Hanoi (VNA) – The final round of VietChain Talents 2025, Vietnam’s largest-ever blockchain talent contest, was held in Hanoi on August 23, spotlighting the creativity of young developers and affirming the country’s ambition to become a global blockchain hub.

Jointly organised by the Government Cipher Committee, the Vietnam Blockchain and Digital Asset Association, and tech company 1Matrix, the contest drew more than 1,000 young programmers nationwide over three months, generating over 300 million online impressions.

Colonel Dr. Hoang Van Thuc, Director of the Academy of Cryptography Techniques and a jury member, said entries this year went far beyond finance – blockchain’s most common application – to tackle pressing social challenges in healthcare, education, and community services.

“This diversity shows blockchain can serve as a technology infrastructure to improve lives, not just a tool for trading or finance,” he stressed.

Out of 16 finalists, the jury of 24 leading experts from cryptography, technology, and finance selected four first-prize winners across key themes.

A project on national diploma and certificate management platform by team KMASC, winning the top prize for Blockchain Layer 1 with an award of 1 billion VND ( 38,000 USD).

“VEXTOR – Centralised Digital Asset Exchange” by FidaTech, winning the Centralized/Decentralized Exchange category.

“Web3 TraceHub” by Web3 TraceHub team, winning the Blockchain Tracing category.

“ZK-Portal” by AnyAxis Labs x Decentrio Labs, winning the Blockchain Bridge category.

The latter three winners each received 500 million VND.

A special “Community Impact Award” went to MSB Trustchain, the most popular team among the public throughout the competition.

Phan Duc Trung, Chairman of the Vietnam Blockchain and Digital Asset Association and head of the jury, noted that several solutions had already attracted enterprise interest. “This proves young Vietnamese not only embrace new technology quickly but also know how to turn it into practical social value,” he said.

Major General Ho Van Huong, Deputy Head of the Government Cipher Committee, emphasized that the contest embodies a multi-stakeholder model: the State provides policy frameworks, businesses supply resources and markets, associations act as connectors, and young talents drive innovation.

𓂃 He underlined that VietChain Talents directly contributes to Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation, helping build high-quality human resources for sustainable growth./.