Addressing the event, Chairman of VUSTA and VIFOTEC Phan Xuan Dung,who is also head of the organising board, said over the last 28 years, the Awards have attracted the involvement of numerous scientists across the country.
Thousands of research projects and scientific works have been appliedin various socio-economic and security-defence fields, making increasinglyimportant contributions to the country's renewal process, he said.
The Awards have gradually affirmed the credibility in the fieldof scientific and technological innovation, contributing to promoting themovement of scientific and technological research and creativity nationwide,Dung stressed.
They aim tohonour scientists with works of great scientific and socio-economicvalue that have been applied effectively in Vietnam.
The organisation board awarded four firstprizes, 9 seconds, 15 thirds and 15 consolation prizes.
Organisationsand individuals with outstanding achievements in popularising and organising theAwards were also commended and rewarded at the event.
On this occasion, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) presented certificates of merit to individuals who are theauthors and co-authors of the first-prize winning works, and the authors of those winning the second and third prizes.
The young authors of the works with the first, second, andthird prizes also received certificates of merit and 'Creative Youth' badge from the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion.
Notably, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presented the WIPO Awards to two excellent projects developed by the groups of authors from Huong Sen Group JSC and the Institute of Agricultural Mechatronics and Post-Harvest Technology under theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
At the event, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Hoang Giang launched the Vietnam Science and Technology Innovation Awards 2023./.