Awarding 65 Science - Technology and Innovative Startup projects in Nghe An in 2020

The award ceremony was attended by comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Le Duc Cuong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Department; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Provincial Agencies. Also attending the ceremony were comrades Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tran Quoc Thanh - Director of the Department of Science and Technology.

Also attending the award ceremony were Mr. Than Ngoc Hoang - Deputy Director of the Department of Local Science and Technology Development; Bui Dinh Hy - Director of Nghe An Province Creative Startup Fund; Pham Ngoc Huy - Director of BA - Vietnam Silicon Valler Accelerator.

Delegates attending the Award Ceremony. Photo: Pham Bang

PrizeScience and Technology InnovationNghe An province is a traditional award of the Science and Technology sector to honor scientists, researchers, intellectuals and workers in the province with research works,Science and Technology Applicationshas been applied in practice, contributing positively to the socio-economic development of the province.

Over the years, the award has increasingly received attention and response from scientists, researchers, intellectuals, and workers in Nghe An province.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung visited the award-winning Science and Technology innovation project. Photo: Pham Bang

Among the 87 works participating in the award, the Organizing Committee selected 55 winning works including: 1 Special Prize, 12 First Prizes, 6 Second Prizes, 14 Third Prizes and 22 Encouragement Prizes in the fields of: Health, Industry, Agriculture, Information Technology, Small Industry, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences. The total prize money is more than 1,147 billion VND.

This year's Special Prize was awarded to the project Television Station 4.0 - Gostudio by author Nghiem Tien Vien and his colleagues: Nguyen Trong Hoan, Pham Ngoc Duy Liem, Hoang Van Canh, Dao Hoang Loc of Gostream Technology Joint Stock Company.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and Provincial People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Trung presented the Special Prize to the group of creative authors of Nghe An Science and Technology in 2020. Photo: Pham Bang

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the First Prize of the Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Award in 2020. Photo: Pham Bang

Competition "Searching for Innovative Startup Talents in Nghe An Province2020" chaired by the Department of Science and Technology, with the coordination of agencies in the province.

The contest contributes to building the spirit of innovative entrepreneurship, arousing the passion for entrepreneurship of the young generation, thereby searching, selecting and honoring potential startup products and projects. Through the contest, it has attracted the attention and support of society, organizations, individuals and businesses for startup products and projects.

Products,startup projectThis year's contest entries are feasible and creative, gradually approaching the 4.0 industrial revolution, contributing to the construction and socio-economic development of the province.

The contest "Searching for Innovative Startup Talents in Nghe An Province 2020" received more than 100 applications from organizations and individuals in the province. Through the preliminary round, the Organizing Committee selected 21 potential projects for the final round.

Mr. Than Ngoc Hoang - Deputy Director of the Department of Local Science and Technology Development and Mr. Tran Quoc Thanh - Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An awarded the First Prize to the group of authors who won the Creative Startup Award. Photo: Pham Bang

The jury selected 10 outstanding projects to award prizes, including 1 First Prize, 1 Second Prize, 1 Third Prize and 7 Encouragement Prizes for author groups and authors. The First Prize of the contest was awarded to the project Thien Nhan Lemon - Journey in the footsteps of people by author Dang Thanh Hoa (Nam Kim Lemon Cooperative).

Launching the Nghe An Science and Technology Innovation and Startup Innovation Award for the period 2020 - 2023, comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that Nghe An has many diverse and rich resources, but the greatest and most valuable resource is people.

With the identified strategic policies and orientations on Science and Technology development and the urgent demands of socio-economic life, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee hopes that scientists, managers, intellectuals, startups and people of all walks of life will continue to have many innovations with high application efficiency.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long launched the Nghe An Science and Technology Innovation and Startup Award for the period 2020 - 2023. Photo: Pham Bang

“We need to continue to focus intellectual, financial and dedicated resources on key areas such as: research and application of high technology in industry, agriculture and services; research and application of scientific and technological advances to turn key products and traditional products and specialties of Nghe An into high-volume, high-quality, strong-brand commodities; research on social sciences and humanities to exploit and promote human resources, release all social barriers for Nghe An to take off; encourage and create favorable conditions for start-ups and startups to have opportunities to develop”, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long emphasized.

Launching the Nghe An Province Creative Startup Fund with a total initial capital of 7.2 billion VND. Photo: Pham Bang

In order for the Nghe An Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Award and innovative startups to truly be a vibrant and widespread movement throughout the province, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that Party committees at all levels, the Government, agencies and units in the province need to have a correct understanding of science and technology, on that basis, launch and organize a creative labor movement in their agencies, units, enterprises and localities in a practical manner.

At the same time, pay attention to discovering, appreciating and creating all conditions for new ideas, new creations, and good experiences to have the opportunity to be perfected and applied in practice. Timely encourage, support, commend and reward creative examples from the grassroots./.