Two Vietnamese female scientists honoured with Kovalevskaia Award 2021
VOV.VN - Two local female professors were honoured with the Kovalevskaia Award 2021 in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the field of scientific research at a ceremony held on May 16 by the Vietnam Women's Union.
The prestigious award aims to recognise the pairs' fantastic contributions to producing drugs for diabetes, gout, and melisma, as well as for processing tropical agricultural products.
The awardees include Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, vice president of the University of Science at the Vietnam National University HCM City (VNUHCM), and Prof. Dr. and Meritorious Teacher Nguyen Minh Thuy of the Department of Food Technology, College of Agriculture at Can Tho University.
Dr. Mai is most notable for having led 14 ministerial and provincial-level research projects, with one of the most outstanding projects being on extracting active substances from plants for the development of new drugs for diabetes, gout, and melisma.
Dr. Thuy was honoured with the professor title in food technology back in 2020. Her research primarily focuses on addressing issues in distribution of agricultural products and provision of support for farmers and agribusinesses that have been hit by natural disasters, fires, and epidemics.
During the ceremony, Dr. Thuy expressed her pride that her research has significantly contributed to improving the quality of life of many women and children, especially children in rural and mountainous areas, as well as training a workforce, especially high-quality female human resources for the country.
