Hanoi’s 10 outstanding young people to be honoured

Ten outstanding young Hanoians will be honoured at a ceremony to be held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Hanoi chapter on January 7.
Hanoi’s 10 outstanding young people to be honoured ảnh 1Weightlifter Vuong Thi Huyen is the only youth representing athletes in the list. (Photo: vnexpress.net)

Hanoi (VNA) – Ten outstanding young Hanoians will behonoured at a ceremony to be held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’sHanoi chapter on January 7.

The youngsters have made marked achievements in such areas asstudy, scientific research, economic development, national defence-security,culture, arts, sports and volunteer activities.

Among them is Bui Hong Duc, a student of the Natural Science HighSchool for Gifted Students under the Hanoi National University, who won a goldmedal at the International Olympiad in Informatics 2019, a silver medal at theAsia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad 2019, and other awards.

Another brilliant face is Dr. Bui Hung Thang, Director of theCentre for Technology Application and Deployment under the Institute ofMaterials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Thang owns two patents granted bythe Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam in 2019 and published many articleson national and international magazines.

His three other patents, comprising “LED LiquidCooling,” “Self-convective liquid-cooled LED bulbs” and “the process of makingsilicone radiator cream containing Graphene," have been applied bycompanies.

Weightlifter Vuong Thi Huyen is the only youthrepresenting athletes in the list. In 2019, she brought homethree gold medals at the Asian Weightlifting Championships; one gold medal atthe SEA Games 30; two golds and one silver at the 2019 World Cup; and one bronzemedal at the World Weightlifting Championship.

Duong Danh Dat, deputy head of Ly Thai To ward’spolice, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, will be honoured for his noted performancein drug crime combat.  

The youngest face to be honoured is Le Trang Linh, a studentof the Piano Department, the Vietnam National Academy of Music, who has wonfirst prizes at four international contests.

Other youths are Tran PhuongThao, a lecturer of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, HanoiUniversity of Pharmacy; Ha Viet Hoang, a second-year student of the Electronicsand Telecommunications Department of Hanoi University of Science andTechnology; Pham Kim Hung, CEO - Founder of TechElite and BASE Inc; Hoang HoaTrung, Head of the volunteer group Niem Tin (Faith); and Le Huong Giang, a studentof University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University,Hanoi./.
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