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Songhan Incubator (SHi) – Da Nang Startup Incubator

18 Nov, 2025 | 41 views

Overview:

Founded: January 6, 2017
Type: One of Vietnam’s first private startup incubators
Focus: Incubation and acceleration of startups in Tourism and Innovation

Achievements and Activities (up to 2019):

Successfully supported and connected organizations promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.
Organized training courses, talkshows, and workshops for students and local startups to foster the local startup ecosystem in Da Nang.

Key Programs and Milestones:

2018:
- Trained 100 creative tourism startup projects.
- Trained 15 master trainers (ToT).
- Launched SHi Incubator Journey – an incubation program.
- Launched SHi Accelerator Journey – an acceleration program for creative tourism startups.
- Hosted workshops to enhance the capacity of tourism innovation startups across Thua Thien Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and other provinces.
2019:
- Selected 12 out of 60 Central Vietnam projects to enter the official incubation phase in Da Nang.
- Supported projects with 3-month incubation funding, 6 bootcamps including training, workshops, pitching sessions, and mentoring by senior tourism startup coaches (domestic and international).
- Focused on refining ideas, enhancing skills and knowledge, and preparing startups for the final acceleration phase to attract investment and enter the market.

Notable Projects Supported:

Vietnam Tourism Startup Program (VTS):

SHi has designed, organized, and managed the Vietnam Tourism Startup Program since 2017.
Vision: Build the first large-scale innovation startup ecosystem in Vietnam’s tourism sector, generating startups with new products, services, markets, and growth drivers for the tourism industry.

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