"Let's climb to the top of the wonderful mountain, let us engrave our name in the world, put glory on the shoulders of the winners..." and UEBers - talented "climbers" on the journey to conquer VNU Innovation Start - up 2021 (Innovation -- Creativity -- Startup Competition) has excellently become the champions. The double joy not only delivers glory with the championship title, but also a sensational "hat-trick" when students from the VNU - University of Economic and Business (UEB) won three consecutive awards on the VNU intellectual playground.

The VNU Innovation Start-up Contest 2021 is an entrepreneurship competition for students hosted by the VNU Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. It is open to all students enrolled in VNU and other institutions in Hanoi that share a love for entrepreneurship and the development of business ideas.

After nearly four months, it received over 70 business concepts from hundreds of students, two teams from the UEB were recognized in the final round, including: Greenu team won the first award and Bandia team won the third prize. Greenu team, in particular, won a "double" when it was named the "Most Favorite Team".

The road to becoming the VNU Innovation Start-up Champion

Impressed immediately by the project's slogan, "Education for green living for sustainable development," the council praised the project's ingenuity, practicality, and profundity when it came to environmental challenges that affect the entire society. The "Smart Green Education" project consists of the "Environmental Leader" game set, as well as environmental-related extracurricular programs and materials, with the goal of developing a new method of learning for students of all levels and contributing to the development of profound thoughts in children's subconscious about environmental awareness and responsibility.

Le Ngoc Anh, Leader of Greenu team, explained the project's origins: "My group is comprised of students who love the natural world and are acutely conscious of the critical nature of environmental conservation in the current climate." As a result, we wanted to make our modest share to safeguard the environment from even the slightest actions. From their love for research and their professional experience, the group determined that the age group of 5 to 12 is the critical period for building children's consciousness, and thus chose this item as the project's purpose. Since then, "Green Smart Education - An Environmental Education Program for Children" was born.

After numerous rounds of competition, there were occasions when Greedu members faced numerous obstacles and challenges from "rivals" from numerous large colleges; there were also instances when Greedu members faced considerable anxiety and concern. However, with the encouragement of mentors and team consensus, all of the pressure became incentive for the team to break through and continue to "fight" in the competition rounds with heart readiness and resolve. “The event attracts not only students from VNU, but also teams from a number of famous universities, including National Economics University, Foreign Trade University, among others, ensuring a high level of competitiveness. As a result, my team was committed from the start, with the goal of perfecting their product between rounds and advancing to the Top 5 teams eligible to compete in the Finals.” - Truong Hoang Minh discuss the group's efforts.