The Kovalevskaya Award will be presented to two female scientists, Vu Thi Thu Ha and Le Thi Thanh Nhan, for their great contributions to science and national development. Associated professor-Dr Ha is the vice director of the Vietnam Institute of Industrial Chemical (VIIC) and director of the key laboratory for petrochemical refinery technology. Over the past 19 years of working at the VIIC, Ha has developed a lot of environmentally-friendly products and technologies for sustainable development, contributing to the development of the catalysis and petrochemical refinery industry. In addition, her research results and articles have appeared on many domestic and foreign magazines. Associated professor-Dr Nhan is the Vice headmaster of the Science College under Thai Nguyen University. She was Vietnam’s youngest mathematician bestowed with the Associate Professor title in 2005. She has got involved in 16 research projects. From 2004-2009, Nhan made public nine articles on the … [Read more...] about Two female scientists awarded Kovalevskaya
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Presenting Honda Young Engineers and Scientists Award
This is the annual award for outstanding students from engineering and technology universities nationwide in order to find and create favorable conditions for fostering young talents in the ecological technology, future leaders in engineering and technology field and promoting the development of Vietnam's Science and Technology.The award has been established with the cooperation of Honda Foundation (Japan), National Institute for S&T Policy and Strategy Studies (MOST), Honda Vietnam Company and 6 universities. This award has special meaning as a milestone for recognizing efforts in learning and scientific research and at the same time plays the role as a platform for the country's young talents for their career development later. After 9 years with Vietnam's students, the Award has achieved proud results with 733 applications, 90 outstanding students who are honorably awarded in annual awarding ceremonies and 10 students who have received Y-E-S Plus Prize to study master or have … [Read more...] about Presenting Honda Young Engineers and Scientists Award
Vietnamese scientists awarded “Green Talents” prize
PANO - Pham Van Quan, a Vietnamese scientist, among 20 outstanding young scientists from all over the world, has been honoured as "Green Talents" in Germany by Thomas Rachel, Vietnam-German Parliamentary State Secretary. Scientist Pham, Ph.D., graduated from Hanoi Architecture University. He has done research in Energy-Saving Techniques to Mitigate Climate Change. This year's competition was the third time that the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) organised the prize to help young scientists in sustainable development. The jury, including high-ranking German experts, selected research projects able to answer global social challenges, such as global warming, energy shortage and massive environmental contamination. These new Green Talents bring the number of young sustainability researchers in the BMBF's global network up to 55 award-winners from 19 different countries. Earlier, the Green Talents were invited on a journey across Germany as part of a ten-day … [Read more...] about Vietnamese scientists awarded “Green Talents” prize
Scientists awarded top prizes at Vietnamese Talent Awards 2009
This year's Vietnamese Talent Awards could not pick the winners for the top ICT prizes, but this is the first time the awards honoured outstanding Vietnamese scientists. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan handed the award to Prof. Ngo Viet Trung … [Read more...] about Scientists awarded top prizes at Vietnamese Talent Awards 2009
Vietnamese scientist’s discovery boosts stem cell technology
In 2004, Dr. Phan Toan Thang, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), stumbled across a new source of stem cells - in the amniotic membrane of newborn babies' umbilical cords. Dr. Phan Toan Thang in the stem cell laboratory at the National University of Singapore. The lab was established by the local government for Thang to do his research. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese scientist’s discovery boosts stem cell technology