Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (first, right), President of the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education and head of the steering board for the Vietnamese Talent Awards Nguyen Thi Doan (second, left) and Chairman of the VNPT group To Thai Dung (first left) present the first prize in the field of digital technology at the ceremony on December 20. (Photo: VNA) So far, the awards, launched by theVietnam Association for Promoting Education (VAPE) in 2005, have attracted morethan 7,500 authors and scientists with over 3,600 entries. Among them, 210 informationtechnology products and scientific works have been honoured, including 50applied and implemented in regional and international markets.
Thisyear, organisers presented one first, two second, three thirdprizes, and three consolation prizes in the field of digital technology; oneprize in the field of science - technology; four prizes to four groups ofauthors in medicine - pharmacy; two prizes to two groups of authors in agricultureand rural development; and five prizes to five individuals in the field of self-learning.
Addressingthe event, PM Chinh said the Vietnamese Talent Awards have become a prestigiousprogramme that has effectively connected research and innovation events and appliedresearch results to life. The awards have helped affirm the Vietnamese wisdom,products, brands, and potential in the region and the world.
He congratulated the winners andcommended efforts by VAPE, organisations, and sponsors for maintaining the awardsover the past year, which he said has considerably contributed to educationpromotion, talent encouragement, and common national achievements.
PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the award ceremony in Hanoi on December 20. (Photo: VNA) The Government leader requestedministries, sectors, and localities develop an open educational system thatensures equal learning opportunities and social equality in learning conditionsfor all people while stepping up the “learning family”, “learning clan”, and “learningcommunity” movement to develop “learning citizens”.
With hundreds of thousands of peoplebecoming learning citizens each year, the country will have a big treasure oftalents and an abundant resource of wisdom to build an increasingly high-qualityworkforce, he went on.
ThePM also asked the organisers to consider supplementing other suitable scientificfields to the awards such as the science of education.
Heexpressed his belief that the honourees will keep nurturing their dreams andambitions and exert tireless efforts to surmount challenges to create many newideas and scientific products in order to contribute more to the community,society, and sustainable development of the country./.
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