Young Vietnamese start-up enters Top 10 international start-up competition in Hong Kong

Photo caption — Mr. Nguyen Le Anh Duy - a member of the BioWraps project, shares about the company's products. Photo: Mac Luyen/VNA reporter in Hong Kong

According to a VNA reporter in Hong Kong, these two annual events attract the participation of many investors, experts and policymakers, start-ups, start-up support services, universities, students, as well as start-up community builders.

BioWraps project - a solution of BioWraps Solutions Joint Stock Company - has entered the Top 10 Winners of Startup Express International 2025 organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. This is an environmentally friendly biological packaging solution, produced from cellulose extracted from orange peel - a Vietnamese agricultural by-product, combined with biodegradable polymers (PLA, PVA) and antibacterial nano silver. BioWraps packaging offers a green - safe - sustainable choice, replacing traditional plastic and promoting a circular economy , reducing pollution.

Mr. Trinh Cong Qui - founder of the BioWraps project - shared that this is a pioneering project in providing biological packaging solutions from orange peel waste and post-processed fruit peels in the Mekong Delta region. Currently, plastic waste is becoming an urgent global environmental problem, causing environmental pollution and climate change, so the BioWraps team has successfully developed a product from the extremely abundant cellulose of Vietnamese fruits and has the same load-bearing capacity as traditional plastic packaging but completely does not contain microplastics or toxic chemicals.

Mr. Qui said that the BioWraps team hopes to have the opportunity to reach customers around the world through this competition, thereby expanding the market and having the opportunity to set up a representative office as well as finding partners in Hong Kong. In addition, the team also hopes to access domestic and foreign investment funds to be able to spread the values of green technology of Vietnam to the world.

The BioWraps team consists of biotechnology and materials engineers, experts and consultants who are professors and doctors from prestigious universities and research institutes as well as an executive board with experience in green startups. The project has built a research laboratory, a material testing system and a pilot production line with a capacity of 2 - 5 tons/month.

BioWraps has achieved many achievements such as Top 10 Winner Startup Express International 2025, Top 8 HK Tech300 Vietnam Round, Top 12 Viet Nam - Japan Challenge 2025, Top 20 Global Sustainable Urban Solutions 2025 selected by the United Nations Associations, with the support of many strategic partners from fruit processing factories, universities to domestic and international F&B businesses.

BioWraps has now brought its products to 11 countries, 3 continents and is targeting the mainland China and Hong Kong markets. BioWraps' main products include bio-based food wraps, bio-based bags for F&B businesses, retail, convenience stores, supermarkets and BioResin - a granular bio-based material for on-demand packaging factories.

During the two days of exhibition, BioWraps project received much attention from customers who focus on environmentally friendly products from many countries.

Startup Express International 2025 within the framework of E-Day this year has 10 excellent start-up projects such as abYcloud, Ecovolt Technologies, BioWraps….

E-Day brings together more than 350 startups on innovative projects in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, green technology, smart cities, sustainable development, etc. Through exhibitions, business connections and seminars, E-Day connects startups with potential investors and partners.

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