Honoring "world-changing" research at VinFuture on the evening of December 6

The winners of the awards, worth a total of nearly VND115 billion (equivalent to USD4.5 million), will be announced at the VinFuture 2024 Awards Ceremony on the evening of December 6 at the Hoan Kiem Theater.

Leading researchers and world-famous artists have gathered in Hanoi, ready for the most anticipated event in the world of science and technology. The meeting place of the world's leading names On the evening of December 6, the VinFuture Global Science and Technology Awards 2024 took place at the Hoan Kiem Theater (Hanoi). The program will be broadcast live from 8:10 p.m. on VTV1 - Vietnam Television and rebroadcast on many online platforms.

With the theme "Resilient Breakthrough", the VinFuture 2024 Award Ceremony taking place on December 6 at the Hoan Kiem Theater is one of the focal events of the global science and technology community (Photo: VinFuture).

This is a moment that the science and technology community around the world has been waiting for. Because the award will honor breakthrough inventions and technologies that contribute to improving the quality of life of millions of people on earth and promoting the development of many industries and services that are important to humanity. After the echoes of the previous 3 seasons, VinFuture 2024 attracted a record number of nearly 1,500 research projects, nominated by more than 9,000 partners from more than 80 countries and territories around the world. The number of international scientists becoming nominating partners increased nearly 8 times, the number of nominations increased 2.5 times compared to the first season, demonstrating the stature and influence of VinFuture. The 4th VinFuture Awards ceremony brings together outstanding scientists from around the world in key fields and contributes to shaping the future development of the world, such as materials science, artificial intelligence, medicine, environmental research, etc. Among them are many researchers who are winners of international awards such as Nobel, Millennium Technology, Turing, etc. and winners of previous VinFuture Awards. VinFuture 2024 also attracts public attention with the presence of leading names in the world and Vietnam in the field of culture and arts. According to information from the organizing committee, the band Imagine Dragons will bring meaningful performances with unique and modern music. Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, violinist Hoang Ho Khanh Van, and the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet will bring performances imbued with the traditional identity and modern beauty of Vietnam.

The VinFuture Awards Ceremony will feature unique performances imbued with national cultural identity (Photo: VinFuture).

VinFuture 2024 with the message "Resilient Breakthrough" 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. As usual, this year's VinFuture Awards system includes 4 categories. Of which, the main award is worth more than 76 billion VND, equivalent to 3 million USD. Three special awards, each worth nearly 13 billion VND, equivalent to 500 thousand USD, will be awarded to female scientists, scientists from developing countries and scientists researching new fields. The VinFuture Awards Council includes scientists and inventors from educational institutions, research institutes and leading technology corporations in the world. This year, the program honors the nominating partners who have made important contributions to the mission of honoring and promoting science to serve humanity. Before the award ceremony, scientists predicted the fields that would be honored at this year's award. Among them, fields that have received attention from global researchers, such as climate change, energy security, global health, artificial intelligence (AI), etc., are considered strong candidates.

The band Imagine Dragons promises to bring outstanding performances to the VinFuture Awards 2024 stage (Photo: Imagine Dragons).

In addition to honoring breakthrough achievements, the VinFuture Prize is also an opportunity for scientists from many countries to meet and exchange knowledge, perspectives and diverse approaches as well as strengthen global networking. Although the prize was established later, after 3 seasons of being held, VinFuture has created a great influence on a global scale. Many VinFuture winners have continued to be honored with other awards, including the Nobel Prize. According to experts, outstanding vision and methodical organization have helped VinFuture gather many famous scientific minds in the world to participate in the Prize Council and attract many quality nominations of great value to humanity. Thanks to that, VinFuture has soon created a buzz and affirmed its position in the field of science and technology awards in the world. Source: https://dantri.com.vn/khoa-hoc-cong-nghe/vinh-danh-nhung-nghien-cuu-thay-doi-the-gioi-tai-vinfuture-vao-toi-612-20241205135054144.htm