{"id":3286,"date":"2026-02-09T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/bach-khoa-innovation-2026-an-international-innovation-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:19:51","slug":"bach-khoa-innovation-2026-an-international-innovation-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/bach-khoa-innovation-2026-an-international-innovation-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Bach Khoa Innovation 2026: an international innovation competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-1.png 711w, https:\/\/pfiev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Capture-1-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>From <strong>March to August 2026<\/strong>, the French Embassy in Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic Institute (HCMUT &#8211; VNU-HCM) are co-organizing the new edition of <strong>Bach Khoa Innovation (BKI) 2026<\/strong>, a major scientific and entrepreneurial competition bringing together <strong>some 250 Vietnamese and international student teams and start-ups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Throughout the program, teams will benefit from <strong>intensive support<\/strong>: training sessions, mentoring by academic and industrial experts, site visits, masterclasses, followed by a <strong>grand final in Ho Chi Minh City<\/strong> before an international jury. The aim: to transform innovative ideas into concrete projects and encourage the emergence of future technology start-ups. <\/p>\n\n<p>This makes BKI a <strong>unique platform for university-business collaboration<\/strong>, connecting students, teacher-researchers and socio-economic players around real innovation challenges.<\/p>\n\n<p>Establishments and organizations in the PFIEV network can get involved at various levels: proposing challenges, accompanying teams, taking part in juries, supporting mentoring activities or promoting their expertise.<\/p>\n\n<p>Interested organisations are invited to register their interest using the dedicated form:<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfoSOCbQDcQJy45eHqNnsEwyFFVsvFPYSeHOAYHGaQbgVtnNA\/viewform?usp=publish-editor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfoSOCbQDcQJy45eHqNnsEwyFFVsvFPYSeHOAYHGaQbgVtnNA\/viewform?usp=publish-editor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>The PFIEV strongly encourages its academic and industrial partners to join this initiative, which helps to <strong>raise the profile of French engineering training in Vietnam<\/strong>, support student entrepreneurship and develop lasting cooperation with the local innovation ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GxohtuGaUAAzw99-1-1024x885.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GxohtuGaUAAzw99-1-1024x885.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pfiev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GxohtuGaUAAzw99-1-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pfiev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GxohtuGaUAAzw99-1-768x664.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pfiev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GxohtuGaUAAzw99-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bach Khoa Innovation 2026: an international innovation competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3289,"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions\/3289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfiev.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}