Kovalevskaya 2012 award presented
Monday, 18:01, 04/03/2013
The annual Kovalevskaya awards 2012 honouring outstanding female scientists were presented at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 4.
The 17-member staff of the Experimental Biology Centre under the Technological Application Institute of the Ministry of Science and Technology received the award for numerous projects researching the production of nutritious supplement products from sea weeds and biological waste treatment solutions.
The centre was also successful in multiplying a number of valuable local medicinal plants.![]() |
“I hope my research project will help ease the victims’ sufferings,” said Hoa after receiving the honour.
Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised the prize winners’ efforts to overcome all difficulties to pursue their scientific research, contributing to national construction and development through their initiatives and inventions.
He called on the whole society to create conditions for women to devote more to the country.
The Vietnam Kovalevskaya Award Committee was established in 1985. The award was named after Russia’s great female mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya.