RMIT’s Tourism and Hospitality Management Programme ensures inclusive and quality education for all while promoting lifelong learning. The birth of AVSC proves that. To increase the quality of tourism and hospitality education, RMIT's AVSC will serve as a platform to create awareness and encourage high school students on the importance of the tourism industry to the Vietnamese economy. World tourism leaders have built resilience and incorporated innovation to create a sustainable future. Through the competition, AVSC seeks to encourage Vietnamese high-students to uncover Vietnam's treasures and, simultaneously, to share their experiences with visitors.
Each team must submit 01 proposal (report) and 01 video with creative solutions/ideas to build tourism by embracing innovation for sustainable development in Vietnam. Any application of AVSC that can solve a real-world problem is welcomed.
Innovation in tourism refers to the creation of something new or to a change that can be made to an existing product or idea. Areas that can be considered:
• Attractions - amusement parks, museums, architecture, theatres, shopping centres.
• Accessibility - transport infrastructure, public transit services, and measures for people with mobility limitations and disabilities.
• Amenities - accommodation, gastronomy, and leisure pursuits.
• Available packages - service bundles by intermediaries to increase awareness of a destination's uniqueness.
• Activities - all activities which attract tourists to the destination.
Sustainable Tourism Development through Innovation
Mr Colin McCandless is a seasoned hotelier with particular strengths in pre-opening and commercial focus and brings over 16 years of experience in hotel management across Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Vietnam.
General Manager,
InterContinental Saigon
Area General Manager,
IHG Vietnam and Laos
Mr Minh Anh is the founder of Terraverde, a travel and event company with offices in Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar. He has also been appointed as Honorary Consul of Mexico in Ho Chi Minh City since December 2017.
Founder & Managing Director
Terraverde Travel
Mr Miquel Angel is a tourism expert working and living in Vietnam since 1999; he worked in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Catalonia before arriving in Vietnam. He is also the Head of the Human Resources & Quality Working Group at the Vietnam Tourism Advisory Board for the last five years, advising and supporting the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
Founder & Managing Partner
MQL Sustainable & Tourism Services Ltd.
Dr Jackie Ong is an experienced Tourism Consultant with more than twenty years of experience in higher education, research, business and public sector consulting works relating to the tourism and hospitality industry.
Senior Program Manager
Tourism & Hospitality Management
RMIT Vietnam
Associate Lecturer,
Tourism & Hospitality Management
RMIT Vietnam
Associate Lecturer,
Tourism & Hospitality Management
RMIT Vietnam
Lecturer,
Tourism & Hospitality Management
RMIT Vietnam
01 First Prize:
Prizes worth around VND 30,000,000 per team with 3 team members
01 Second Prize:
Prizes worth around VND 12,000,000 per team with 3 team members
01 Third Prize:
Prizes worth around VND 7,500,000 per team with 3 team members
01 People's Choice Prize (01 teams receiving most online votes):
Prizes worth around VND 3,000,000 per team with 3 team members
02 Encouragement Awards:
Prizes worth around VND 3,000,000 per team with 3 team members
1st Prize worth 15,000,000VND
2nd Prize worth 10,000,000VND
3rd Prize worth 5,000,000VND
Workshop & Preliminary:
Teams register and submit the business proposal/white paper (report) in PDF format together with a no more than 2-minute video (all in English) to showcase the project to AVSC@rmit.edu.vn before 23:59 on 23rd October 2022. Registered teams can participate in online workshop and Q&A sessions with judges & lecturers from RMIT.
Finalist Announcement:
The chosen videos will be published on the fan page AVSC 2022 where audiences can vote for the People's Choice Prize.
Top 05 teams will be chosen for the Final round. Finalists will be offered a training workshop and one-on-one mentoring with industry experts to improve your project.
Training & Final Round:
Final project presentation. The five teams will present their projects to our judges, and the best team will be the winner of RMIT Amazing Vietnam Student Competition 2022.
11 September 2022
Kick-off and Open for Registration
18 September 2022
Opening Ceremony
25 September 2022
Training Workshop for registered teams
23 October 2022
Registration and Submission Deadline
1 November 2022
Finalist Announcement
6 November 2022
Training Workshop for the Finalists
20 November 2022
Final round
Submissions will be judged on:
The chosen videos will be published on the fan page AVSC 2022, and the audience can vote by leaving their interactions (like, share, comment, etc.).
The People's Choice Prize winner will be announced based on the most interactions on our page.
• Problem-solving approach
• Creativity
• Feasibility of the concept
• Teamwork
• Overall presentation
• Effectiveness in conveying distinctive Vietnamese flavour
• Each team should comprise not more than three members.
• Teams will have six weeks to complete their entry. Each submission should take the format of a report (in PDF) and the short video, all in English (for the first round) and be the original design and creation of the participants themselves. Teams can also supplement their entries with models, charts, skits or other appropriate media while presenting to the judges.
• Each team will have to complete the challenge without assistance from teachers and external parties.
• All submitted entries will become the property of the organisers and will not be returned. By participating in this challenge, participants agree that their entries may be displayed and featured in the publications of the organisers and their partners.
• The decisions of the judges are final.
• By participating in this challenge, participants also will consent and agree that RMIT's Corporate Communications Office, its employees, or agents have the right to take photographs and record videos of them during the event and to use these in any media, including social media, associated with RMIT University Vietnam, and that their name and identity may be revealed therein or by descriptive text.
• The rules, regulations, and prizes in this competition are subject to change without prior notice, if necessary, to keep RMIT Vietnam in compliance with Vietnam laws and regulations.