The Vietnam Guinness Book Centre (Vietkings) has recognised Hoang Duc Thao as the first Vietnamese who won the most awards from the world’s scientific organisations for his innovations.
Thao, General Director of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Drainage and Urban Development Ltd. Co, won five awards from the Vietnam Fund for Scientific and Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and four Techmart ASEAN+3 gold prizes in 2008.
In addition, he bagged one special prize, two gold and one silver from the Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF) in 2008 and 2009, an award from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for the best Vietnamese technological innovation in 2009, and a gold prize from the International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) in Malaysia in 2010.
Thao’s inventions, which are honoured for their high practicality and have been applied in 38 localities nationwide, include dredging equipment for urban drainage systems, tides sluices, tanks for collecting rain water in streets and technologies to produce precast steel-reinforced concrete for drainage systems.
The Vietkings will present its recognition certificate to Thao on Dec. 18./.
Thao, General Director of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Drainage and Urban Development Ltd. Co, won five awards from the Vietnam Fund for Scientific and Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and four Techmart ASEAN+3 gold prizes in 2008.
In addition, he bagged one special prize, two gold and one silver from the Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF) in 2008 and 2009, an award from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for the best Vietnamese technological innovation in 2009, and a gold prize from the International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) in Malaysia in 2010.
Thao’s inventions, which are honoured for their high practicality and have been applied in 38 localities nationwide, include dredging equipment for urban drainage systems, tides sluices, tanks for collecting rain water in streets and technologies to produce precast steel-reinforced concrete for drainage systems.
The Vietkings will present its recognition certificate to Thao on Dec. 18./.
