Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (second, right) with winners of Golden Globe of prize for brightest female students on December 29 in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Ten outstanding young individuals were given the VietnamGolden Globe Award by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union Central Committee in Hanoi on December 29.
Theaward is presented annually for excellent individuals, under age of 35, inareas of information, medical, pharmaceutical, biological, environmental andnew material technology. Each winner receives 20 million VND (880 USD).
Thewinners this year include eight PhD holders, one person with a Master’s degreeand a 22-year-old student.
PhamViet Khoi, a student at the Vietnam National University in HCM City and theyoungest winner, said the target of his ongoing research is an application thatcan identify a person via image data. “It might help police in catching suspects,”he explained.
Khoisaid receiving the award yesterday was a necessary motivation for his researchand expressed his hope that the Government would provide additionalencouragement to students participating in scientific research.
Speakingat the event, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, said “The future of thecountry is on the young generation’s shoulders.”
Thinhsaid most of the winners this year lived and studied in foreign countries butchose to return to Vietnam to contribute to the country’s development. “It’s aprecious thing,” she said.
Shesaid science and technology had been playing a key role in the country’sdevelopment over the past three decades.
Sheasked the science ministry to open more categories for the award, set up aninitial fund for scientific research, and match young people who want toconduct scientific research with each other. It should also call on talentedVietnamese young people living and working abroad to return to develop thecountry, she said.
Alsoat the event, 20 female students from universities across the country wereawarded prizes for the Brightest Female Student in Information Technology.
PhanThi Hong Hanh, a student of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, saidthe reward increased her motivation to study and do research. She will studyharder and work harder with the hope of contributing to the country’s scienceand technology development, Hanh said.
TheMinistry of Science and Technology and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth UnionCentral Committee established the Golden Globe Award and the Reward for theBrightest Female Student in Information Technology in 2003.
The 10 Golden Globe Award’s winners are Le Duc Tung, lecturer at Hanoi University ofScience and Technology; Duong Trong Hai, lecturer at Ho Chi Minh CityInternational University under Vietnam National University, HCM City; Bach LongGiang, head of the Science and Technology Department at Nguyen Tat Thanh University;Ha Thi Kim Thanh from Da Nang Science and Technology Department; Pham Viet Khoi,student at Ho Chi Minh City University of Science of Vietnam NationalUniversity, HCM City; Tran Dinh Phong, lecturer at the University of Scienceand Technology of Hanoi (also called Vietnam–France University); Huynh Ngoc Trinh,lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University; Nguyen Xuan Hai,lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Science under Vietnam NationalUniversity, HCM City; Nguyen Manh Hung from the Institute of Ecology andBiological Resources under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; andTruong Hai Nhung of Ho Chi Minh City University of Science under VietnamNational University, HCM City.-VNA
Theaward is presented annually for excellent individuals, under age of 35, inareas of information, medical, pharmaceutical, biological, environmental andnew material technology. Each winner receives 20 million VND (880 USD).
Thewinners this year include eight PhD holders, one person with a Master’s degreeand a 22-year-old student.
PhamViet Khoi, a student at the Vietnam National University in HCM City and theyoungest winner, said the target of his ongoing research is an application thatcan identify a person via image data. “It might help police in catching suspects,”he explained.
Khoisaid receiving the award yesterday was a necessary motivation for his researchand expressed his hope that the Government would provide additionalencouragement to students participating in scientific research.
Speakingat the event, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, said “The future of thecountry is on the young generation’s shoulders.”
Thinhsaid most of the winners this year lived and studied in foreign countries butchose to return to Vietnam to contribute to the country’s development. “It’s aprecious thing,” she said.
Shesaid science and technology had been playing a key role in the country’sdevelopment over the past three decades.
Sheasked the science ministry to open more categories for the award, set up aninitial fund for scientific research, and match young people who want toconduct scientific research with each other. It should also call on talentedVietnamese young people living and working abroad to return to develop thecountry, she said.
Alsoat the event, 20 female students from universities across the country wereawarded prizes for the Brightest Female Student in Information Technology.
PhanThi Hong Hanh, a student of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, saidthe reward increased her motivation to study and do research. She will studyharder and work harder with the hope of contributing to the country’s scienceand technology development, Hanh said.
TheMinistry of Science and Technology and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth UnionCentral Committee established the Golden Globe Award and the Reward for theBrightest Female Student in Information Technology in 2003.
The 10 Golden Globe Award’s winners are Le Duc Tung, lecturer at Hanoi University ofScience and Technology; Duong Trong Hai, lecturer at Ho Chi Minh CityInternational University under Vietnam National University, HCM City; Bach LongGiang, head of the Science and Technology Department at Nguyen Tat Thanh University;Ha Thi Kim Thanh from Da Nang Science and Technology Department; Pham Viet Khoi,student at Ho Chi Minh City University of Science of Vietnam NationalUniversity, HCM City; Tran Dinh Phong, lecturer at the University of Scienceand Technology of Hanoi (also called Vietnam–France University); Huynh Ngoc Trinh,lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University; Nguyen Xuan Hai,lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Science under Vietnam NationalUniversity, HCM City; Nguyen Manh Hung from the Institute of Ecology andBiological Resources under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; andTruong Hai Nhung of Ho Chi Minh City University of Science under VietnamNational University, HCM City.-VNA
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