{"id":1801,"date":"2013-11-19T16:42:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T09:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.appota.com\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2013-11-26T10:06:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T03:06:49","slug":"vietnams-first-ever-two-city-mobile-hackathon-gets-over-300-developers-coding-for-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.appota.com\/vi\/vietnams-first-ever-two-city-mobile-hackathon-gets-over-300-developers-coding-for-48-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam\u2019s first ever two-city Mobile Hackathon gets over 300 developers coding for 48 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>This past weekend, Vietnam (and possibly all of Asia) had one of its first ever double city hackathons. In other words, Vietnam\u2019s beautiful capital city, Hanoi, and the country\u2019s new tech city, Binh Duong, simultaneously coded away in a hackathon that lasted over 48 hours. At the end of the grueling weekend, with over 60 teams across two cities competing, six teams walked away with huge prizes. The awards were humble but significant for the young professionals and students competing.<!--more--><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.techinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Vietnam%E2%80%99s-first-ever-two-city-Mobile-Hackathon-gets-over-300-developers-coding-for-48-hours-01.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnam\u2019s first ever two-city Mobile Hackathon gets over 300 developers coding for 48 hours\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* First prize: $2,400<br \/>\n* Second prize: $1,000<br \/>\n* Third prize: $500<\/p>\n<p>The themes for this hackathon, unlike the\u00a0JV Hacking Fest\u00a0that focused specifically on healthcare in Japanese and Vietnamese markets, spanned four categories: productivity, games, education, and content platforms. With such a diverse set of themes, hackers were also given the right to combine themes to make things like a games-related education app or a content platform for sharing productivity tips.<\/p>\n<p>The hackathon, organized by\u00a0Aiti Education, a technology education firm, started last Friday afternoon. They met their mentors and hacked all the way until Sunday afternoon, when each team was given between three to five minutes to present. But the truly special thing that separated this hackathon from any other hackathon in Vietnam was the simultaneous pitching that happened across north and south (the actual event was held in BTIC, Binh Duong, a new spacious piece of land built with the vision of being Vietnam\u2019s next futuristic tech city. It\u2019s an over one-hour drive outside of Ho Chi Minh city).<\/p>\n<p>As each team pitched, audience members from both cities could see the other city pitching in the background. Although you couldn\u2019t hear the other city, you could feel the strength of the two hacker communities coming together.<\/p>\n<p>On Facebook, each city\u2019s teams shared their latest meals, exercise routines, and finally app ideas to each other as they asked for votes from friends and fellow developers. At the end of it all, only six teams walked away with prizes.<\/p>\n<h2>In the north<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.techinasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Vietnam%E2%80%99s-first-ever-two-city-Mobile-Hackathon-gets-over-300-developers-coding-for-48-hours-02.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnam\u2019s first ever two-city Mobile Hackathon gets over 300 developers coding for 48 hours\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the north, the 20 teams came together to hack in Ha Noi\u2019s new city center, Cau Giay. There was a host of ideas including a personal finance app, a soccer live-streaming application, a number of action games, and several educational apps. But in the end, these were the three big winners:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Th\u1ea7n \u0110\u1ed3ng: A very simple Android, iOS, and BB10 game that teaches mathematics. It asks users to very quickly determine the relationship between numbers in a mathematical equation. Think quickly: if the answer is 1, what is the relationship between 6 and 6? Of course, it\u2019s division. The team\u2019s presentation captured the audience with laughs as the demo guys mistakenly typed 6 plus 6 equals 1. The concept is simple and the team hopes to monetize the app by offering more advanced mathematical packages for users.<\/li>\n<li>Child\u2019s Garden: This is an educational content platform for kids on iPad. Children can watch videos, play games, read stories, and share their experiences online on Child\u2019s Garden. Most of this content is pulled from the internet currently but the team will be creating their own content and selling it in packages to users.<\/li>\n<li>Bi Bi: The judge\u2019s favorite and an interesting twist on educational apps for children, this Blackberry tablet app allows parents to record their own voice to read stories to their children. Most educational apps babysit parents for them, whereas this app allows parents to still be involved with their children even when they\u2019re not with them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>In the south<\/h2>\n<p>Down in Binh Duong, more than 40 teams hacked away in Vietnam\u2019s new futuristic city over an hour outside of Ho Chi Minh city. This made for a particularly isolated hackathon, but also allowed hackers to focus on building their products and getting to know the teams around them as they exercised, ate, slept, and coded together. The three winning teams included:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ai Ng\u1ed1c H\u01a1n: A fun game that involves two players holding a Windows phone at once. It quizzes two players on prompts in the game. If one player is not fast enough or guesses incorrectly, they lose. It\u2019s fun for folks who only have one phone for a quick game.<\/li>\n<li>CFL: This app is designed to help people who are trying to chill out with a game that helps them relax. It is a platform for a bunch of games that all challenges the user to think but also relax and remember the good \u2019ol days when they were still kids. For example, Vietnamese puzzle games that adults used to play as children.<\/li>\n<li>StoMo: This is an app that allows users to film stop motion videos on their mobile. It\u2019s a really simple take on filming video online and also allows users to share their videos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All of the above apps will be appearing in their respective stores within the next few weeks. The teams that did not win were also encouraged to upload their apps, so keep an eye out.<\/p>\n<h2>Coming up<\/h2>\n<p>According to organizers at the\u00a0Mobile Hackathon, the vision is to grow this platform even bigger, bringing in more business people and marketers, possibly involving international cities, making the program longer (not just a 48-hour hackathon), and adding in investment opportunities beyond just the winning prize. It\u2019s initiatives like this that represent new momentum in Vietnam\u2019s startup scene.<\/p>\n<p>Up next is one more hackathon-like event coming out of Vietnam called Startup Competition, which although isn\u2019t totally in the tech sphere, will kick off into the Startup Weekend NEXT. Vietnam has held Startup Weekend for the past three years, one of which gave birth to the relatively well known startupTicketbox. The NEXT program will involve a full five weeks of hacking, business modeling, and training that will give birth to more innovative and complete products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Theo Techinasia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, Vietnam (and possibly all of Asia) had one of its first ever double city hackathons. In other words, Vietnam\u2019s beautiful capital city, Hanoi, and the country\u2019s new tech city, Binh Duong, simultaneously coded away in a hackathon that lasted over 48 hours. 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