The first prize winner in last year's 21st annual Eureka Award competition for Vietnamese students who have a passion for scientific research and are studying at universities, colleges and institutions. (Photo: VNA) HCMCity (VNA) — The Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union on July 16 launched the 22nd annual Eureka Award competitionfor all Vietnamese students who have a passion for scientificresearch and are studying at universities, colleges and institutions.
Registration for the competition has been extended until the end ofSeptember. From October 1 to December 31, the competition’s organisers will setup a scientific council to select outstanding research projects for thefinal round. Thirteen research projects will be awarded at the finalawards ceremony.
The candidates’ research should be new and creative, and offersolutions for real-world problems.
The competition was organised in cooperation with Vietnam NationalUniversity, Ho Chi Minh City.
After the awards ceremony, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union's YouthDevelopment Science and Technology Centre will assist winners to registertheir copyrights and intellectual property.
They will also be introduced to the Technological and ScientificIncubation Programme for Young People and the National Technical, Scientific,and Creative Award in 2021. In addition, their research will beintroduced to enterprises and organisations for real-world application.
Dr Vu Hai Quan, vice president of the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi MinhCity, said the Eureka Award competition is an academic forum for students nationwidethat offers chances to learn, be creative and do research that improvestheir capacity.
In the Industry 4.0 era, research is very important and helps trainyoung people to high levels of expertise, Quan said, adding that theEureka Award competition encourages students to propose theirown ideas, new inventions, and specific solutions for the country’ssocio-economic development./.
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