Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (ninth from left) presents first prizes for winners (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - With in excessof 200 entries submitted, 40 scientific and technological inventions andapplications from Vietnamese scientists and businesses were recognised at theannual awards ceremony held by the Vietnam Fund for Supporting TechnologicalCreations (VIFOTEC) in Hanoi on October 21.
Honouring outstanding projects in 2019 that have proven effective inpractice, the awards included five first, eight second, eight third, and 19consolation prizes. Fields involved covered mechanics-automation; materialtechnology; IT-electronics-telecommunications; biology; technologies forclimate change adaptation, environmental protection and the efficient use ofnatural resources; and those for energy savings and renewable energy usage.
Among the top five projects, one on cultivation technology for and the creationof valuable products from lemongrass, from Le Van Tri and his colleagues at thePhitohoocmon fertiliser JSC, received a certificate and a gold medal from the WorldIntellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) last year.
Ten leaders and co-leaders of the first-prize winning projects werepresented with certificates of merit by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
The annual VIFOTEC awards, first launched in 1995 by the Ministry ofScience and Technology, VIFOTEC, and the Vietnam Union of Science andTechnology Associations, aim to encourage scientists and businesses to come upwith inventions that meet urgent demands in the market and boost the competitivenessof Made-in-Vietnam products./.
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