Awarding ceremony of the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Award 2025

On the evening of July 1, at Nguyen Hue Walking Street (Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City), the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee held the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Awards 2025 award ceremony.

Attending the event were comrades: Nguyen Van Duoc, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee; Nguyen Phuoc Loc, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City; Dang Minh Thong, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee; Major General Mai Hoang, Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department...

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc talks with delegates attending the ceremony. Photo: VIET DUNG

The Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Award is awarded every two years in 7 fields, including: Field 1 ( economic development); Field 2 (defense and security); Field 3 (state management); Field 4 (communication); Field 5 (literature and art); Field 6 (science and technology); Field 7 (creative startups).

Art program at the award ceremony. Photo: VIET DUNG

The 4th Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Award was launched on September 8, 2023, receiving 292 projects, works, solutions, and topics registered to participate.

During the selection period, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assigned the agencies in charge of the 7 areas of the award to coordinate with the Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper and the Standing Office of the Award Organizing Committee to disseminate the participating documents to collect opinions, including feedback on documents showing signs of intellectual property rights violations.

Delegates attending the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Awards ceremony. Photo: VIET DUNG

According to the Organizing Committee, the quality of the documents, projects, topics, and works registered to participate in the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Creativity in some fields has been improved, because the criteria for selecting the award have been raised compared to previous times. In addition, the selection and screening work from the beginning has been carried out seriously.

Through many selection sessions, the 4th Ho Chi Minh City Creativity Award Council has selected 51 outstanding projects, solutions, topics and works to award, including 4 First prizes, 15 Second prizes and 32 Third prizes.

Delegates attending the award ceremony. Photo: VIET DUNG

According to the Council of Fields and the Selection Council, the works and topics considered for awards are mostly highly applicable and effective, and are highly evaluated and scored. These are also highly creative works, applying new techniques and bringing about effectiveness.

Through 4 times of organization, Ho Chi Minh City Creative Awards has honored 237 typical works, topics and projects.

51 authors and groups of authors with outstanding achievements, works and typical solutions won the 4th Innovation Award - 2025. Specifically:

Field 1 (economic development) has 9 products, including: 1 First prize, 2 Second prizes and 6 Third prizes.

Field 2 (defense and security) has 6 products, including: 1 first prize, 3 second prizes and 2 third prizes.

Field 3 (state management) has 6 products, including: 1 second prize and 5 third prizes.

Field 4 (communication) has 6 products, including: 1 First prize, 1 Second prize and 4 Third prizes.

Field 5 (literature and art) has 9 products, including: 1 first prize, 3 second prizes and 5 third prizes.

Field 6 ( science and technology) has 9 products, including: 2 second prizes and 7 third prizes.

Field 7 (creative startups) has 6 products, including: 3 second prizes and 3 third prizes.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/trao-giai-giai-thuong-sang-tao-tphcm-lan-4-2025-post802055.html