visit Da Nang to survey investment opportunities. The city was committed to offering the best possible facilitation to them to effectively do business in Da Nang, he added.

The Da Nang delegation had a working session with the PUM startups, innovation and sustainable economic development

During the business trip, the Da Nang delegation worked with the PUM on innovative startups and sustainable economic development.

At the meeting, Mr. Sven Dekker, Country Coordinator Vietnam of the PUM, and experts, shared experiences and made recommendations for Da Nang to research and apply into practice in developing incubators and innovative startups.

The PUM organisation is currently supporting 9 incubator projects in Viet Nam, including two in Da Nang, namely the Song Han Incubator and the incubator at the Viet Nam - Korea University of Information and Communication Technology.

PUM experts said that Da Nang and Viet Nam as a whole had many opportunities to implement innovative start-up projects in the fields of agriculture and climate change. However, they stressed the need for the city to change the method of entrepreneurship training for students, and build a team of coordinators.

Through discussion, Chairman Chinh asked for support from the PUM to carry out training and consulting programmes on innovative startups in the city in the near future.

Reporting by WORKING DELEGATION – Translating by M.DUNG, P.TRA