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Ho Chi Minh City skyline at dusk, Landmark 81 lit above the river

BUILT ON +84CONNECTED TOTHE WORLD

B71 Vietnam × Van Lang University's joint innovation programme for the Vietnamese market. Talent in, ventures out, community around – One platform where scholars, startups and student founders enter through two different doors.

Startups: Apply to the accelerator →Students: join the community →

  • CO-HOST

    B71 — An NUSX Venture PlatformVan Lang University

  • UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

    Ministry of Science & Technology

ABOUT 84X

Two programmes Choose what fits you most

Start with 84X Connect when you have an idea. Move to 84X Accelerate when you have a working product and are ready to scale with real corporate clients.

  • 01

    Early stage

    84X Connect

    A programme for students and early founders. Learn core startup skills, form a team and work on a real problem.

    Who can apply

    Students and young founders with an idea, or none yet. No registered company, finished idea or full team needed.

    See more about 84X Connect

  • 02

    Scale-up stage

    84X Accelerate

    The open innovation accelerator. Corporates set real challenges across the Smart Retail value chain; pre-vetted startups from VN · SG · JP solve them in-market.

    Who can apply

    Incorporated startups from Vietnam, Singapore or Japan with a working product and revenue, ready to scale with corporate partners.

    See more about 84X Accelerate

A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

VLU × NUSX: BUILDING VIETNAM'S OPEN INNOVATION ENGINE FOR REGIONAL AND GLOBAL SCALE

Signed on 29 May 2026 at Tech Connect 2026: the Vietnam–Singapore technology forum attended by Vietnam's Ministry of Science & Technology. Van Lang University × NUSX partnership develops innovation talent, backs early-stage startups, and connects VLU students to the B71 global network.

B71 Vietnam and Van Lang University signing the memorandum of understanding
  • 10+Unicorns in the B71 · NUSX network
  • 03Markets in the solution pool – VN · SG · JP
  • 04Advanced VLU labs on campus
  • ~40KStudents at the programme's home campus

B71 VIETNAM × VAN LANG UNIVERSITY

B71 VIETNAM, INSIDE NUSX

B71 is NUSX's global venture-building network – The operator behind 84X. Van Lang University brings the campus, the labs and the talent: the Global Innovation & Impact Center is the programme's home in Ho Chi Minh City.

Van Lang Global Innovation Center

The campus, the labs and the talent. The home of 84X in Ho Chi Minh City

  • Students across business, design, health & technology
  • AI Lab, Lab CCM, Lab AIM and High-Tech Lab on site
  • Faculty experts and rooms for workshops and events

B71 Vietnam, inside NUSX

Part of NUSX, the venture platform of the National University of Singapore. The operator behind 84X

  • Global venture network across SG, VN, Indonesia, China, US
  • NUS research, IP and mentor bench behind every cohort
  • 2025 B71 Vietnam cohort closed $250,000 in SAFE notes from an Asian VC
Van Lang University campus building with a curved glass façade
Interdisciplinary Sandbox (Sandbox liên ngành) exhibition booth
Innovation lab with circular screens suspended from the ceiling
Two students standing beside a service robot

PROGRAMME RUNWAY

Where we are right now

Live status. Updated 28 Aug 2026.

  1. AUG 2026

    Challenge sourcing

    Done — briefs being scoped with Enterprises

  2. SEP 2026

    Registration open

    Done — closed 20 Sep

  3. OCT 2026

    Top 10 & matching

    Live now

  4. NOV–DEC 2026

    12-week build

    Next

  5. JAN 2027

    Demo Day & deals

    Upcoming

  6. ROLLING

    Community & scholarships

    Always open — pillars 01 & 03

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