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In contrast, the concept is still a new one and remains virtually unfamiliar with communities in Vietnam. In the attempt of providing an overview of business incubators, in this paper, we first introduce basis knowledge of the special firm type and then briefly describe one of its existences in practice, university business incubators. | Hoàng Văn Hải Tạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ 105(05): 81 - 86 OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS INCUBATORS AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS INCUBATORS Hoang Van Hai* College of Economics & Business Administration – TNU SUMMARY Business incubator is a special firm type set up with the aim at assisting young firms through support services, such as infrastructure, capital access, employee recruitment and training, during start –up periods when they are most likely to get failure. Therefore, it is considered as an engine of regions’ development in terms of economic value and job creation and has become deeply respected institutions. The concept of business incubators becomes familiar with communities around the world in recent years, especially in developed countries like United States, western European countries, Australia, and Japan. In contrast, the concept is still a new one and remains virtually unfamiliar with communities in Vietnam. In the attempt of providing an overview of business incubators, in this paper, we first introduce basis knowledge of the special firm type and then briefly describe one of its existences in practice, university business incubators. Key words: Business incubators; University business incubators; Incubatees; Knowledge; Development INTRODUCTION* Business Incubators (BIs) made its first appearance in Vietnam in 2004 with the establishment of a business incubator affiliated with Hanoi University of Science and Technology. Currently, Vietnam has 47 technology incubators. Overall, the incubators have achieved some initially encouraging results in terms of number of scientific and technological enterprises incubated. Some typical examples can be mentioned are the business incubator of CRC-TOPIC nurturing 22 enterprises, centre for high-tech business incubation (HBI) nurturing 4 enterprises and support over 20 businesses, centre for software business incubation of Quang Trung (SBI) nurturing 10 enterprises, and center for high-tech business incubation of Hoa .