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Meatless food & plastic-free packaging trends driving innovations in APAC, says Mi Terro CEO Robert Luo [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

Luo also shared what are the challenges faced by businesses in the context of sustainability and his firm's strategies to overcome these challenges.

VinFuture Foundation officially launches the call for 2022 VinFuture prize nominations

The VinFuture Prize has officially opened the nomination portal for the second season from February 16th until May 17th, 2022. The 2022 season of VinFuture Prize is looking for scientific inventions and innovations that can help revive the world and build up sustainable development after the pandemic.

Great scientists must be humanitarians as well, says VinFuture Prize Co-Chair Professor Albert P. Pisano [Q&A]

In this TechNode Global Q&A, Professor Albert P. Pisano, Co-Chair, VinFuture Pre-Screening Council, shares his insights into the process of scientific discovery and how great scientists need to be humanitarians as well. "It is most important to keep in mind that the real purpose for doing all of this is to help people," he tells TechNode Global.

VinFuture Prize Chair Professor Sir Richard Henry Friend on opportunities in science and discovery [Q&A]

"I think that world is still there to be discovered. As we make progress with our technologies, we will discover more. All the exciting examples turn out to have an unexpectedness about them. It wasn't a linear process towards the end. And that's how science should be."

Winners of prestigious $4.5M Global Sci-Tech VinFuture prizes announced

The VinFuture Prize rewards breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations with humanitarian outcomes. The VinFuture Prize is aligned with one or more of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is grounded in recognizing proven, real-life impact. Winners demonstrated breakthrough innovations in science and technology focused on…

Live from Hanoi: VinFuture Prize Inaugral Award Ceremony

One year after its launch, the VinFuture Prize Council has completed the evaluation process and selected 4 groundbreaking scientific innovations that have made and will continue to make positive impacts in the everyday lives of millions of people around the world. Prize winners will be announced, together with the in-person presence of great minds of the…

VinFuture Prize: A gift of hope from Vietnam

VinFuture’s sole mission was simply put but stirred up bright hopes for people in a difficult time: “To create meaningful change in the everyday lives of millions of people by honoring transformational technological innovations.”

Announcing the winners of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021

The ORIGIN Innovation Awards recognizes outstanding startups, corporate innovators, and movers and shakers in the Asia Pacific region poised for growth. The awards celebrate the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, and also seek to inspire the dreamer in all of us.