Winners of Young Science Talent Awards announced

Winners of the 2014 Young Science Talent Awards for university students and lecturers were announced at a ceremony held in Hanoi on January 15.

Winners of Young Science Talent Awards announced

As many as 121 projects were presented to students, including 11 first, 32 second and 78 third prizes.

Seventy - four projects carried out by 102 lecturers were also honoured at the ceremony, including five first, 11 second, 33 third and 33 consolation prizes.

The winning projects in the two categories were selected from over 400 entries by students and lecturers from 81 universities across the country.

The projects cover various fields, including natural sciences, engineering and technology, medicine and pharmacy, social sciences and humanities. Many of them are highly applicable and expected to significantly contribute to socio - economic development.

Prominent entries include an initiative to make drugs to treat burn wounds, by Le Thu Huong, a student from Medicine and Pharmacy University in Hue; a project on cybercrime by a group of students from the People’s Police Academy; and a project on improving artificial kidney devices by Doctor Do Duy Hai, a lecturer from Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

Launched 25 years ago by the Ministry of Education and Training, the awards have become one of the most prestigious honours for students in the country. The accolade has been extended to lecturers since 2012.

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)