HA NOI (Biz Hub) — The Embassy of Israel in Viet Nam, the Ministry of Science and Technology's Market Development and Science and Technology Enterprise Department, and the Centre of Business Studies and Assistance will co-organise a start-up contest entitled Start Tel Aviv 2016.

The contest was organised following the success of the Startup Israel contest in 2014 and 2015.

This year, the contest is unique in that it is open only to female candidates in an effort to promote the roles of women in the start-up community.

Registration forms should be sent to the following email address: political@hanoi.mfa.gov.il before May 25.

Start Tel Aviv is an international start-up competition held by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tel Aviv city authorities.

Representatives of the best start-up companies will be selected from 30 countries worldwide and will have chances to participate in a five-day study tour in Tel Aviv to learn about the start-up ecosystem there.

Joining this year's competition, participants hail from Norway, the UK, Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy, Korea, India, Japan and Russia.

This is an opportunity for Vietnamese representatives to learn and exchange experiences in a dynamic and cross-cultural environment.— VNS