Transportation & Logistics: Optimizing End-to-End Logistics
Background
- The need for efficient transportation and distribution of goods is crucial for economic and social development.
- The logistics sector is growing rapidly and presents significant business opportunities.
- The synergy between IT and the physical movement of logistics will greatly accelerate development.
- While there are many logistics solutions available, comprehensive end-to-end logistics solutions are still rare.
- Vietjet, as an airline in the transportation sector, recognises that cargo transportation is a vital service that generates revenue and profit. Investing in IT for logistics is essential to lead, create competitive advantages, and develop an ecosystem.
Opportunity
- Methodology to organise and optimise end-to-end logistics.
- Prototype of IT solutions
Vietjet's Goals
- Invest in developing logistics solutions to stay updated with trends and create competitive advantages.
- Build a community and develop an ecosystem.
- Aim for an internal logistics exchange platform.
- Seek resources for implementation and partnership.
Solution Requirements
Functions
- Demand forecasting – End-to-end planning
- Order receipt / Goods classification – Criteria
- Recipient management / ID, Profile
- Select receiving options / Classification – Criteria
- Select source of goods – Supplier / Classification – Criteria
- Select transportation routes / Classification – Criteria
- Select warehouses / Classification – Criteria
- Select transportation means – Supplier / Classification – Criteria
- Optimise end-to-end logistics / Criteria
- Operations management
- Goods management
- Real-time end-to-end coordination
- End-to-end support
- Commercial interaction / Participants
- Financial management
- Evaluation / Criteria
Technology
- Ready to connect through feasible, efficient methods
- Ready to integrate with related solutions; various types of devices, systems, IoT
- Prioritize standards chosen by potential markets
- Prioritize the use of AI
Join us in revolutionizing logistics! Your innovative ideas can help optimize end-to-end logistics and create impactful solutions. Let's collaborate and make a difference together!
*Note: You can submit proposal regarding all the requirements or pick some critical points to address and highlight how it can address the solution for the best outcomes.
EdTech: Enhancing Student Motivation through Technology
Background
Student motivation remains a critical challenge in online and blended education. Factors such as lack of peer interaction, delayed feedback, or absence of emotional engagement often cause drop-offs in learning engagement. The rise of AI-driven emotion recognition, gamified learning, and adaptive technologies presents new opportunities to address this issue.
Opportunity
Design a tech-based solution that helps students stay motivated, supports teachers in tracking progress, and fosters interactive, inclusive learning—with quantifiable impact and ethical data use.
Goals of the Challenge
- Enhance engagement through emotional and gamified learning.
- Personalize learning paths using AI or teacher input.
- Encourage real-time feedback and social learning.
- Support multilingual access and inclusive design.
- Ensure ethical AI and privacy protections.
- Solution Requirements:
- Engagement & emotion monitoring
- Personalized learning suggestions
- Feedback delivery (AI- or teacher-driven)
- Peer interaction (challenges, chats, group tasks)
- Analytics to track motivation and effectiveness
- Multi-language support
- Inclusive accessibility (e.g., for students with disabilities)
- Easy testing with real users
E-Commerce & Retail: Connecting Local Sellers to Nearby Buyers
Background
In emerging markets, many small-scale or first-time sellers struggle to engage local buyers due to lack of trust, platform access, or digital literacy. There is a strong opportunity to connect these sellers with nearby consumers via intuitive, mobile-first, and socially-integrated platforms.
Opportunity
Build a hyperlocal commerce solution with safe transactions, trust-building tools, and sustainability features—empowering students and micro-entrepreneurs to thrive.
Goals of the Challenge
- Simplify selling and buying for new users
- Enhance trust through verification and reviews
- Support local logistics and flexible delivery
- Promote reuse and sustainability
- Enable offline access in low-connectivity areas
Solution Requirements:
- Easy onboarding & product listing
- Buyer-seller matching with geolocation
- Local delivery/pick-up checkout flow
- Built-in messaging or sharing features
- Profile verification, ratings, and reviews
- Circular economy tracking (e.g., CO2 saved)
- Offline functionality for remote users
- Tutorials, FAQs for onboarding support
Software & Data AI: Everyday AI for Students and Startups
Background
AI is transforming daily life—from automating tasks to generating insights. Yet, many students and startups lack access to AI tools tailored to their everyday needs. There is an opportunity to build useful, ethical, and scalable AI products that are simple to use and locally adapted.
Opportunity
Create AI-powered solutions that improve daily productivity, learning, or decision-making. Solutions should prioritize transparency, inclusiveness, and integration potential—with encouragement for low-code or no-code development.
Goals of the Challenge
- Democratize access to AI-powered support
- Deliver simple, clear, useful applications
- Ensure privacy, data transparency, and ethical logic
- Enable localization and cross-platform scalability
Solution Requirements
- Easy interface (web/app/chatbot)
- Clear use case and measurable impact
- Low setup burden (no advanced devices)
- Open-source AI tools or APIs
- Explainable AI (XAI) and privacy safeguards
- Local culture/language adaptation
- Ready for real-world prototyping
📌 Submission Note
Participants are encouraged to include mockups, MVPs, or test plans in their submission. Prototype tools may include Figma, Google Colab, MIT App Inventor, or equivalent.
🏆 Evaluation Criteria
All submissions will be judged based on:
- Innovation (30%)
- Feasibility (25%)
- User Impact (25%)
- Ethics & Sustainability (20%)
