Staff of the District 3 Medical Center prepare to take samples from residents in the district for Covid-19 testing. The HCMC Department of Science and Technology has launched a program to seek innovative solutions to combat the Covid-19 pandemic - PHOTO: DISTRICT 3 MEDICAL CENTER

HCMC – The HCMC Department of Science and Technology has launched the HCMC Innovative Solution - COVID 2021 (HIS – COVID 2021) to seek solutions to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, which is extremely complicated in the city.

The program has attracted the interest of many individuals, organizations and enterprises with multiple innovative, hi-tech and digital transformation solutions in many sectors.

The HCMC Department of Science and Technology will help promote completed solutions and propose them to the municipal government, departments, agencies and business associations.

HCMC will gather and pilot innovative solutions, assess their efficiency and transfer them to other localities.

The department encourages solutions, no matter how small, which can be applied in the tracing and treatment of Covid-19 patients, create value for the community and provide technical solutions to enterprises to maintain their operations and develop amid the pandemic.

The 20 best solutions will be chosen for presentation in front of a professional judge and 10 will be honored during the 2021 HCMC Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Week.

Interested individuals and organizations can register for participation in the program at https://his-covid.doimoisangtao.vn/dang-ky/ from July 26 to August 15.