Also attending were: Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Duy Ngoc and members of the Party Central Committee, Party and State leaders, leaders of central and local departments, ministries and branches; Ambassadors, representatives of foreign diplomatic agencies, and representatives of international organizations in Vietnam.
Speaking at the award ceremony, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man expressed his delight at witnessing the 5th VinFuture Award Ceremony, one of the largest global Science and Technology awards in terms of scale initiated by Vietnamese people.
On behalf of the leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam, the National Assembly Chairman warmly congratulated the scientists honored at this year's Awards.
According to the National Assembly Chairman, the theme of this year's Award "Together Rising - Together Prospering" is a strong global call for development, in the spirit of solidarity, progress, sharing, creating opportunities for all people and all nations. It is also the spirit of overcoming knowledge limits, promoting global cooperation and
bring practical benefits to humanity
"Looking back at the past 5 years, we can affirm that this Award not only honors outstanding scientific works but also creates valuable dialogues and forums between scientists, businesses and policy makers, from which new ideas, new approaches and new cooperation models are opened up and widely spread," the National Assembly Chairman emphasized.
After 5 seasons, there have been more than 6,000 nominations from nearly 110 countries and territories on all 5 continents. 48 outstanding scientists have been honored - those who are leading the trends in the most important scientific fields such as: artificial intelligence, clean energy, biotechnology, new materials, precision medicine, food security...
The National Assembly Chairman acknowledged, highly appreciated and sincerely thanked the persistent efforts, commitment and high responsibility of the founders of VinFuture Foundation - Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong and his wife, who devoted their enthusiasm and great resources to promoting the science award, contributing to spreading the humanistic values of science and bringing to the world the image of the country and people of Vietnam as rich in intelligence, compassion, will and aspiration for development.
The National Assembly Chairman also sincerely thanked the Award Council for its spirit. high responsibility, maintaining scientific viewpoints
independence, prestige and success of the Award.
This year, the Award continues to record a large number of nominations with 1,705 applications, nearly 3 times more than the first season. The scientific works all demonstrate strong innovative thinking and pioneering creativity. The National Assembly Chairman believes that these research works will continue to spread inspiration and strengthen society's belief in the power of science and technology in solving urgent global problems.
The National Assembly Chairman shared that the world is facing many complex changes. Climate change, epidemics, energy security, food security, economic fluctuations and even unknown risks from science, technology and new technologies require each country to
must find a suitable path of development. Science can only truly develop its strength when there is extensive, equal and sustainable international cooperation.
The National Assembly Chairman said that in recent times, the Party and State of Vietnam have issued many important policies of historical significance, marking new development milestones such as: innovation in thinking in law-making and enforcement, identifying law-making as a "breakthrough of breakthroughs", developing science and technology, innovation and national digital transformation, international integration in the new situation, developing the private economy, education and training, healthcare, etc.
In particular, Resolution 57 of the Politburo identifies science, technology, innovation and digital transformation as key driving forces of the new development phase. The National Assembly has passed Resolution 193, paving the way for specific experimental mechanisms, aiming to create a more open creative space for intellectuals, and more favorable conditions for scientists and businesses to implement ideas and inventions, serving practical requirements.
"Vietnam wishes to work with the world's scientific community to promote cooperation in researching common issues of humanity, promote academic exchanges, train high-quality human resources, cooperate in technology transfer and implement green development models and inclusive development."
Emphasizing this, the National Assembly Chairman affirmed, "Vietnam is ready to accompany countries, organizations, and research institutes in the spirit of openness, responsibility, and mutual respect. Vietnam will continue to be a reliable and attractive destination for scientists so that creative values can be shared and spread strongly to the international community."
Sharing with scientists and delegates the view of General Secretary To Lam that "developing science, technology, innovation and digital transformation is not only a choice, but a way of survival", the National Assembly Chairman stated that Vietnam is committed to building a transparent legal environment, creating favorable conditions for innovation models to be deployed effectively and safely, contributing positively to the development of the region and the world.
The 2025 honorees have made outstanding scientific discoveries that have contributed to creating great benefits for society - both in terms of human welfare and sustainable development.
The VinFuture 2025 Special Prize for Scientists from Developing Countries was awarded to Professor María Esperanza Martínez - Romero from Mexico for her advances in microbial ecology and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in tropical ecosystems.
The VinFuture 2025 Special Prize for Female Scientists was awarded to Professor Mary - Claire King from the US for discovering the BRCA1 gene related to the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, laying the foundation for genetic testing, screening programs and personalized treatment.
The VinFuture 2025 Special Prize for Scientists researching new fields was awarded to Professor Venkatesan Sundaresan; Professor Raphael Mercier; Dr. Emmanuel Guiderdoni; Dr. Imtiyaz Khanday; Dr. Delphine Mieulet for their innovations in developing self-propagating hybrid crops.
Over the past 5 seasons, VinFuture has honored many outstanding scientists - who have then continued to be recognized with other prestigious awards in the world. For example: Prof. Omar Yaghi, winner of the VinFuture Special Prize for Scientists in New Fields in 2021, was honored with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on metal-organic open frameworks (MOFs) that open up major applications for clean energy; Prof. Katalin Kariko and Prof. Drew Weissman, who received the VinFuture Main Prize in 2021, later received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine; the VinFuture Special Prize for Scientists in New Fields in 2022 was awarded to John Jumper and Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind) for their breakthrough in simulating protein structures using AI, which led them to the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Prof. Geoffrey Hinton was honored with the VinFuture Grand Prize and also received the Nobel Prize in Physics in the same year.
Speaking at the ceremony, Prof. Richard Friend - Chairman of the VinFuture Prize Council at the VinFuture Prize 2025 said, AI is developing at an unprecedented speed, the combination of deep learning, large-scale data and GPU chips has created a historic breakthrough. These three pillars were honored at the VinFuture Prize 2024, with the participation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Hanoi.
Looking to the future, Professor Richard Friend believes that VinFuture is expanding beyond the framework of an award, connecting the world's intellectual elite, a sense of responsibility and aspiration to serve humanity.
Source: https://daibieunhandan.vn/chu-tich-quoc-hoi-tran-thanh-man-du-le-trao-giai-thuong-vinfuture-lan-thu-5-10399414.html
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