Honoring world-changing research

VinFuture 2024 attracts nearly 1,500 research projects, nominated by more than 9,000 partners from more than 80 countries and territories.

The VinFuture 2024 Award Ceremony was solemnly held at Ho Guom Theater on the evening of December 6, gathering hundreds of outstanding global "brains" in key fields such as: materials science, artificial intelligence, medicine, environmental research...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Vingroup Chairman Pham Nhat Vuong attended the VinFuture Awards 2024 ceremony with the message "Resilient Breakthrough" on the evening of December 6. Photo: THANH TUYEN

Inspiring the younger generation

Speaking at the award ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that with a scope covering core areas such as computer science, public health, global health, materials science and regenerative medicine, the honored works are all breakthrough initiatives, important solutions to solve common challenges of a global, national and comprehensive nature, contributing to shaping the future of the world.

"We believe that the VinFuture Prize will continue to motivate and inspire scientists and entrepreneurs, especially the young generation of Vietnam, with enthusiasm, aspiration, will to rise up and perseverance to realize their dreams and ambitions," the Prime Minister said.

The Head of Government said that in an effort to "catch up, keep up, break through and surpass", Vietnam prioritizes resources and focuses on perfecting institutions, mechanisms and policies for science and technology development and innovation; especially in emerging and particularly important industries and fields such as digital transformation, green transformation, creative economy, semiconductor chips, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, Internet of Things, etc.

The Prime Minister hopes that scientists, the business community, investors, international and domestic partners will continue to cooperate closely, support, assist and help more effectively so that Vietnam can continue to make breakthroughs in improving its scientific and technological capacity and innovation. Thereby, contributing to creating a driving force for breakthroughs and soon realizing strategic goals: Striving to become a developing country with modern industry and high average income by 2030; and to become a developed country with high income by 2045.

With the spirit of "harmonious benefits and shared risks", Vietnam always welcomes and encourages scientists, business communities, and investors to realize ideas, opportunities, and investment projects in Vietnam.

Attracting 1,500 research projects

With the message "Resilient Breakthrough", VinFuture 2024 honors groundbreaking research and inventions with far-reaching impacts, helping humanity to overcome difficulties and reach new heights.

This year, the VinFuture Prize attracted a record number of participants - nearly 1,500 research projects, nominated by more than 9,000 partners from more than 80 countries and territories.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the VinFuture Prize worth 3 million USD to scientists with outstanding contributions. Photo: THANH TUYEN

Professor Richard Friend, Chairman of the VinFuture Prize Council, assessed that the prize is increasingly receiving positive reception from the world's scientific community. The prize is not only awarded to groundbreaking scientific ideas but also honors works that create significant changes in important areas such as health, sustainable food supply and climate.

The judges are also always looking for groundbreaking innovations, discoveries that are unknown or not yet widely applied but promise the potential to create positive turning points in the future.

Professor Richard Friend also emphasized the aim of an award that can vividly reflect how scientific and technological advances impact the general global development situation. Because the most important message of VinFuture is global recognition for the awarded works, while at the same time raising everyone's awareness of the common urgent problems that humanity is facing.

The VinFuture 2024 main prize was awarded to five scientists: Professor Yoshua Bengio and Professor Geoffrey E. Hinton (Canada), Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang, Professor Yann LeCun and Professor Fei-Fei Li (USA) for their groundbreaking contributions to advancing the advancement of deep learning.

The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Scientists from Developing Countries honored Dr. Firdausi Qadri for his work "Innovation to improve oral cholera vaccines in developing countries".

The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Women Scientists honored Professor Kristi S. Anseth for her advances in polymer material design and methods for biomedical applications that help the body heal itself.

The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Scientists researching new fields was awarded to Professor Zelig Eshhar, Professor Carl H. June and Professor Michel Sadelain for the development of CAR T cell therapy to treat cancer and other diseases.

This year’s VinFuture Prize system consists of four categories. The main prize is worth more than VND76 billion, equivalent to USD3 million. The three special prizes are each worth nearly VND13 billion, equivalent to USD500,000.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/vinfuture-2024-vinh-danh-nhung-nghien-cuu-thay-doi-the-gioi-196241206223402958.htm