The Vietnamese Abivin company won the Startup World Cup 2019 on May 17 in San Francisco and US$1 million worth of future investment in the firm Abivin won the first prize at the Vietnam Innovative Technopreneur Contest held in late 2018 and was nominated by the Ministry of Science and Technology to attend the Startup World Cup 2019. The company surpassed candidates from countries such as Japan, the US, Canada, Brazil, India, China, Singapore and the Republic of Korea. After four years of operating Abivin vRoute, which can project a travel route at the lowest cost for trucks in a few seconds, maximize the truck’s working capacity and help truck firms save 40 percent of labor and fuel costs, Abivin has proved Vietnamese startups are capable of producing high-quality output for the international market. Successful factors Abivin was fostered by the Vietnam-Finland Innovation Partnership Program – Phase 2 (IPP2), which is run by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The company also took part in domestic competitions, such as Shark Tank Vietnam and Techfest Vietnam 2018, and was invited to compete in international contests, such as the Rice Bowl Startup Awards and Startup World Cup 2019. Abivin has made Vietnamese…