Press & events
Press, TV, awards and events since 2022. Every item links to the original publisher's or partner's channel; anything BenKon adds is kept separate.
BenKon's note: The article describes the device → Bluetooth Mesh → cloud architecture designed by Vietnamese engineers, and the two Vietnamese patents granted in 2025.
Source: Tạp chí KH&CN Việt Nam · Vietnam.vn, 08/10/2026 · View original↗
BenKon's note: An article on the financing challenge for IP-heavy technology companies, citing BenKon as an example.
Source: VTC News, 05/10/2026 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: Vietnam Today quotes BenKon's CEO on owning both the hardware and the platform.
Source: VTV English · Vietnam Today, 07/09/2026 · View original↗
BenKon's note: An article on Ho Chi Minh City's high-tech policy, with comments from BenKon.
Source: SGGP, 09/2026 · View original↗
BenKon's note: BenKon on the gap between the lab and a product running in the field.
Source: VTC News, 09/2026 · View original↗
BenKon's note: At a Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology and SIHUB workshop, BenKon presented its model for replacing inefficient equipment with no upfront payment from customers, and the kind of capital it needs.
Source: VnExpress, 25/08/2026 · View original↗
BenKon's note: BenKon's CEO: a company has to prove its product creates financial value for the end customer.
Source: VnEconomy, 20/07/2026 · View original↗
BenKon's note: Google Vietnam named BenKon as a Google for Startups graduate with an AI product serving many business customers.
Source: VnEconomy · Google Việt Nam, 02/06/2026 · View original↗
BenKon's note: BenKon was one of nine energy-efficiency solutions presented at the event by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, GGGI and Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
Source: Báo Công Thương, 06/2026 · View original↗
BenKon's note: Daikin and BenKon visited a live operation with a partner at a gym branch in Ho Chi Minh City.
Source: Facebook The New Gym, 22/05/2026 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: A short video on how BenKon devices and platform work at a customer site.
Source: YouTube BenKon, 03/2026 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: BenKon's centralised AC management and automation system was named a Top 10 Outstanding New Digital Technology Product at the Make in Viet Nam 2024 awards.
Source: YouTube BenKon, 11/2025 · View original↗
BenKon's note: BenKon's CEO on VOH radio about opportunities for technology startups.
Source: VOH, 06/2025 · View original↗
BenKon's note: BenKon joined the ESS/VESN energy-saving solutions community, witnessed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and EVN.
Source: LinkedIn · ESS/VESN, 04/2025 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: A video featuring BenKon in the X-celerate 2025 clean-energy cohort.
Source: YouTube New Energy Nexus, 2025 · View original↗
BenKon's note: A radio feature on how BenKon uses operating data to manage energy.
Source: VOH, 05/2024 · View original↗
BenKon's note: BenKon took part in NIC and AWS's Vietnam AI Frontier as a Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023 representative.
Source: VTV4, 05/2024 · View original↗
BenKon's note: A radio feature on BenKon's AC management solution.
Source: VOH, 04/2024 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: An HTV9 report on automated AC operations for multi-site businesses.
Source: HTV9, 03/2024 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: An HTV9 report on centralised AC management at a university.
Source: HTV9, 03/2024 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: BenKon presenting at Demo Day, closing the Google for Startups Accelerator Southeast Asia 2023.
Source: YouTube Google for Startups, 02/2024 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: A video on centralised AC management for store chains.
Source: YouTube BenKon, 01/2024 · View original↗
BenKon's note: A VOH video report on BenKon's automated AC management.
Source: VOH, 01/2024 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: Made by Vietnam features BenKon as a Vietnamese technology brand.
Source: Made by Vietnam, 11/2023 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: The Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023 ceremony at the opening of NIC Hoa Lac; BenKon received the Best Outstanding Solution award in the Startup track.
Source: NIC · Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu tư, 10/2023 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: BenKon's introduction video in English.
Source: YouTube BenKon, 09/2023 · View original↗
BenKon's note: An HTV article on energy startups, featuring BenKon.
Source: HTV, 09/2023 · View original↗
BenKon's note: The 'Innovating to grow' radio programme features BenKon SmartAir.
Source: VOH, 09/2023 · View original↗
BenKon's note: A feature on the project that won Third Prize in the Creative Startups category of the 3rd Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Award.
Source: VOH, 09/2023 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: HTV's Startup Fire programme on BenKon's journey.
Source: HTV, 06/2023 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: An HTV9 report on BenKon's AC management system at store chains and a university.
Source: HTV9, 06/2023 · View original↗
BenKon's note: A radio feature on BenKon's startup story.
Source: VOH, 05/2023 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: Google Vietnam tells BenKon's story in the Google for Startups programme.
Source: YouTube Google Việt Nam, 04/2023 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: A Google for Startups video introducing BenKon.
Source: YouTube Google for Startups, 04/2023 · View original↗
BenKon's note: BenKon was named among the QVIC 2023 finalists.
Source: VTV, 03/2023 · View original↗
BenKon's note: The VNEEP energy-saving portal features BenKon's solution at Thu Dau Mot University.
Source: Bộ Công Thương · VNEEP, 03/2023 · View original↗
BenKon's note: BenKon won First Prize in the Vietnam track at Startup Wheel 2022, organised by BSSC.
Source: VOH, 08/2022 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: A video on deploying AC management at a coffee chain.
Source: YouTube BenKon, 07/2022 · View original↗
▶BenKon's note: The SHTP-IC high-tech incubator introduces BenKon's solution.
Source: YouTube SHTP-IC, 22/06/2022 · View original↗
