At Jumpstart Disruptive Innovations (JDI), we believe that technology and innovation can enable a better tomorrow in Vietnam’s strong growth trajectory into the next decade. As borders reopen across Southeast Asia, we are glad to announce the launch of JDI’s Vietnam Immersion Programme: EdTech (VIP EdTech), to facilitate business matching between:
- Tech companies with commercial-ready solutions who are ready to enter Vietnam
- Business leaders/organizations in Vietnam who are serious about digital transformation
Through VIP, we aim to introduce, educate, and implement the elements of digital transformation to at least 10,000 Vietnamese organizations.
Ultimately, we aspire to contribute to 1% of Vietnam’s digital economy by 2030, by addressing the opportunities and challenges in the following focus areas.
- The Future of Education
- The Future of Work
- The Future of Health & Wellness
- The Future of Finance & Insurance
- The Future of Food & Agriculture
- The Future of Travel & Hospitality
- Industry 4.0
- Smart Cities
Vietnam Immersion Programme: EdTech
With a 4-day agenda from 27th – 30th June 2022, packed with business matching meetings across Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province, JDI organized Vietnam Immersion Programme: Edtech (VIP EdTech), specifically for 5 EdTech companies from Singapore, to address the future of Education in Vietnam.
Codomo
Codomo is a Singaporean education technology company with a mission to provide equitable access to future-ready skills through delightful experiences.
Their new product and business focus – Rolljak is a collaborative game-based learning platform that enables scalable, guided and time-boxed activities for classrooms or workspaces be it for brainstorming, business discussions, testing of knowledge, or gathering opinions. Rolljak incorporates Kahoot scalability and gamification together with Miro’s collaboration.
The company was represented by Aditya Batura, Chief Executive Officer, and Lim Jia Xuan, Chief Data Officer.
CyberLitmus
CyberLitmus is a cybersecurity SaaS company that helps organizations build their security awareness programmes from zero to one.
They do this with a data-driven platform to simulate a range of human attack vectors such as phishing with a mobile and browser-first learning design methodology to drive behavioral change.
CyberLitmus also has a monitoring solution available as a SaaS to monitor the web for leaked breaches of credentials.
The company was represented by Lee Kian Chong, Chief Executive Officer.
HeyHi
HeyHi is a unique AI-enabled yet human-centric EdTech personalized learning system that integrates assessment, synchronous and asynchronous learning on a unified platform.
They optimize educators’ work processes based on data, ML, and AI technologies, enabling differentiated instructions to be easily conducted in a highly collaborative, engaging, and interactive learning space.
Through their dynamic learning environment, HeyHi magnifies learners’ opportunities to make it a rewarding experience for everyone.
The company was represented by Glenn Low, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer.
Kinobi
Kinobi is a digital career platform that proactively helps students transition from education to the workforce. Career centers today are only staffed with a handful of counselors to service thousands of students with some schools having ratios of 2 counselors to 1000+ students.
With the end of presenting their results and hitting KPIs, counselors are spending more time grinding over data than having meaningful interactions with their students. Kinobi comes in to provide an All-In-One SaaS solution for universities.
Kinobi’s Student Management System provides an analytic platform to track and benchmark student performances and a comprehensive toolkit for students’ career needs which multiplies the effort of the career center staff and eases their workload.
The company was represented by Benjamin Wong, Chief Executive Officer.
Neuro Code
Neuro Code Research develops leading-edge technologies to unleash hidden potentials of the human brain and improve mental wellness.
Neuro Code Research Centre also develops technology to help improve the quality of life of special needs people with ADHD, Autism, and Dementia symptoms
The company was represented by Dr. Tang Juel Hoi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, and the two Marketing Partners – Mr. Cheang Peng Wah, and Mr. Chuah Eng Aun.
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Without further ado, here’s our recap in pictures of VIP: Edtech (June 2022).
VIP: Edtech Day 1, 27 June 2022 – Trips To AI Education And BHL Education
Meeting AI Education
Day 1 morning featured insights into the state of edtech and digital transformation across different education levels, various cities and provinces across Vietnam, and private vs public institutions. This session and the subsequent 1-to-1 business matching with the 5 edtech companies from Singapore was hosted by Minh Do, CEO of AI Education Vietnam.
A warm welcome from AI Education by Minh Do, CEO of AI Education Vietnam (Photo: JDI)
A discussion on preparing a career-ready workforce for Vietnam (Photo: JDI)
A group photo with AI Education at their Zone Startups Vietnam office (Photo: JDI)
Meeting BHL Education
On the afternoon of day 1, we had a thoughtful discussion with Ms. Hang Nguyen, Founder of BHL Education, about the trends, opportunities, and challenges in Vietnam’s K-12 education sector, before breaking up into 1-to-1 business matching with all 5 visiting edtech companies from Singapore.
Meeting the founder of BHL Education (Photo: JDI)
Sharing BHL Education’s approach for their students to learn how to be global citizens (Photo: JDI)
A group photo with BHL Education (Photo: JDI)
VIP EdTech Day 2, 28 June 2022 – Trips to UEF, NLU, and Edtech Asia
Meeting Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance (UEF)
Day 2 morning started with a visit to the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economic and Finance (UEF). We had a thoughtful discussion with the organization’s leaders, hosted by Dr. Nhan Cam Tri, Vice President, and Dean, Faculty of Economics, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Loan, Deputy Director, Centre of Corporate Relations, and Ms. Do Thi Thu Ha, Head of Logistics Major, Faculty of Economics.
The discussion covered the opportunities, and challenges of Edtech in Vietnam, and the university’s approach towards digital transformation, followed by a 1-to-1 business matching with the 5 visiting companies from Singapore.
A group photo with key leaders from UEF (Photo: JDI)
Thoughtful talk about edtech growth strategies in Vietnam (Photo: JDI)
1-to-1 business matching (Photo: JDI)
Meeting Nong Lam University (NLU)
On Day 2 afternoon, we visited Nong Lam University (NLU), one of the biggest universities in Vietnam, and discussed with their business leaders how Singapore’s edtech startups can help build the foundation for many young talents here. This session was hosted by Dr. Nguyen Tat Toan, Vice President, and Mr. Do Xuan Hong, Director, the Center for Technology Business Incubation.
Whilst the 5 edtech companies from Singapore had their 1-to-1 business matching session with NLU at various timeslots, there was also an ongoing panel discussion with students and faculty present in a separate classroom to share about their inspiring entrepreneurship journey, milestones, and obstacles along the way, and their ambitions to empower the future of education in Vietnam.
Singapore edtech audiences in the panel discussion (Photo: JDI)
Our startup participants shared their thoughts on digital transformation and edtech adoption at NLU (Photo: JDI)
A group photo with key leaders from NLU (Photo: JDI)
Networking With EdTech Asia
A special networking event with EdTech Asia was organized for the night of Day 2. This event was hosted by Mike Michalec, Founder of EdTech Asia, and the companies had a chance to meet him. Through this initiation, the VIP companies from Singapore also learned about the Vietnamese EdTech market activity from key players in the local business community and discussed market insights with them.
EdTech Asia Guest Speakers (Photo: JDI)
Free & easy networking with business leaders from Vietnam’s EdTech ecosystem (Photo: JDI)
Chill time with draft beer and chit-chatting (Photo: JDI)
VIP EdTech 3, 29th June 2022 – Trips To VLU and FUV
Meeting Van Lang University (VLU)
Day 3 continues our tour trip to Van Lang University (VLU) and meets great minds that are trying to bring edTech transformation into a reality for their campus. This was hosted by Dr. Tien Le Hung from the Faculty of Engineering, Ms. Bui Pham Lan Phuong, Member Board of Trustees, and Ms. Luong Ngoc Tran, Corporate Relations Officer.
A group photo with the great team from NLU (Photo: JDI)
Getting ready for 1-to-1 business matching between Singapore edtech startups and VLU (Photo: JDI)
Singapore edtech startups sharing how they can help accelerate Edtech adoption for VLU (Photo: JDI)
Meeting Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV)
Before the end of the Day 3 event, we had the opportunity to visit Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV).
With a warm welcome by Ms. Phan Hoang Lan, FUV’s Head of Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, the programme saw engaging discussions about the key strategies for edtech startups to grow strong in Vietnam.
Ms. Phan Hoang Lan delivered her speech to the Singapore Edtech startups (Photo: JDI)
Singapore Edtech startups sharing their takes on Edtech transformation in Vietnam (Photo: JDI)
A group photo with the team from FUV (Photo: JDI)
VIP EdTech Day 4 – Trips to EIU And VSIP In Binh Duong
Meeting Eastern International University (EIU)
Day 4 of JDI’s Vietnam Immersion Programme is organized in Binh Duong Province!
In the morning, we took a trip to Eastern International University to meet Dr. Ngo Minh Duc, Vice President, Mr. Le Vinh Quang, Director, Office of Community Engagement, Mr. Alexius Oh, Vice Director, Office of Community Engagement, Dr. Narayan C. Debnath, Founding Dean, School of Computing & IT, of EIU, and his team of experts. The Edtech Innovation spirit was strongly expressed throughout their campus tour and business matching.
The wonderful campus tour at EIU with Mr. Alexius Oh (Photo: JDI)
EIU faculty and industry experts joining our meeting (Photo: JDI)
A group photo with EIU faculty leaders (Photo: JDI)
Visiting VSIP Binh Duong
Vietnam Immersion Programme Day 4 is finally concluded with a special tour to the VSIP I Binh Duong.
As one of the leading Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park, VSIP is ranked 2nd in the list of Top 10 Prestigious Industrial Real Estate Companies.
Learning about the VSIP history (Photo: JDI)
Discover how Edtech can help VISP grow stronger (Photo: JDI)
A group photo at VSIP Binh Duong (Photo: JDI)
End of VIP EdTech – Special Networking Event At JDI Office
To conclude our first VIP, we came back to the JDI office for a final 1-to-1 business matching session with KDI Education. We tried Codomo’s board game – Potato Pirates – which explored how we can introduce unplugged coding into Vietnam’s education system through KDI’s programmes and spaces.
Meeting With New Friends (Photo: JDI)
Sharing contact with JDI clients and partners (Photo: JDI)
Game Time Fun Time (Photo: JDI)
This also marked the end of our VIP trip in Vietnam. We would like to express our great appreciation to both the Vietnamese Educational institutions and Singapore Edtech startups for their participation, which has resulted in fruitful business matches. To our readers who unfortunately missed out on this iteration of VIP, fret not! If you run an Edtech startup that is ready to explore the Vietnamese market or come from a Vietnamese educational institution interested in digital transformation, here’s how we can help you achieve your goals.
VIP is organized by Launch JDI, the Vietnam market expansion arm of JDI, and demonstrates our proven success at connecting Edtech startups and Vietnamese educational institutions. Besides VIP, we have a comprehensive blueprint for market expansion into Vietnam, which can be found on our landing page.
If you are interested in our programme or our services, do contact us through this form or email us at [email protected]. Or register now for saving a ticket to our upcoming VIP: Deep Tech.
