Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the Vinfuture Grand Prize to the winners at the first season's awards ceremony in Hanoi on January 20. (Photo: VNA) Prof. SirRichard Henry Friend, Chair of the VinFuture Prize Council, said: “Last year’s prize awards celebrate very clearlyhow science and innovation can bring real global benefits for health. However,humankind faces big challenges in many other areas, including natural resourceconsumption, the move to zero carbon to avoid damaging climate change, andothers.
“This year, we want to reach as widely as we can, across disciplines and acrosscontinents, to broaden the scope and impact of the VinFuture Prizes in revivingthe post-pandemic world.”
The VinFuture Foundationentrusted the Prize, one of the world’s largest annual awards in science andtechnology, with contributing to thebetterment of life for millions of people globally by facilitating breakthroughscientific research, technological innovations, inventions that help changepeople’s lives, as well as exceptional scientific solutions in diverse fields, acrossvarious geographical areas, and from scientists regardless of age, gender, ornationality.
The secondseason is open to nominations until May 17 this year.
The first-year VinFuture Prize laureates were announced atthe award ceremony held in Hanoi on January 20, 2022./.
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