Viet Nam Human Rights
Kovalevskaya awards honor Vietnamese female scientists
7/3/19
The famous award was presented to a group of female environmental technology scientists at the Faculty of Environmental Science of the University of Science, and to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture.
Vietnam Women’s Union, Kovalevskaia Award Committee and the Hanoi Medical University on March 4 held a ceremony to honor the winners of Kovalevskaia Award 2019. The event was attended by Tran Thanh Man, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee; Nguyen Thi Doan, former Vice President; and Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, President of the Vietnam Women's Union.
According to the NDO, the famous award was presented to a group of female environmental technology scientists at the Faculty of Environmental Science of the University of Science, and also to a member of the Vietnam National University-Hanoi, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture.
Among them, the group of female environmental technology scientists at the Faculty of Environmental Science of the University of Science was awarded for many attainments in researching waste treatment and reuse technologies, and those analysing and assessing environmental quality.
Their research findings have helped create a system for treating dyeing wastewater, a system for treating groundwater with high arsenic levels, and biological measures for wastewater treatment.
Meanwhile, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture, has become the youngest woman to receive the Kovalevskaia Award. Lan, born in 1974, started her career as a veterinarian. Now, she is a senior professor of animal diseases at the university.
She has had 105 articles published in local and international scientific journals. Many of her works have been widely recognised such as her contribution to the vaccine against fever in dogs and quick test kits to detect the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus – a virus that causes a disease in pigs, also known as blue-ear pig disease.
She has made 105 scientific announcements in Vietnam and overseas, with many products applied to agriculture, including the rapid test kit for the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, also known as blue-ear pig disease; and a microbial product used to make biological padding in livestock farming.
The award, named after Russian female mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya, is presented annually to honour female scientists with major achievements in scientific research and application.
It was first awarded in Vietnam in 1985. The Vietnamese Kovalevskaia Award Committee is currently chaired by former Vietnamese President Nguyen Thi Doan. To date, 48 individuals and 19 collectives of female scientists in Vietnam have received the prize./.
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Women have proved that they can do whatever men can. Bravo Vietnamese women!
This shows that Vietnam has made a giant stripe in promoting women's rights and enhacing gender equality.
Inheriting and promoting traditional moral qualities, Vietnamese women are improving their role and position in society by themselves, significantly contributing to national construction and development.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, I wish all best wishes for all Vietnamese women nationawide.
Vietnamese women participate in all aspects of life and account for nearly 50% of the labour force.
Vietnamese women play an increasingly important role in the nation’s development, especially at present and in the future.
I do hope policymakers in Viet Nam are aware of the role of Vietnamese women in the economy, so they make appropriate policies to further support, empower and reward women equally. Society should look at women through their contributions to the economy, rather than as something secondary besides men.
The participation of women in Viet Nam’s labour force is quite high compared to other countries in the region. Women are also advancing in their educations, so they are starting to be recognised in society.
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