Da Nang needs to build a center for innovation and entrepreneurship

At the corner of Hoa Khanh Industrial Park, where an ecological industrial park is being built to promote entrepreneurship and creativity. Photo: HOANG HIEP
At the seminar, many comments and suggestions were raised by delegates, economic researchers, enterprises and large corporations in order to open the city authorities with practical directions to build the most complete and reasonable scenario for the implementation of the goal of building Danang into urban innovation and start-up urban areas.
In particular, there are many enthusiastic opinions received high consensus such as: proposing solutions, local authorities must be proactive in becoming markets, the first testers for the products of the starup. Thereby, it is possible to give suggestions, support the starup to access capital to develop when having ideas and effective products; consolidate and rebuild the operational functions of the Coordination Council to start a business; about the organizational model of the Innovation Center ...
Experts and businesses also said that Da Nang needs to build a center for innovation and start-up of its own business, must be specific, suitable for local input and is unique. This center must be located near research centers, universities; need to build a public-private partnership model, take advantage of the power of the public regime and the responsiveness of the private sector.
According to Dr. Vu Viet Ngoan, Head of the Economic Advisory Group for the Prime Minister, Da Nang has conditions to move faster than other cities in innovation and start-up activities, aiming to build one. Vietnam's unique entrepreneurial creative ecosystem. Da Nang is also assessed as a good environment to test the pilot changes in policy mechanisms, products and services for innovation and start-up activities as well as many favorable conditions to return. into a connection with innovative innovation centers in Southeast Asia, Asia and around the world.
In order for Da Nang to become a center of innovation and start-up of the whole region, Dr. Vu Viet Ngoan said that the city needs to gather a lot of comments from scientific researchers, intellectuals and businessmen. career to have a comprehensive look; at the same time doing well the link between research and local authorities and businesses, investors as well as startups. The key is to improve the project and build an Innovation Center that can do a good job of providing services to connect research products, ideas of entrepreneurship and marketing. school
In another aspect, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Cung, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management, assessed that the establishment of an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship still has many limitations such as the number of entrepreneurs starting a business. low, not high quality; training programs and entrepreneurship spirit in universities and colleges are still weak; The quality of startups is getting worse. Small and fragmented start-up investment funds, not yet seen as a start-up investment market; The number of large technology enterprises to support and create an environment for the starup of innovation activities is still small. The city government has not yet strongly promoted the innovation movement.
With this situation, Dr. Nguyen Dinh Cung proposed a solution, first of all, Danang needs to build a project of innovation and start-up for both the city and the region, not just encapsulating in the CNC area. This center should be organized in the form of a harmonious combination of a public non-business unit but has a mechanism to operate as a business and provide a full package of support services for the starup; connecting with other innovative innovation centers to create innovative communities in Danang; support universities and colleges with training programs related to innovation; organizing events, technology transfer ...; support starup to connect businesses to find output for products ...
Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh, Chairman of the Board, General Director of CMC Technology Group presented his opinions at the talk.
In the perspective of an enterprise, Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh, Chairman of the Board, General Director of CMC Technology Group, said that Da Nang should avoid spreading in planning, managing innovation activities, starting a business. ; boldly assign private services that they can do well; focus on shortening the gap between the mechanism and the implementation of the mechanism.
Currently, the world is deeply focused on developing the digital economy, in which innovation is the most important so it is reasonable for Danang to focus on this content. According to Dr. Tran Du Lich, a member of the Economic Advisory Group of the Prime Minister, Da Nang needs to study and follow the creative and start-up mechanisms for Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh; established a compilation team to complete a joint project on building Danang into an innovative and urban city of the region.With many years of experience with the city's entrepreneurial movement, Dr. Vo Duy Khuong, Chairman of City Business Incubator Council. Da Nang said that the city needs policies and care throughout and consistent in innovation and creativity.
Speaking at the conclusion, the Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Head of the Management Board of Da Nang High-Tech Park and Industrial Zones said that the city will agree to implement a general and overall project. develop pilot mechanisms and policies to promote creative start-up in the city in the spirit of inheriting the national policy, including Danang's own features. After this talk, the city continued to receive the comments and suggestions of businesses, experts, scientists as well as gathering comments.
Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee proposed the Management Board of Da Nang Industrial Park and Industrial Zones and Department of Science and Technology to coordinate closely with experts and members of the Economic Advisory Group of the Government to quickly complete this project. in the shortest time to submit to the Government soon.