The Institute for Innovation and Development (IID) on March 15 held a “Drive Innovation for Impact” event to announce three digital innovation platforms boosting sustainable development.

They are iMapVietnam at http://imapvietnam.org, impactUP at https://impactup.site, and V.innovate at http://vinnovate.vn.

Specifically, iMapVietnam is a business authentication and impact measurement platform for firms doing business for sustainable development in Viet Nam.

Meanwhile, impactUP is a platform for training, incubating, and accelerating social entrepreneurship in and among Vietnamese people; and V. innovate is an assessment platform for the innovation-startup ecosystem and social impact for universities and localities.

IID is a not-for-profit science and technology organisation under the Asia-Pacific Economic Centre (VAPEC). It is positioned as a leading research institute in the field of innovation for sustainable development, with three pillars of activity: creativity and knowledge sharing; capacity building; and resource connection.

Prof., Dr. Vo Dai Luoc from VAPEC welcomed the platforms announced this time, and stressed the importance of innovation in the current situation.

He also emphasised the need to consider learning from the experience of countries around the world to shorten the application process in practice in Viet Nam. — VNS