HSBC names winners of financial planning competition
A team of three students from the Banking University HCM City and Foreign Trade University HCM City has won an HSBC Vietnam competition aimed at promoting financial skills among university students.
The ECLIPE team comprising Hoang Vinh Nguyen (Banking University), Kieu Tuan Dung, and Nguyen Quy Ngoc came up with the most effective plan for given situation of a household with assets and income planning for children's education and parents' retirement among others to grab the first prize of VND50 million (US$2,230) in the Young Financial Planner's Competition.
Second prize of VND30 million (US$1,400) went to the LEO term of Hoang Thi Tram Anh, Nguyen Trung Hieu and Lam Thi Hang from the Foreign Trade University, HCM City.
Around 2,500 participants from Hanoi, Danang, Can Tho, and HCM City took part in the three-month-long contest to test their newly-acquired financial skills.