The warm up activities for our business case competition, Quick Challenges aim to gather the enthusiastic and talented Vietnamese youth in a platform where each and every person has an opportunity to gain better understanding of Vietnam’s economic issues and contribute his/her ideas for a brighter Vietnam economy. Quick Challenge themes range from important macro-economic issues of Vietnam to industry-specific issues in view of the country’s relationship with Singapore. It requires proper analysis and creative solutions from participants. All ideas/analysis will go through a review process and receive constructive feedbacks from our top-notch experts/judges.
To our expectations, Quick Challenges not only bring its participants a firm economic background and strong momentum to join the subsequent rounds, but also serve as a stage where like-minded people can mingle, interact and hopefully find the suitable partners to form teams for our exciting Main Challenge organized in from October to December.
We hope to create an interactive platform where one can explore one’s creativity, grow one’s potential and look at the world from different perspectives.
[slider title=”1. Guideline Rules for Participant (QC Competition Rules)” hint=”Guideline Rules for Participant (QC Competition Rules)”]
Ychallenge 2011 is open to everyone, without any restriction of age, sex, nationality, and educational level. Only your passion for Vietnam’s business development counts.
Competitions & participants are subject to the privacy policy of the Ychallenge Organizers (hereinafter referred to as The Organizer).
The following rules shall apply together with any instructions or rules specific to any current competition and direct announcement from the organizer.
By joining our competition (hereinafter as Quick Challenge or QC) you are deemed to have accepted the following:
1. You are not from or part of The Organizer and anyone professionally connected with the prize offered in Ychallenge.
Some organizers may submit answers to the online quick challenges, but they will be disqualified from the judging process as well as the rewards. The only purpose is to share ideas and contribute to “Yplatform online platform”, with the hope to foster the vibrant discussions online.
2. Originality: You are responsible for the originality of your submissions. Any level of plagiarism as well as nonconformity to the guidelines of the competition will lead to disqualification.
3. Copyright: In submitting your entry, you have given the permission to The Organizer to reproduce and/or use the submissions in any form it deems fit. Due credit will be given to the owner of the submission should the entry be reproduced or used.
4. By taking part in the competition, you warrant that all information submitted is true, current and complete at the time of submission. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your details and e-mail address are accurate, and that The Organizer is informed of any changes to these. The Organizer accepts no responsibility for any changes not properly notified from the time of submission of your entry to the time of notification that the prize has been awarded.
5. Failure to claim a prize within the time or in the manner specified may result in disqualification and the selection of an alternative winner.
6. Disqualification:
Participants will be disqualified when
6.1. Violating any of the terms as described in (1), (2), (3)
6.2. Their entry is incomplete and/or does not answer the question and/or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have breached any of these rules.
7. Content must be intended for question’s purpose and must, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the participant, be suitable for a general audience and must not contain any nudity, sexually explicit, disparaging, libellous or other inappropriate content.
8. In the case of any disputes regarding these rules, or the rules or instructions of a specific competition, or any other conflicting issue, The Organizer’s decision is final.
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[slider title=”2. How can I participate?” hint=”How can I participate?”]
Each Quick Challenge provides two or three questions about Vietnam’s important macro issues and participants are encouraged to provide in-depth analysis and creative solutions to any areas that you concern by simply submitting your ideas to us in either one of the following formats:
2.1. One (1) short essay from 200 to 500 words
2.2. A presentation of no more than 5 slides
2.3. Essay could be submit directly onto the website, however, if your submission is in presentation format (slide) then you must send your entry to us at email Ychallenge@yplatform.vn , we’ll post on the website within 24 hours.
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[slider title=”3. Judging Criteria & Grading System” hint=”Judging Criteria & Grading System”]
All submissions will be graded using a-10-point system, 30% of which comes from voting in Ychallenge website and 70% from judge assessment.
3.1. Website Voting (30%):
- Your submission will be published in Ychallenge website, and the community will vote for your entry by Thumb Up / Like (No Thumb Down/ Dislike is available)
- The grading will be normalized by the total number of vote for all entries, take the highest entry vote as full grade (30%) and percentile down the line for subsequence entries.
3.2. Expert Judges Assessment (70%):
One of the highlights for QC is that experts from different industries will judge your submission. Judges will be particularly looking for the following qualities:
- Comprehension of issue – entry is well-thought, takes important factors into account, demonstrates clear logic and structure, and showcases depth of thinking about the issue.
- Persuasions of ideas – critical thinking. Do your insights offer meaningful contribution to a company?
- Creativity/Originality – does your entry showcase creativity/originality and presents a unique approach to answering the stated questions? Proper reference must be cited when quoting from other sources.
- Presentation of ideas – Linguistic proficiency, organization and coherence
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[slider title=”4. Reward & Recognition” hint=”Reward & Recognition”]
A Certificate will be presented to all top-3 in each QC
- 2nd Runner-up: $20 Book Voucher
- 1st Runner-up: $30 Book Voucher
- Winner: Sponsored Lunch with one of our judges.
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[slider title=”5. Board of Judges” hint=”Board of Judges”]
5.1. Mr. Pham Phu Khoi
Director – Vietnam Head, Investment Banking Group, Merrill Lynch
Assistant Professor of Economics, Singapore Management University
5.3. Dr. Le Dang Doanh
Former Director of CIEM, member of IDS, Government Advisor
5.4. Dr. Vu Thanh Tu Anh
Director of Research, Fulbright Economics Teaching Program
Research Fellow, Vietnam Program, Harvard Kennedy School
5.5. Mr. Nguyen Son Nam
Director at the International Division – Lombard Odier & Cie
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