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Upon addressing the ceremony, Ha Thi Nga, president of the Vietnam Women's Union, emphasised that this year's award ceremony was held with the aim of celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Kovalevskaya Award. In addition, the occasion serves to affirm the importance of female scientists in conducting research activities to make great contributions to the country. Nga went on to stress that the Vietnam Women's Union has been fully aware of its role and responsibility in research activities that aim to improve the overall quality of the female workforce, especially in terms of high-quality female human resources. Moving forward, the association plans to devise guidelines and policies which are both appropriate and effective in order to improve the overall quantity and quality of female intellectuals. At the award ceremony,  former Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan expressed her hope that female scientists will seize upon opportunities to climb the social ladder through their research … [Read more...] about Female scientists receive Kovalevskaia Prize Award 2020

The Vietnam Women’s Union organized a ceremony to give the Kovalevskaia award 2020 with the participation of Associate professor Nguyen Thi Doan, former Vice President, chairwoman of the Kovalevskaia Award Committee. For individual category, Associate Professor Truong Thanh Huong, lecturer of Cardiovascular Faculty of the Hanoi-based Medical University won the award. Lecturer, associate professor Truong Thanh Huong has made great achievement in researches with the outstanding one being her research “Building an inherited gene mutation causing high levels of blood cholesterol”. Moreover, she has proposed management models of illness in Vietnam. Her research of an inherited gene mutation causing high levels of blood cholesterol was certified by the Ministry of Science and Technology and transferred to medical facilities for application in taking care of nearly 500,000 Vietnamese people suffering hereditary blood cholesterol. For team category, female scientists of the Institute … [Read more...] about Female lecturer, scientists win Kovalevskaya Award 2020

At the meeting, Vice Admiral Nguyen Trong Binh was briefed on Brigade 954’s task performance over the past time. Particularly, the brigade strictly observed disciplines and effectively organized combat training and exercise programs, improved the technical qualifications of pilots and technicians, ensured flight safety, as well as proactively grasped situations to deal with any arising issues promptly. Concluding the inspection, the Deputy Chief acknowledged and praised the achievements of the brigade over the past time. He also asked the unit to continue raising a sense of responsibility among its troops and practicing possible combat scenarios. Translated by Quynh Oanh … [Read more...] about Vice Admiral Nguyen Trong Binh inspects Brigade 954

The intensity of COVID-19 has initially “cooled down” in many nations around the world after the vaccination campaign has been deployed on a large scale. However, in some EU member states the situation remains serious and the EU is struggling to overcome the third wave of the pandemic. Contrary to the trend of easing social distancing, Hungary, France and the Czech Republic are the European countries tending to tighten prevention and control measures as the number of infections has increased recently. Statistics show that, while most Western European countries have recorded a declining or stable number of cases, about 100-200 per one million people per day, the figure is at around 300 in France and more than 600 in the Czech Republic. French Health Minister Olivier Véran stated that in the next four to six weeks, France will maintain a nightly curfew and lockdown measures such as closing pubs, restaurants and museums, in a bid to protect the pandemic prevention and control efforts. … [Read more...] about A long-term challenge

US symposium features life, career of President Hồ Chí Minh Party, State leaders pay tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh Special stamp released to commemorate President Hồ Choosing the perfect place for Uncle Hồ’s statue Tree-planting campaigns launched to mark President Hồ Chí Minh’s birthday Volunteers for Việt Nam's second COVID-19 vaccine, COVIVAC, apply for human trial participation at Hà Nội Medical University on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — Volunteers aged from 18-59 and living in Hà Nội, can register for human trials of Việt Nam’s second COVID-19 vaccine candidate COVIVAC from Friday morning. In the first phase,150 healthy volunteers will be injected with two 5ml doses over 28 days. They will be divided into five groups, including one group provided with placebo shots, and their health will be closely monitored within 24 hours after injections. Each volunteer will have their health checked up to eight times in 12 months. … [Read more...] about Volunteers sought for second locally made COVID-19 vaccine trials