More than 1,100 creative scientific and technological ideas developed by students of Vietnam National Academy of Agriculture in 2024

Bold, highly applicable ideas

As one of the two topics that won the First Prize of the 2023 “Student Scientific Research” Award of the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture, introduced at the Science and Technology Exhibition of the Academy’s students held on June 22, the topic “Digital transformation in livestock farming in Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province” by a group of students from the Faculty of Economics and Rural Development, guided by Dr. Nguyen Anh Duc, has contributed to supporting livestock farmers in Dien Bien district in managing and monitoring their livestock.

Luong Thi Kim Oanh, a fourth-year student at the Faculty of Economics and Rural Development, said that over the past year, the research team has supported cooperative members in applying digital technology in monitoring and caring for cows, while promoting the cooperative's OCOP products.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of Vietnam Academy of Agriculture, was impressed with the science and technology products of the Academy's students. Photo: PV

Meanwhile, the topic "Evaluation of carbon reserves and accumulation capacity of acacia plantations in Thach Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province" by the group of students Le Viet Hung Anh, Nguyen Van Tuyen, Dang Thi Le, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam Academy of Agriculture) has contributed to quantifying the economic values ​​of forests, serving the goal of proposing carbon credits and forest environmental service payment policies, improving economic efficiency for forest owners in Thach Thanh district.

As a lecturer guiding students Xa Duc Binh, Mai Van Thuong, Nguyen Van Phuc, Faculty of Fisheries to carry out the topic "Research on Streptococcus agalactiae bacteria disease on perch (Anabas testudineus)" and won the First Prize of the "Student Scientific Research Award" in 2023, Associate Professor, Dr. Truong Dinh Hoai, Deputy Head of the Faculty of Fisheries (Vietnam National Academy of Agriculture) said that the Faculty of Fisheries has strengths in scientific research among students. Every year, in addition to carrying out scientific research topics at the Academy level, the faculty also proactively cooperates with businesses to support funding for students to confidently conduct scientific research.

Student Le Viet Hung Anh, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam Academy of Agriculture) presented the topic "Evaluation of carbon reserves and accumulation capacity of acacia plantations in Thach Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province".

“Currently, the Faculty has 9 scientific research topics of students, topics researched by students under the guidance of teachers have won many awards at competitions; many topics have high applicability, continue to be researched and applied by businesses in laboratories. This motivates students to be passionate about research and development of scientific and technological ideas”, Associate Professor, Dr. Truong Dinh Hoai said.

Give priority to students doing scientific research

Assessing the scientific research movement among students, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture, emphasized: “The student scientific research movement has been of interest to the Academy for a long time. Accordingly, the Academy organizes competitions on scientific and technological ideas and student scientific research to create a useful and equal playground for students. The Vietnam Academy of Agriculture is also one of the units with the most student research topics participating in start-up competitions, scientific research at the ministerial and national levels and winning the most awards. In particular, we value the quality of research, theory combined with practice, meeting the needs of businesses so that there are more job opportunities for students after graduation.”

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of Vietnam Academy of Agriculture, awarded certificates of merit to students with achievements in scientific research.

According to the Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture, in the near future, the Academy will reserve 500 topics for students to research. Every month and every quarter, the Academy will organize for students to register and compete for ideas. With good ideas, teachers will continue to guide and provide topics for students to research.

“I highly appreciate the scientific research topics of the students. It can be seen that their products are increasingly more applicable and easier to put into practice. With these topics, if accompanied and guided by teachers, they can all become start-up products, helping students to be more confident on the path to establishing their own careers,” emphasized Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan.

Over the years, with the spirit of always considering scientific research as the lifeblood of the university, science and technology as the driving force and key to promote the economy and society, considering science and technology as creating the name, stature and prestige of the country, the Academy has always focused on scientific research activities and especially valued the scientific research activities of students.

Every year, with nearly 300 scientific research topics at all levels (including over 100 scientific research topics led by students themselves), thousands of students have actively participated with teachers to carry out scientific research projects well. Many results of student scientific research topics have won many national awards.

Dr. Nguyen Cong Tiep, Deputy Director of Vietnam National University of Agriculture (second from left) judges students' display ideas at the Science and Technology Exhibition of the Academy's students.

In the past 5 years, students of the Academy have won 25 national awards (the “Student Research Award” of the Ministry of Education and Training and the “Student Research Award – Euréka”), including 4 First Prizes, 6 Second Prizes, 5 Third Prizes and 10 Encouragement Prizes. Many topics have been continued to be researched at a higher level and developed to create scientific and technological products.

Since 2013, the Academy has been implementing an agricultural startup program for students nationwide and has attracted over 1,250 participating projects, many of which have won national startup awards, with 5 projects winning first prizes in the national startup competition, and many projects have been realized in production and business.

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Ngoc Huyen, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice Chairman in charge of the Academy Council, Deputy Director of the Academy presented certificates of merit to students.

Students of the Faculty of Electromechanics (Vietnam National Academy of Agriculture) confidently presented before the judges.

To continue promoting students' scientific research activities, in addition to the Academy's annual research support budget, the Academy continues to strengthen negotiations with domestic and foreign partners to create opportunities for students to conduct research and academic exchanges domestically and internationally; and support research funding for highly appreciated students' scientific research ideas.

At the VNUA Student Science and Technology Conference 2024 held on the evening of June 22, the Director of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture also decided to reward students who won the "Student Scientific Research" award in 2023, including 2 First prizes, 3 Second prizes, 7 Third prizes and 6 Encouragement prizes; reward "Creative Scientific Ideas for Students" in 2024 with 2 First prizes, 3 Second prizes, 5 Third prizes and 7 Encouragement prizes; reward groups displaying at the Science and Technology Exhibition of the Academy's students and honor the instructors of "Student Scientific Research" in 2023 and "Creative Scientific Ideas for Students" in 2024.

Also at the Conference, MSc. Nguyen Trong Tuynh - Secretary of the Youth Union of Vietnam National Academy of Agriculture launched a movement of scientific research and entrepreneurship among students of the Academy.

Vietnam National University of Agriculture is a public, multidisciplinary, national key university. Not only does it have top quality training; modern and advanced facilities and equipment, the academy annually spends nearly 30 billion to provide scholarships to encourage students to study in all courses.

For new students, there are many attractive scholarship programs such as: Study abroad scholarships, talented student scholarships (100% tuition exemption), global student scholarships for short-term international exchange programs, startup scholarships, business scholarships...

In 2024, in recognition of its responsibility to the country's agriculture, the Academy has allocated nearly 30 billion more to support training and development of high-quality human resources for some key agricultural regions in Vietnam such as the Northern mountainous region, the Central Highlands and the Southwest. For these regions, there are full scholarships, where students are supported with 100% of tuition fees, free accommodation in dormitories and monthly living expenses...

For details, see the website: https://daotao.vnua.edu.vn/xettuyen and https://tuyensinh.vnua.edu.vn.

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