Final Gala of the securities investment contest “Investment Challenge TDTU-2021-2022”

(Ton Duc Thang University) - On the evening of March 21, 2022, at Hall 6B of Ton Duc Thang University, Tan Phong, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City took place the GALA FINAL night of the SECURITIES INVESTMENT COMPETITION, for students in southern provinces and cities, from Hue onward.

The contest is called INVESTMENT CHALLENGE TDTU-2021 (IC 2021),  organized by Ton Duc Thang University.
This 2022 exam season marks a big and sudden step forward, from about 34 universities and colleges participating in the 2020 Competition to nearly 70 schools with students participating in this year's Contest. The contest has recorded the expansion of the participating areas from the Southeast provinces and cities to all the southern provinces and cities, from Hue back in.
With the scale expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams to the Final Round; from 15 teams to 30 teams to compete in the Real Investment Experience Round; and nearly 70 universities, with most of the big, well-known universities such as University of Economics, Foreign Trade, Banking University, University of Economics - Law, Open University, University of Finance and Marketing, International University, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, RMIT International University, Polytechnic University, City University of Industry, University of Food Technology, Van Lang University….have made INVESTMENT CHALLENGE 2021 the biggest academic competition among students on a global scale. country.

The contest was interested by the leaders of Ton Duc Thang University; Standing Committee of Ho Chi Minh Youth Union of Ton Duc Thang University; Student Union of Ton Duc Thang University; Leaders of Banking and Finance Faculty of Ton Duc Thang University and many leaders, lecturers and students of universities with students participating in the Contest. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vuong Duc Hoang Quan, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the Council of Ton Duc Thang University attended the program and cheered for the competition teams. The final night attracted more than 600 spectators to watch and cheer for the Contest, along with tens of thousands of likes, shares.... cheering for 10 teams to win the right to the Final round.

Attending the Final Night of the Competition, there were representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE); Securities companies, commercial banks, financial institutions, training organizations, and universities in the city are sponsors and professional sponsors such as the Association of Financial Advisors. Vietnam; Digital Transformation Alliance; Bank Securities Company of Vietnam (NHSV); Phu Hung Securities Company; Tan Viet Securities Company; FPT Securities Company; VNDirect Securities Company; SSI Securities Company; Vietnam Export-Import Bank (Eximbank CN Cong Hoa); Vietcombank Securities Company (VCBS), EY Auditing Company, Newcity Group, Amicoach Academy Joint Stock Company, Tai Viet Joint Stock Company; Tuan Anh Foreign Language Center....The contest was also welcomed and sponsored by large and reputable mass media agencies such as: Investment Newspaper (VIR); Vietnam Economic Review (VnEconomy); SCTV cable television station; Vnexpress newspaper; Financial Investment Magazine (Vietnamfinance); Financial and Life Magazine (FiLi); Financial Portal (Vietstock.vn)….

Speaking at the FINAL GALA Night of the Competition, Dr. Nghiem Quy Hao - Director of the Center for Research and Training in Applied Economics Ton Duc Thang University - Head of the Competition Organizing Committee said: "The contest inherits the features of the competition. features from previous seasons, with the aim of creating an academic forum, a practical investment environment by providing students with real money investment experience, real accounts at established securities companies. really gives the students an unforgettable professional experience of the playing teams.” The competition has become the largest academic movement among students on a national scale. The contest has supported learning, research, career experience, and career love for passionate students who love to learn and pursue a career in financial investment, stock investment. .

The competition is expanding more and more, showing that an interdisciplinary cooperation in the finance - securities sector is not limited to a university but will be a common connection between the specialized management agency, the Department of Finance. Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE), market member securities companies, HOSE members, and universities aim to create an academic space, a healthy and nutritious playground. benefits, creating opportunities for university students in the city and other provinces and cities to share, learn and practice the skills they have been equipped with, trained in at universities, associated with learning with professional experience in practice at enterprises.

As a result, the team of students of Banking University (students Pham Thi My Tho, Tran Luc, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao) - named BIF - excellently overcame the teams of students from universities. Ton Duc Thang, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Foreign Trade University Campus II, FPT Greenwich University....to win the INVESTMENT CHALLENGE 2021 Champion. Team R.U.N from Ton Duc Thang University won Contest Second Prize. Next, Team DFR, a student of the University of Economics, won the final third prize. The remaining teams were awarded Consolation (3) and Prospect (3) titles.

The first prize in the contest is worth 20,000,000 VND (twenty million VND) in cash and a scholarship for CFA level 1 training course (sponsored by amiCoach Academy Joint Stock Company); Applied Technical Analysis course (sponsored by Tai Viet Joint Stock Company - Vietstock).
Some pictures of the final night of the contest: