About BenKon
Founded in 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City. BenKon engineers design the hardware, device network and platform, and deploy directly at customer sites.
Patent No. 53649 — Energy-saving air-conditioning monitoring and control system
22/10/2025 · Decision 242410/QĐ-SHTT
Patent No. 53000 — Energy-saving air-conditioning control system and method via QR code
03/10/2025 · Decision 227277/QĐ-SHTT
BENKON trademark, class 09
12/02/2025 · No. 4-0527091-000
Top 10 Outstanding New Digital Technology Products — Make in Viet Nam 2024
31/12/2024 · Decision 07/QĐ-BTC · Details↗
Best Outstanding Solution, Startup track — Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023; presented by the Prime Minister at the opening of NIC Hoa Lac
10/2023 · Details↗
Certificate of Merit from the Chairman — Third Prize, Creative Startups, 3rd Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Award
22/08/2023 · Decision 3528/QĐ-UBND · Details↗
Software copyright certificate
31/05/2022 · No. 4350/2022/QTG
Google for Startups Academy 2022
2022
Google for Startups Accelerator Southeast Asia 2023 — graduate
25/01/2024 · Details↗
First Prize, Vietnam track — Startup Wheel 2022
26/08/2022 · Details↗
Top 5 Green Innovation Fellowship 2023 (IBP · BSSC)
24/08/2023
Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge (QVIC) 2023 — Top 3
2023 · Details↗
Outstanding Start-Up — Tuoi Tre Start-Up Award 2023
26/04/2023
Tech4life 2023 — VINASA
2023
SK Startup Fellowship 2022 — Top 12
2022
Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology explains how BenKon collects data directly from air conditioners through IoT devices on a Bluetooth Mesh network, then analyses it in the cloud to flag anomalies and automate operations. It also mentions an applied study with a university and two patents granted in 2025.
Read on vietnam.vn↗
▶VTV's English service quotes BenKon CEO Truong Minh Dat in a report on Vietnamese firms developing their own energy-efficiency technology. He says owning its technology lets BenKon scale production and design solutions suited to local conditions.
Watch on english.vtv.vn↗SGGP mentions BenKon in a piece on high-tech development in Ho Chi Minh City, describing it as a developer of IoT energy-management solutions for retail chains. CEO Truong Minh Dat talks about the path from engineering design to a product that is tested, manufactured and brought to market.
Read on sggp.org.vn↗VTC News presents BenKon as a green-tech startup using AI and IoT to monitor and optimise air conditioning and manage energy. Founder Truong Minh Dat talks about the role of hardware startups in the innovation ecosystem.
Read on vtcnews.vn↗In a piece on what investors look for in startups, CEO Truong Minh Dat reflects on more than five years building energy management solutions for buildings. He argues that a startup must show the clear financial value its product delivers to customers.
Read on vneconomy.vn↗VnEconomy covers Google's expanded startup-support partnerships, where Google Vietnam's managing director cites BenKon as one of the startups that went through Google for Startups. He notes that BenKon's AI products serve many business customers.
Read on vneconomy.vn↗BenKon looks for partners able to
Add the BenKon system to the products and services the partner already provides to customers.
Develop extra value in hardware, software and services on the BenKon platform.
Connect BenKon to the systems customers already use, such as BMS, ERP, POS or IoT platforms.
Installation, deployment and after-sales support for customers locally.
Cooling equipment brands, makers of fridges, freezers and large units.
Daikin — equipment partner in the Cooling as a Service model.
Telecom operators, M&E contractors, installation and maintenance companies.
VNPT/VinaPhone — telecom and deployment channel partner.
Leasing companies, funds and banks financing high-efficiency equipment.
Cooling as a Service: inefficient equipment replaced with no upfront payment from the customer.
In May 2026, Daikin and BenKon visited a live operation with a partner at a service site in Ho Chi Minh City. Watch the video on the partner's page↗
Partner with BenKonBenKon is seeking investors for two goals:
Take BenKon's energy operations system from Vietnam to regional and international markets.
Capital for high-efficiency equipment, so customers can replace their cooling systems with no upfront investment.
Beyond capital, BenKon looks for investors who bring:
Taking a Vietnamese technology brand to the world, together with BenKon.
Serving the BenKon ecosystem: installation, deployment, after-sales support, and added value across hardware, software and services.
