Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Le Van Chung could not hide his happiness when hisseven-member team from Duy Tan University won first prize in the informationtechnology (IT) category at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2017 held recently inHanoi.

“No words could describe my feelings now. I can only say that this is the mostunforgettable moment of my life,” Chung said. “We, seven people, worked on ourproject for five years. We are happy to receive positive feedback.”

The team won its prize, presented by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, for itsdesign of a 3D human body simulator that facilitates teaching, learning andresearch in health science.

Phuc said at the awards ceremony held on November 16 that fostering talents wasof great important to the prosperity of the country. He added that theVietnamese Talent Awards, initiated by Vietnam Study Promotion Association, hadcreated a campaign of continuous learning and innovation at all ages, over its13-year history.

“It’s time for self-taught talents and the youth to start up together withscientists to promote innovation for the future of our country,” Phuc stressed.“Our country will develop strongly if we can take the opportunity and promotethe brainpower of Vietnamese.”

The industrial revolution 4.0 was bringing many opportunities and it wascritical for the country to promote talent and innovation to avoid laggingbehind, he said.

He said that Vietnam was determined to develop a transparent and constructiveGovernment to encourage every potential and promote innovation, adding that theGovernment could also make use of innovative solutions.

He appealed to Vietnamese talents in every field to create a society oflearning and innovation.

The Vietnamese Talent Awards, first held in 2005 to honour inventions in IT andthen expanded to other fields—namely science and technology, environment,health and talent promotion—is now a launching pad for young businesses andstart-ups.  

Other products honoured this year include a multi-functional agriculturalmachine, an advanced technology application for reproductive health care andraising population quality, a kidney transplant operation, the app serviceconnection Rada and spell checker DoIT.

Promote real-life application

Chung said that his team still faced difficulties in applying the product inreal-life situations.

The product has been implemented for one year at Duy Tan University and aclinic in Da Nang city and received positive feedback from students as comparedto traditional learning methods.

“However, we meet with difficulty in bringing our product into real-lifeapplication due to a lack of hospital budgets for this and our lack ofrelations with universities,” he said. “We hope that our product will be widelyknown and applied at universities and hospitals.” -VNA