The 16th Vietnamese Talent Awards saw the attendance of Politburo member and Chairwoman of Party Central Committee's Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and his deputy Le Tan Dung, member of the CPV Central Committee and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilisation Pham Tat Thang, and Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa.
Representatives from the Vietnam Study Promotion Association including Former Vice State President and Chairwoman of the association Nguyen Thi Doan and vice chair and secretary of the association Le Manh Hung also attended the event.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue sent flower bouquets to the event.
A flower banquet sent by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2022
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Editor-in-Chief of Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper and vice head of the organising board, Pham Tuan Anh, said that the Vietnamese Talent Awards had become a prestigious national awards programme.
Editor-in-Chief of Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper and vice head of the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2022 organising board, Pham Tuan Anh speaks at the event
"The Vietnamese Talent Awards honours IT, scientific and technological, environmental, and medical innovations," he said. "During the past 16 years, the programme has received over 2,600 submissions in the IT category. Some 5,800 candidates from home and abroad have joined in the competition with the youngest just 8 and the oldest 79."
Self-Learning Awards
The prize for self-learning is intended to encourage individuals who have overcome difficulties to contribute to their community. Two projects this year won a prize with each receiving VND50 million (USD2,173). The winners were:-
This year, two projects won a prize with each receiving VND50 million (USD2,173). The winners were:
- Dang Ngoc Toan with his straw drying machines that have helped local farmers produce low-cost good quality dry rice straw to export to Japan.- and Huynh Ngoc Mung with his invention of lemongrass oil extraction machines that helped local farmers more easily remove oil from lemongrass.
The prize was presented by Vice chairman and general secretary of the Vietnam Study Promotion Association Le Manh Hung.
Environment Awards
The environmental protection prize is usually granted to organisations or individuals who recorded outstanding achievements in environmental protection or successfully developed projects to address environmental pollution.
The first prize this year went to Dr Ho Thi Thanh Van from the HCM City University of Natural Resources and Environment for her two studies on transforming HCM City into a low carbon city and treating wastewater in industrial zones using Brachiaria mutica.
A prize worth VND200 million (USD8,695) was granted to Dr. Ho Thi Thanh Van by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa.
Science and Technology Awards
The Vietnamese Talent Awards have honoured local scientists and others who have made a contribution to the country’s development since 2009. The Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations also made a great contribution.
The first prize was granted to an invention to process corn seeds in a more environmentally-friendly way by a group of scientists including Nguyen Dinh Tung, Mai Thanh Huyen, and Nguyen Van Tien from the Institute for Agricultural Machinery Design and Manufacturing under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The prize worth VND 200 million was awarded to the group by member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung.
Medical Awards
Many winners at the Vietnamese Talent Awards have gone on to win further national recognition and international awards. This year, the Medical Awards were handed to those with had a practical impact on people’s lives.
The first prize in the Medical category this year was given to Dr Tran Quyet Tien, former vice director of Cho Ray Hospital for successfully carrying out heart transplantations from donors exposed to brain stem death.
Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien presented a VND200m award to Dr. Tran Quyet Tien.
Information and Technology Awards
Two third prizes in the Information and Technology category:
- 1Office - an application built to facilitate online working environment for enterprises
-ONE Telco Platform by VNPT Technology Company
Third prize winners received an award of VND50 million each from Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Tan Dung, and a representative from Vietinbank Le Thanh Tung.
Two second prizes in the Information and Technology category:
-akaBot - Robotic Process Automation by FPT Software Company. This solution supports banks and enterprises with UBot Invoice, UBot Meeting, and UBot epay.
- AI Call Center Virtual Assistant Platform
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, a representative from SunGroup Nguyen Viet Hung, and head of the organising board, Pham Huy Hoan presented an award of VND100 million to each of the second prize winners.
First prize in the Information and Technology category:
Politburo member and Chairwoman of Party Central Committee's Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai and Chairman of the Member Council of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group To Dung Thai gave the Vietnamese Talent Awards Cup and a prize worth VND200 million to the first prize winner in Information and Technology.
Initiated in 2004 by the Vietnam Study Promotion Association and co-organised by the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, Vietnam Television and Dantri/Dtinews online newspaper, the Vietnamese Talent Awards have become a prestigious annual programme.
Over the past 16 years, the Vietnamese Talent Awards have expanded to honour IT, scientific and technological, medical, environmental and educational and talent promotion. Given rapid global technological progress, the Vietnamese Talent Awards have adapted to these major developmental trends and the instruction of the party and the state on scientific and technological development.