The closing ceremony of the UAV Cup PV Gas 2025 innovation competition, themed "Homeland skies", took place on 7/12 at C500 stadium, People's Security Academy. In the final results, the Skyvision team (Ton Duc Thang University) won the championship; the BK-IAV team (Hanoi University of Science and Technology) secured the runner-up position; and the LH-TDH team (Lac Hong University) placed third.

UAV Cup PV Gas 2025 award ceremony. Photo: PV Gas.

As a co-organizer, Vietnam Gas Corporation - PV Gas stated that the company not only accompanied the competition as a national energy enterprise but also pursued a larger goal: to build an innovation ecosystem, nurture a generation of young engineers, and contribute a foundation for the nation's strategic technology sectors in the future.

Mr. Dinh Tan Hung, director of the Institute of Space and Underwater Technology Research (right), presented a co-organizer's commemorative medal to Mr. Nguyen Cong Luan, deputy general director of Vietnam Gas Corporation. Photo: PV Gas.

UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are no longer just a topic for student competitions but are gradually becoming core technological infrastructure for many low-altitude economy sectors: logistics, smart agriculture, energy facility monitoring, search and rescue, infrastructure surveying, and national defense and security.

Globally, many nations are heavily investing in the low-altitude economy, an economic model based on the application of UAVs and smart devices in low-altitude airspace. This sector is a new pillar in economic and national defense development strategies, while also enhancing capabilities to respond to natural disasters, climate change, and epidemics.

Vietnam is also prioritizing the development and mastery of core technologies in strategic areas such as UAVs, robots, and AI cameras. Science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation are considered important drivers for socio-economic development in the new era.

PV Gas stated that the company sees in this competition not just flight paths but the future shape of a new technology market, a generation of engineers mastering the skies, and a national capability growing from academia.

"Therefore, the theme 'Homeland skies' is not merely an emotional message but a declaration of the aspiration to build a 'made in Vietnam' UAV technology foundation, where Vietnamese students not only learn but also create and master", a PV Gas representative said.

Representatives from management agencies, businesses, and universities photographed at the event. Photo: PV Gas.

Throughout its development journey, PV Gas has always identified investment in people, knowledge, and science and technology as an investment in the nation's sustainable energy. The company focuses on "lab-to-market" models, where students not only conduct research but also form businesses, commercialize technology, and bring Vietnamese UAVs into real-world application. This is also the spirit the company pursues: transforming ideas into value and knowledge into a driving force for development.

(Source: PV Gas)