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City Writers’ Association honours best literary works in 2020

February 22, 2021 by vietnamnews.vn

The memoir Gánh Gánh…Gồng Gồng… (Burden of Life) by female documentary filmmaker Nguyễn Thị Xuân Phượng of HCM City was named the best literary work in 2020 from the HCM City Writers’ Association. File photo courtesy of the publishing house

HCM CITY  The HCM City Writers’ Association has honoured publicly acclaimed literary works created in 2020 at an awards ceremony held in HCM City.

The memoir Gánh Gánh… Gồng Gồng… (Burden of Life) by female documentary filmmaker Nguyễn Thị Xuân Phượng of HCM City was named the best literary work.

The 308-page book includes stories about the ups and downs of the life of the 92-year-old Phượng since 1945.

Phượng quit school to join the war of resistance against the French in Huế City in 1945.

She served as a dynamite maker and a doctor, before being assigned by President Hồ Chí Minh to become an interpreter and guide to foreign journalists and filmmakers in 1967.

In 1968, she became a documentary director and war correspondent for the Television Department (now Việt Nam Television).

She has made a series of documentaries about the country’s historical events such as Khi Tiếng Súng Vừa Tắt (When Gun Sound Ends), 1975; Khi Những Nụ Cười Trở Lại (When Smiles Return), 1976; and Hai Tiếng Quê Hương (My Homeland), 1978.

In 2011, she was conferred the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour), the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, for her contributions to developing Việt Nam – France relations.

Gánh Gánh…Gồng Gồng… was published by the Culture, Literature and Arts Publishing House.

The association also awarded a prize to the novel Đất K (Land K) by author Bùi Quang Lâm, and poetry book Bấm Chân Qua Tuổi Dại Khờ (Walking by Innocent Age) by poet Cao Xuân Sơn.

Both works were released by the Writers’ Association Publishing House.

According to the association’s managing board, the association will recruit 21 new members at the ceremony.

Author Trịnh Bích Ngân, chairwoman of the association’s managing board, said: “The association is working to build solidarity among members and create inspirations for each member to release more quality literary works in the future.” — VNS

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Kiên Giang uses small irrigation works to adapt to climate change

February 22, 2021 by vietnamnews.vn

Harvesting the 2020 summer – autumn rice in Kiên Giang  Province’s Hòn Đất District. The province is investing more in small irrigation works to secure irrigation water for agricultural production. – VNA/VNS Photo Lê Huy Hải

KIÊN GIANG — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang will focus on small irrigation works and in-field irrigation works in the 2021- 25 period with an aim to restructure crop and animal cultivation and adapt to climate change.

The province plans to call for private investment in small and in-field irrigation works to improve yield, quality and efficiency of agricultural production.

The irrigation works will meet the demand for agricultural products using advanced farming techniques, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Irrigation water will be ensured for up to 85 per cent of rice fields that grow two rice crops a year by 2025.

The province, which is the country’s largest rice producer, aims to have 20 per cent of its rice areas using advanced farming techniques by 2025.

The province plans to secure irrigation water for 45 per cent of zoned dry crop areas by 2025, while 35 per cent of the zoned areas will use efficient irrigation facilities to save water.

Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn, deputy chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said the province has designed exemplary irrigation models suited to each locality.

It will also upgrade small and in-field irrigation works for rice cultivation with advanced techniques. This will reduce production costs, save irrigation water and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he said.

The province has called on individuals and organisations to invest in building and upgrading pumping stations, sluices, small dams and reservoirs, as well as dredging of irrigation canals and ditches to store water.

The province is building the irrigation works with new materials and precast thin-wall reinforced concrete canals.  VNS

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Việt Nam works to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines

February 25, 2021 by vietnamnews.vn

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Tân Sơn Nhất Airport. VNA/VNS Photo Đinh Hằng

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s COVID-19 vaccination programme will be conducted in line with the Government’s resolution, ensuring equal access to the vaccines, heard a meeting between the Ministry of Health and WHO and UNICEF representatives.

The meeting took place after the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, studied and produced by AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company and the UK’s Oxford University, arrived in Việt Nam on Wednesday.

Health minister Nguyễn Thanh Long expressed his thanks for the efforts by the COVAX Facility programme to help Việt Nam access the vaccines.

Việt Nam wishes to get quality vaccines at suitable prices and matching the country’s storage capacity, he said, pledging his ministry will promptly deal with procedure-related issues to facilitate the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines under the programme.

The ministry has assigned agencies to put forth communication plans for the vaccination.

Representatives from international organisations agreed on the need to mobilise the involvement of different economic sectors in the storage of certain vaccines like Pfizer that must be kept at minus 70 degree Celsius and can be refrigerated for only five days.

This will be the biggest vaccination campaign in Việt Nam so far, with more than 100 million doses, Long said, adding that the ministry has charted scenarios and mobilised the participation of all units both and outside the medical sector for the campaign.

The participants also stressed the significance of supervising and assessing the body’s reactions to the vaccine.

A plane carrying the first batch of 117,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccine landed at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport, HCM City, on Wednesday.

Deputy health minister Trương Quốc Cường highlighted the significance of the vaccine delivery at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is erupting in Hải Dương, Hải Phòng and Quảng Ninh provinces.

Results from clinical trials showed 22 days after the first shot, the AstraZeneca vaccine could fully protect people from serious illness, hospitalisation and death caused by the novel coronavirus. Within 90 days, the vaccine’s potency could reach 76 per cent. VNS

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Generali Vietnam launches “More than just a place to work” people strategy

March 5, 2021 by ven.vn

The company is also running its Management Trainee program Genext Challenge 2021 to recruit, train and develop young talents to meet its business growth needs in Vietnam.

The core of this strategy is the objective to build Generali Vietnam to be “more than just a place to work”, where every staff member can “learn – grow – live – thrive”.

generali vietnam launches more than just a place to work people strategy

Learn – Generali Vietnam will step up its training activities and programs with practical, innovative and diverse content and formats, as well as reinforce a learning and development culture. The company constantly digitalizes all human resources processes, including the registration and management of training and development requests, and many practical online training programs.

Grow – Generali Vietnam will continue to focus on developing its high quality workforce via the Generali Talent Management program and the ongoing Management Trainee program Genext Challenge 2021. Both programs aim at developing the company’s talent pool and outstanding individuals, to build the next generation of leaders, meeting Generali’s needs for rapid and sustainable development in Vietnam.

Live – With an aim to become “more than just a place to work” where every employee can live and work to their heart’s content with great passion and ambition, the company has been carrying out notable people policies: reinforcing Diversity & Inclusion; implementing smart working policy enabling employees to flexibly manage their work and family responsibilities; promoting work-life balance through stepping up diverse engagement activities and initiatives, and enhancing compensation and benefits; reinforcing the SOHI culture (Simplification, Ownership, Human Touch, Innovation) through continuous training, rewards and recognition, and constant feedback in day-to-day work.

Thrive – In addition to offering staff opportunities for development and career progress, Generali Vietnam plans and organizes various meaningful, practical, innovative and engaging community programs. These programs enable staff to join hands with the company in realizing its ambition of becoming “Lifetime Partner”, creating positive and sustainable values for its customers, partners and the community. Concurrently, this helps motivate staff with meaningful work life purpose and build pride.

Ms. Tina Nguyen, Generali Vietnam CEO, said: “The “More than just a place to work” people strategy is one of Generali’s strategic and sustainable efforts to build an ideal working environment and develop a happy, engaged, professional and inspired workforce. And with that, we hope to spread such happiness to customers and the community through our quality insurance services and products as well as our contributions to the society.”

PV

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Young Vietnamese PhD living in Korea pursues his life’s passion: science

February 14, 2021 by vietnamnet.vn

Nguyen Quang Thang said that Vietnamese scientists, no matter where they work, contribute to bringing the name of Vietnamese intellectuals to the international level.

Cuộc sống và tình yêu của tiến sĩ Việt 33 tuổi ở Hàn Quốc

Dr. Nguyen Phan Thang, who is currently working at Gachon University (Korea), is one of 10 scientists receiving the 2020 Golden Globe Award.

At the age of 33, Nguyen Phan Thang’s academic fortune is 43 scientific articles, of which 28 are in the Q1 list (Group of the most prestigious scientific journals).

Graduating with a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Hanoi University of Technology, Nguyen Phan Thang won a PhD scholarship from Chung-Ang University (Korea). After six years of studying and researching, he was admitted to the position of professor intern and is working at the functional materials laboratory for energy application in the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biology of Gachon University.

“It’s about what you learn rather than what score you get”

Thang said his passion for science was nurtured in a very simple way. “When I was a child, I never thought my dream was to become a professor. When I was little, after I was able to read and do math, I dreamed of becoming a teacher. Growing up a little, I followed my dad to fix household appliances: install wires, fix lights, repair pumps… At that time, I was always curious about the way machines operate. Many times, I broke the alarm clocks before I fixed my first,” he told VietNamNet.

Speaking about his high school achievements, he said: “I did not take any specialized classes for gifted students, but studied in the French class at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School (Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi).”

He always put high importance on what he could learn rather than what score he could get, so he didn’t have many outstanding achievements. With 29 points for the university entrance exam (3 subjects), he got admitted into the prestigious Hanoi University of Technology and started his research in the 4th year.

Having finished his master’s degree, having not yet figured out the path he wanted to take – in the direction of engineering, business or research – he thought he should switch to other jobs like his friends.

After asking for advice and encouragement from the teacher who led him at the Hanoi University of Technology, he applied, interviewed and passed to receive a doctorate scholarship for Chung-Ang University.

Doing science takes persistence

Cuộc sống và tình yêu của tiến sĩ Việt 33 tuổi ở Hàn Quốc

“Vietnamese scientists, no matter where they are working, contribute to bring the name of Vietnamese intellectuals to the world level.”

Currently, his main research at Gachon University is to learn about nanomaterials: fabrication methods, characterization analysis, structure and application to electrical, optical, and catalytic applications.

He is directing his research materials to energy storage batteries using Li, Na, and Ca metal ions. “The problem with storage batteries today is the capacity and durability of the battery, as well as how to make high quality batteries but still keeping cost reasonable.”

The areas he has researched have started to thrive in Vietnam. He said that with the capability of technology corporations, the demand for research and development of technology is huge. Vietnam is following the momentum of world development and will catch up in the foreseeable future.

He also plans to return to Vietnam in the near future to continue to carry out research at home, contribute to domestic science and develop more modern science applications.

He always thinks that published scientific work reflects one’s dedication, contribution and the value of research for basic science or practical application value.

When asked about having a respectable number of scientific papers, he said: “Partly because I have an open mindset, and always want to learn interdisciplinary studies, so besides the main research, I often participate in other studies from the network inside and outside the school.”

Like all other scientists, to get the results today, he failed many times. “During my time as a graduate student, there were days when I worked 16 hours to solve the difficulties of the experiment, the deadlock, or studies that I wanted to repeat many times to understand better.”

After each failure, he learned many lessons. Science needs a vast sea of knowledge and experience, he said, and there may be setbacks that he will still have to face. But with accumulated experience, the scientist can limit and easily overcome obstacles.

According to Thang, the qualities that scientists need, in addition to grasping background knowledge, are hard work, perseverance and passion for the job.

“Young people who have chosen the path of scientific research should firmly believe in themselves, work hard on their skills and knowledge. But the most important thing is to always keep the flame of passion in your heart. On the scientific path, there are times when things are favorable, sometimes difficult, as long as you have the courage, awareness and confidence, you will achieve great and practical achievements for humans and the earth. country.”

The love of a scientist is logic and creativity

Cuộc sống và tình yêu của tiến sĩ Việt 33 tuổi ở Hàn Quốc

Thang and his colleagues

Unlike what many people think, science work for Thang is not a ‘dry’ job. “The farmer loves the fields, the crops and the harvest. The artist loves the lyrics, melody and entertainment for life. So do scientists, they love logic, creativity and real value in life. Therefore, each job has its own characteristics, it is dry for outsiders but it is love for people in the profession. I feel very happy every day to learn, do research, create and think about their value in the future.”

“The happiness of a scientist is to create scientific products that are valuable for life, recognized by society, cared for and supported by the society.”

To balance work and life, he often does sports activities such as table tennis, mountain climbing, or picnics, and gathering with family and friends. “When outdoor activities are not allowed, I can sit and sing, or sip a cup of hot tea. All these activities make me slow down to enjoy life, continue to motivate me to work hard.”

When asked what he would do if he didn’t do science, he replied: “I can be a farmer – grow crops and vegetables. Any job that creates value in life, I find it very meaningful and do not hesitate to try myself.”

Dr. Nguyen Phan Thang (born 1987)

Assistant Professor, Gachon University, Korea

Outstanding achievements:

– 43 scientific articles have been published in international journals, of which 28 articles are in Q1 list (14 articles are main authors), 11 articles on Q2 list (6 articles are main authors), and 04 articles items listed in Q3 (1 article is the main author).

– Commendation from the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea: For outstanding achievements in organizing the Conference of Vietnamese Young Scientists in South Korea, ACVYS 2016, 2017

– General Poster Award, 4th International Conference on Electrical Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE 2016), Jeju, South Korea.

Community activities:

– Join movements of the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Korea.

– Participate in organization work, be a key member of the 2016 organizing board and participate in criticism task, be the chairman of the 2017 chemistry seminar at the ACVYS Conference of Vietnamese Young Scientists in Korea.

– Participate in reviewing for a number of prestigious magazines: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Solar Energy, Molecular Liquids

– Win the Golden Globe Award 2020

Nguyen Thao

Young PhD promotes organ donation registration to save lives

Young PhD promotes organ donation registration to save lives

With his health and job in good condition, a young lecturer at the HCM City University of Forestry and Agriculture with a doctorate registered to donate his organs after death to convey the message that ‘giving is forever existing’.

Young woman who felt 'different' wins scholarship, travels the world, and returns to Vietnam to work

Young woman who felt ‘different’ wins scholarship, travels the world, and returns to Vietnam to work

At Macalester College in the US, a university-level school with 2,000 students from 100 countries, all students have to answer the question ‘Who am I?’. This question led a Vietnamese female student to ‘find herself’ again.

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Farmers embrace livestreams, high-tech advances for better quality, productivity

February 14, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

Farmers embrace livestreams, high-tech advances for better quality, productivity hinh anh 1 An organic red-flesh dragon fruit orchard in Long An province’s Chau Thanh district. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Farmer Le Van Chin from the southern province of Long An recently livestreamed an advert about his cooperative’s red-flesh dragon fruit on his Facebook page.

“Hi everyone! Here is the dragon fruit garden of Que My Thanh Cooperative. After 25 days of harvest, it has a thin peel and red flesh. Rest assured we never use any harmful chemicals to spray the fruit. We guarantee that it is healthy and tasty,” he told viewers.

“I livestream various stages such as farming, harvesting and packaging to create consumer confidence about my product,” he said.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Chin was one of thousands of farmers who decided to sell directly on social network sites such as Facebook, Zalo and others.

No official statistics about the number of farmers using livestreaming exist, but it has become increasingly common. Livestreams on social networks and e-commerce platforms in Vietnam have attracted hundreds of thousands of views a day.

Nguyen Duc Tung, general secretary of the Vietnam Digital Agricultural Association, said that more farmers were selling online directly to consumers without intermediaries, which has helped lower prices.

To do business online, farmers had learned more about photography, sales and communication skills to engender trust among consumers, he said.

According to Nguyen Manh Tan, marketing director of Haravan, which provides e-commerce and retail solutions, farmers only need a smartphone and Facebook account to conduct a livestream.

Selling on Facebook or Zalo is easier than on e-commerce platforms, which have more requirements such as packaging specifications and legal conditions.

Since packaging, storage and transport can be done better by distributors, farmers often livestream their products directly from their fields or gardens to distributors.

Despite online trends, a number of high-quality, affordable agricultural products that meet export standards are still absent on major e-commerce platforms such as Tiki, Sendo and Voso.

One of the main reasons for the low consumption of “clean” agricultural products on e-commerce platforms is the life cycle of the product.

Vu Kim Hanh, chairwoman of the High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association, said that fresh agricultural products were less popular on e-commerce sites because the life cycle was too short.

Nguyen Dac Viet Dung, chairman of the board of directors of Sen Do Joint-Stock Company, said if the life cycles could be extended, buyers would feel more secure about purchasing organic or clean products on e-commerce sites.

Digital transformation

Farmer Chin, who is the director of the Que My Thanh Dragon Fruit Cooperative in Long An Province’s Tan Tru District, decided to shift his family’s four-hectare red-flesh dragon fruit garden to a natural direction without using chemicals, and embrace digital technology.

“I have gradually shifted to organic fertiliser and bio-products to grow quality dragon fruit and use efficient irrigation methods like automatic spraying and drip irrigation to save water.”

Chin is one of the partner farmers of Food Connect, a project of the Food Network Joint-Stock Company, that aims to link farmers with consumers through technology platforms.

Under the project, training sessions on e-commerce and transparent production processes are provided to farmers to help them save costs by avoiding a middleman, thereby reducing prices for consumers.

The cooperative, which has 22 hectares of cultivated dragon fruit, sells its products to fruit chains across the country.

“Despite their somewhat ugly appearance and shape, the fruit is popular with local consumers because of the quality. Also the first batch of dragon fruit was exported to Dubai,” Chin said. “Consumers can scan the QR code on the product to know the exact origin.”

Dr Tu Minh Thien, rector at Van Hien University in Ho Chi Minh City, said the use of advanced technology had contributed to nearly 35 percent of the growth value of agriculture in Vietnam in the last five years.

In the field of irrigation, drip, sprinkler and underground irrigation systems are being used on different terrains, making watering more accessible. Such systems are typically attached to a flow controller which provides fertiliser for crops.

Techniques from the biotechnology field are also being used in farming, such as gene mapping of plants. Advanced techniques such as ELISA and PCR are used in the diagnosis and identification of viral diseases of plants.

In wet-rice production, biotechnology is also being used to breed rice varieties, with slow-soluble fertilisers and saltwater warning systems in Soc Trang, Dong Thap, and Tra Vinh provinces.

“Biotechnology applications are an effective solution for sustainable agriculture and for limiting the impact of climate change,” Dr Thien said.

Blockchain is another technology that is being used in product traceability and supply chain management in Long An, Tien Giang, Dong Thap and other provinces.

In Dong Thap and Ben Tre provinces, technological advances have improved the monitoring of automatic irrigation systems by quickly identifying the watering level of a tree, for example, and alerting farmers to the exact location of the water shortage area.

The systems, which use GPS and automatic routing to cover an entire plantation, are mounted on drones that fly 20-30 metres above crop fields, such as banana or fruit tree plantations.

Despite these advances, high-tech applications in Vietnam’s agriculture have not been widely implemented on a household scale, and most are being used at large enterprises and cooperatives due to the high investment costs and unstable market prices of fruits and vegetables.

Large enterprises that have invested in these applications include Vingroup, PAN Group, Hoang Anh Gia Lai, and Loc Troi Group, among others.

They offer farmers and cooperatives guidance on production processes, train farmers who want to produce clean products, and provide technical and seed support.

The enterprises also aim to improve quality control during processing and before harvesting, and to support product brand development.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuc, a member of the executive committee of the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association, said that digital transformation in agriculture must begin with farmers.

In supply chains, each farmer must be a “trader” who understands the market. The stakeholders of the chains should regularly communicate with each other to maintain sustainable and long-term cooperation.

Thực has been working with farmers to develop an agricultural e-Journal, create QR codes, and promote the use of traceability of origin and geographical indication (GIs).

Dr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, director of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority, said that digital transformation would ensure transparency in the market.

“Farmers must be the key players to ensure the success of digital transformation in agriculture,” he said.

Benefits will include lower production costs, less waste, less water consumption and better quality, according to the director.

Advances in machinery in recent years have helped to expand the scale, speed and productivity of farm equipment, leading to more efficient cultivation of more land. Seeds, irrigation and fertilisers have vastly improved as well, helping farmers increase yields.

Artificial intelligence (AI), analytics, connected sensors and other emerging technologies further increase yields, improve the efficiency of water and other inputs, and build sustainability and resilience.

Automation technology, drones, spectral imagery and the use of robots and unmanned aerial vehicles also help to reduce operational expenditures and labour costs.

In addition, increased use of livestock biometrics ensures maintenance of livestock health and has a direct impact on the increase in yield of dairy products.

Challenges

In coming years, the agricultural sector is set to face serious challenges. Growing populations, rising affluence and urbanisation, for example, have increased the threat to global food security.

The world population is expected to increase by 2.2 billion by 2050 and demand for food will rise by 50 percent, according to reports from global organisations.

During this period, climate change is expected to reduce harvests by 17 percent, while arable land will shrink by 20 percent.

A more resilient food future will rely on agricultural research and development, and better alignment of government finance and incentives for farmers who use sustainable and climate-smart production processes.

It will also rely on a steep change in access to information, innovative technologies, and finance to enhance the resilience of millions of small-scale farming households whose livelihoods are most critically impacted by climate change.

Productivity and a sufficient supply of quality food must increase, while natural resources remain protected.

Nguyen Khac Minh Tri, CEO of Mimosa Technology Ltd., said that new applications in agriculture such as IoT (Internet of Things), blockchain, big data and AI would open up a new era in which new practices would produce more food with fewer resources and without harming the environment.

However, the transformation progress remains slow in Vietnam, according to Tri. Most applications that are now in the pilot phase aim to prove the benefits to farmers and other stakeholders in agricultural supply chains.

Although some farmers are now able to manage irrigation on smartphones with IoT solutions or mark their brand with QR codes for traceability on blockchain platforms, this is only happening with a few early adopters.

Application of technology is in the early stages, and more time is needed to transform technology from “good-to-have” to “must-have”, according to Tri.

Since more than 70 percent of Vietnam’s agricultural products are from 22 million smallholder farmers, local agri-businesses should not depend solely on major corporations to promote innovative solutions.

Solutions must be identified for smallholder farmers to apply technology, but smallholder farmers entering mass markets is not an easy task because farmers have used the same practices for thousands of years. Changing their mindsets will take a long time, according to Tri.

One of the main obstacles is limited capital, because switching to high-tech agriculture requires a considerable up-front investment, experts have said.

Another major problem is market and consumer confidence. Building brands and winning customer confidence are both essential for Vietnamese brands so they can take advantage of major export markets like the EU under the new EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

Farmer Chin from Long An Province, who embraced technology early, is also aware of the obstacles that must be overcome.

“Farmers are willing to embrace digital transformation and switch to natural farming as long as stable sales are ensured. I will continue to do livestreaming so that everyone can understand how dragon fruit is being grown without chemicals.”/.

VNA

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