VINIF Fund sponsors 160 billion for Vietnamese science and technology in 2023

VinIF is a non-profit program of Vingroup Corporation, aiming to change the research environment and contribute to creating a launching pad to bring Vietnamese science to international level.

The announcement ceremony of VINIF's 2023 funding programs was attended by more than 500 delegates, including representatives of ministries, academies, universities, research institutes, projects and funding candidates, along with prestigious scientists and experts.

In 2023, with the support of the Scientific Council including 400 prestigious domestic and international experts, through evaluation rounds, VinIF Fund sponsored 16 new science and technology projects, 300 master's and doctoral scholarships, 90 post-doctoral scholarships, 8 projects and 17 cultural and historical events.

Cooperation programs for training masters in data science with 6 projects and funding, organizing conferences, seminars, and public lectures continue to be implemented and promoted.

This is the fifth consecutive year that VINIF has accompanied science and technology, contributing to creating positive and sustainable changes for the country. To date, the Fund has supported more than 3,000 scientists and researchers through cutting-edge research projects, pioneering training cooperation projects, postgraduate scholarships and activities to preserve the unique historical and cultural values of the nation.

The program has had over 1,000 works published in prestigious international journals, 200 scientific awards, 500 products of all kinds, 70 inventions, the rate of commercialized and technology transferred projects reached 21% and 50%. VINIF Alumni Club gathers over 1,500 members who are young scientists with many knowledge exchange events, contributing to spreading VINIF's core values to the community.

Prof. Vu Ha Van, Scientific Director of VINIF Foundation, spoke at the Announcement Ceremony on January 16, 2024.

Speaking at the announcement ceremony, Prof. Vu Ha Van, Director of Science of VINIF, shared: “ After 5 years, the program has achieved proud results in terms of changes in scientific thinking, commercialized scientific products and especially a generation of young researchers who are honest, creative and responsible to the country.

These achievements are the driving force for VINIF to continue to innovate and create, joining hands with managers, universities, and research institutes to create even greater turning points for Vietnamese science ."

Sharing the above viewpoint, Deputy Minister Tran Hong Thai, Ministry of Science and Technology, said: “2023 is a year with many positive signs of change when the strategy for developing science, technology and innovation in Vietnam to 2030 was approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 569/QD-TTg dated May 11, 2022, which emphasized that resources from enterprises are extremely important.

The Fund's support has effectively supported thousands of scientists, developed many strong research groups at universities, supported the commercialization of products through research and development (R&D), and enhanced Vietnam's science and technology potential.

On this occasion, we propose that VINIF Fund study priority research directions and national products approved by the Prime Minister so that it can work with ministries and branches to focus resources on new and high technologies to form new industries and new products with high added value, especially in areas where Vietnam is strong such as agriculture, manufacturing and processing industry, services, information technology... or pioneer in Industry 4.0 technologies.

We believe that VINIF, together with many funds and businesses, will join hands to build a modern and developed Vietnamese science and technology, for a prosperous and happy Vietnam ."

Deputy Minister Tran Hong Thai, Ministry of Science and Technology, shared his views on the important resources from enterprises for the development of Vietnam's science and technology.

The values that VinIF brings are not only a large non-profit financial source dedicated to science but also create many positive changes to the culture of scientific research, attract Vietnamese intellectuals to the country, promote new science and technology fields, and actively contribute to the development of Vietnamese science to reach the world. Find out more information about the event here.

Bao Anh

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