Addressing the event, Chairman of VUSTA and VIFOTEC Phan Xuan Dung, who is also head of the organizing board, said over the last 28 years, the Awards have attracted the involvement of numerous scientists across the country.

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Excellent individuals receive certificates of merit from the organizers.

Thousands of research projects and scientific works have been applied in various socio-economic and security-defense fields, making increasingly important contributions to the country's renewal process, he said.

The Awards have gradually affirmed the credibility in the field of scientific and technological innovation, contributing to promoting the movement of scientific and technological research and creativity nationwide, Dung stressed.

They aim to honor scientists with works of great scientific and socio-economic value that have been applied effectively in Vietnam.

The organization board awarded four first prizes, nine seconds, 15 thirds and 15 consolation prizes.

Organizations and individuals with outstanding achievements in popularizing and organizing the Awards were also commended and rewarded at the event.

On this occasion, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) presented certificates of merit to individuals who are the authors and co-authors of the first-prize winning works, and the authors of those winning the second and third prizes.

The young authors of the works with the first, second, and third prizes also received certificates of merit and "Creative Youth" badge from the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

Notably, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presented the WIPO Awards to two excellent projects developed by the groups of authors from Huong Sen Group JSC and the Institute of Agricultural Mechatronics and Post-Harvest Technology under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

At the event, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Hoang Giang launched the Vietnam Science and Technology Innovation Awards 2023.

Source: VNA