Asian Chemical Biology Initiative (ACBI), an organization launched six years ago by scientists from Japan, Korea, China and Singapore, held its annual meeting at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, between January 20 and January 23, 2017. Drs. Ming-Wei Wang (Dean, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University and Director of the National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai), Motonari Uesugi (Professor of Kyoto University, Japan and Concurrent Professor of Fudan University) and Sunghoon Kim (Professor of Seoul National University, Korea and Adjunct Professor of Fudan School of Pharmacy) attended the meeting. They each gave a presentation describing their latest research achievements which were well received by the audience.