On May 11th, in Dien Bien province, within the framework of the Dien Bien Province Investment Promotion Conference 2026 with the theme "Dien Bien - A Strategic Destination for Investment," a ceremony was held to sign Memorandums of Understanding on investment cooperation between the People's Committee of Dien Bien province and 22 agencies, units, and businesses, including the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association.
The conference was attended and chaired by Comrade Nguyen Van Thang, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and representatives from central ministries and agencies, and Dien Bien province. Attending the conference were Mr. Dang Hong Anh - Vice President of the Vietnam Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association; Vice Presidents Luu Cong Thanh and Nguyen Nhu Kien; along with members of the Presidium, the Central Committee of the Association, leaders of Young Entrepreneurs Associations from provinces and cities, and a large number of domestic and foreign businesses and investors.
According to the Memorandum of Understanding, the People's Committee of Dien Bien Province and the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association will cooperate in promoting investment, connecting businesses, supporting startups, and developing the young entrepreneur community until 2030.
Accordingly, both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in the spirit of partnership, leveraging each other's strengths to promote the investment and business environment, support the business community, and create momentum for socio-economic development in Dien Bien Province in the new period. Specifically, the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association will cooperate with Dien Bien Province in implementing investment promotion activities, connecting businesses; organizing forums, conferences, and field surveys; and supporting the promotion of the province's potential, advantages, and investment projects to the network of young entrepreneurs and businesses nationwide.
Both sides also agreed to promote programs supporting local businesses in improving management capacity, digital transformation, innovation, brand development, and expanding markets for OCOP products and other distinctive products of Dien Bien province. In the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, both sides will cooperate in building a local startup ecosystem; connecting potential startups in Dien Bien to participate in startup support programs and networks of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association; and mobilizing entrepreneurs and experts to accompany, advise, and inspire local youth and young entrepreneurs.
In particular, the cooperation also aims to strengthen social welfare programs and support communities in remote areas, ethnic minority regions, and border areas of Dien Bien province; while coordinating the promotion of Dien Bien's image through events, forums, and the media ecosystem of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association.
At the ceremony for signing the Memorandum of Understanding on investment cooperation between the People's Committee of Dien Bien province and the investor.
Mr. Dang Hong Anh, Vice President of the Vietnam Youth Union and President of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association, stated that Dien Bien possesses outstanding potential in historical and cultural tourism, high-tech agriculture, renewable energy, logistics, and border trade. The signing of the cooperation agreement between the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association and Dien Bien province is expected to open up many opportunities to connect resources, promote investment, support the development of the young entrepreneur community, and contribute to realizing the goal of rapid and sustainable development of Dien Bien province in the new phase.
The Dien Bien Province Investment Promotion Conference 2026, themed “Dien Bien – A Strategic Destination for Investment,” is a large-scale economic and foreign affairs event of the province, aiming to introduce the potential, advantages, investment environment, key project list, and development orientation of Dien Bien to domestic and foreign businesses and investors.
Within the framework of the Conference, Dien Bien province awarded 12 Decisions approving investors and Investment Registration Certificates to 11 investors with a total registered capital of over 48,320 billion VND; and simultaneously signed 22 Memoranda of Understanding on investment cooperation with a total committed capital of over 209,370 billion VND in various fields such as renewable energy, urban infrastructure, tourism, high-tech agriculture, digital transformation, cultural industry and logistics.
According to the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association Newspaper