Another recent reason to share happiness is that we have been selected for the second phase of VMAP+, a program from Finnish Innovation Partnership Program (IPP).
Last Autumn, we were part of the first phase and we have been very lucky to cooperate with Mrs. Pham Thi Thanh Huong, Business Advisory Manager at SNV Netherlands Development Organization. With her talented team, we are developing the best solution for this new market where many entrepreneurs have important needs in clean thermal energy.
Supported by IPP, VMAP enables the tailoring of tested and proven Finnish solutions for Vietnam and to initiate and accelerate long term partnerships between both countries for positive development impact.
From Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland website: "Launched in 2009, IPP is the first development program between the Government of Finland and the Government of Vietnam in the science and technology sector. It answers well to the challenges Vietnam faces now as a lower middle-income country. As a result of its economic and social development as well as its public and private sector competence, Finland can afford a significant added value for Vietnam in developing knowledge based society. (...) IPP II endeavor is to create an ‘innovation ecosystem’ that strengthens the expertise and competence of all multi helix stakeholders as well as the awareness of stakeholders about each others’ roles. The goal is to develop an approach that multiplies the number of innovative products and services, thus creating added value and employment."
