Six Vietnamese startups have won USD15,000 in prizes in the "Vietnam Challenge for Our Environment" project which was organised by the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, in partnership with Hatch! and Swiss EP.

Six Vietnamese startups are awarded USD15,000 in prizes in the "Vietnam Challenge for Our Environment" project. Photo by the US Embassy in Vietnam

The winners which were grouped in two categories were given the prizes on November 8 for their practical and viable products and solutions that they produced to solve pollution problems.

Three winning projects in the Pre-existing startups category included the Smart water meter which is a plan to automatically measure water usage by consumers. The information is then sent to a data processing system for the purposes of management, analytics and adjustment, pricing, and billing; the E Green which is a project to produce biogas filter and high-tech biogas electricity generator to be used by farms; and the Selex Motors Smart Electric Scooters which is a project to produce smart electric scooters with sensors to avoid accidents and other smart features.