Vietnamese wins numerous world’s creative awards

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./.

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Vietnam’s second CSO awards go regional

The 2010 Chief Security Officer (CSO) awards will be presented to individuals not only in Vietnam but also in other ASEAN member countries, according to the organisers.

At the 2010 CSO Conference and Awards, the second in Vietnam and the first in ASEAN, slated for Dec. 9-12, CSOs from Vietnam will compete for 10 awards and those from other ASEAN countries for nine awards.

The organisers said the expansion will bring an opportunity for CSOs of Vietnam to exchange experiences with their regional colleagues.

By now, 61 candidates, including 36 from Vietnam, have registered for the awards, which rate not only professional skills, but also management capacity and prestige of the CSOs.

Alongside with the awards presentation, the event will include a CSO conference under the theme “The Evolving CSO from Incident Reaction to Proactive Management”.

CSOs together with State officials and foreign experts will discuss hot issues related to information security.

The CSO Awards organisers include the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) and the International Data Group (IDG)./.

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Science, social welfare contributions hailed in annual awards

HA NOI — Three groups and five individuals have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to society in the fields of applied science and technology, and social welfare at the 8th annual KOVA Awards.

Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh handed out the awards in a ceremony yesterday.

In the field of applied science and technology, the award went to farmers Thach Van Nhon, Nguyen Van Hung and Pham Van Lieu for their research and construction of 210 drawbridges in the Cuu Long Delta region. Their drawbridges have replaced dangerous bridges built from trunks and made travel more convenient and safer for the region's residents, especially children.

Staff of the Ha Noi Safe Food Research and Application Centre received the award for their project on applying bio-energy in agricultural production and community health protection.

Two individual awards went to Doctor Le Phi Long at the Thai Nguyen Medical and Pharmaceutical University for his research project on applying micro-surgery techniques to reconnect severed hands and fingers that were lost in work-related accidents; and engineer Pham Van Hung of My Tho Town, Tien Giang Province, for his research project and manufacturing of farming machines with an aim to increase productivity and reduce agriculture-related expenses.

Group awards for outstanding contributions to society went to the Phuong Huy Construction Group whose staff are invalids and Agent Orange victims who united to overcome life's difficulties.

Individual winners of the outstanding contribution to society prize were Nguyen Dieu of Quang Binh Province who campaigned relentlessly against backward customs; teacher Nguyen Thi Nguyet of Hoa Binh Primary School in Quang Ninh Province who has dedicated her life to educating the area's minority students; and Nguyen Thi Kiem, chairwoman of the Quang Phuc Commune Women's Union in Quang Binh Province, for her contributions to the population and family planning movement.

The KOVA Award Committee also presented awards to nine excellent students and granted scholarships to 40 talented low-income students currently studying at several universities nationwide.

Funded by the KOVA Paint Manufacturing Group since 2002, the awards aim to encourage students, individuals and groups, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to pursue advances in the areas of science and technology, and social welfare. —VNS

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Business chamber grants awards to 100 entrepreneurs

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) held a ceremony on Oct.9 to grant Thanh Giong awards to 100 honourable entrepreneurs, who have made outstanding achievements in production and business whilst creating many jobs.

The businesses had overcome many difficulties to become successful, and taken full advantage of opportunities provided in order to restructure their companies and do business in a way that was environmentally friendly with a good relationship with their staff as well as good corporate governance.

Besides the criteria of revenue and bold investments in technology, the organisers also included some additional criteria this year, including being dynamic and creative in management, and active participation in environmental protection.

Some of the winners this year included Thai Tuan Chi - chairman and general director of Thai Tuan JSC, Bui Ngoc Bao - chairman of the management board of the Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation, Nguyen Thi Dieu Hien - chairman and CEO of the Binh An Seafood JSC, Nguyen The An - chairman of the construction Viet Nguyen JSC, and Tao Van Nghe - director of HCM City Rex Hotel./.

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