Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Associate Professor Tran Xuan Bach, 36, a lecturer atthe Hanoi Medical University, has become the first Vietnamese person to win theNoam Chomsky’s Shining Star Achievement in Research Award.

Theaward, part of the 2020 A. Noam Chomsky Global Connections Award and wasgranted at a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Society of TransnationalAcademic Researchers (STAR) in the US on December 8 (US time).

Bach,who graduated with an excellent doctorate from the University of Alberta,Canada in 2011, is deputy head of the Hanoi Medical University’s HealthEconomics Department.

Hewas appointed Adjunct Professor at the prestigious John Hopkins University in2019.

InSeptember 2019, the PLoS Biology magazinepublished a list of the top 100,000 scientists ranked in the most cited groupin the world. There were three Vietnamese scientists in the list, including Bach.

Hiswritings have been published in prestigious internationalmagazines, including The Lancet, Bulletin of the World Health Organization,JMIR and AIDS and Behaviour. Hehas also taken part in efforts to develop a network to research globalhealth issues and disease-control policies.

In2018, he was elected a member of the Global Young Academy’s Executive Committee– a network that connects young scientists to solve global problems and encourageyoung people to do scientific research, especially, young people fromdeveloping countries.

Alsoin 2018, he took the role of Secretary-General of the Global Young VietnameseIntellectuals Network. The network provides opportunities for young Vietnameseintellectuals at home and abroad to contribute their initiatives to nationaldevelopment.

Throughthe network, dozens of research groups have been established and hundreds ofproposals and initiatives have been submitted to the country’s leaders forconsideration.

Previously,Bach was recognised as the youngest associate professor in Vietnam when he was32 years old in 2016.

Receivingthe award is not only international recognition of Bach's contributions toscientific research and research co-operation but also a motivation forhim to continue spreading the spirit of connection and co-operation to developyoung intellectuals in the country and around the world.

ProfessorNoam Chomsky, 92, is one of the greatest scholars of this era. He is consideredthe father of modern linguistics and one of the most cited authors alive. He isthe author of more than 100 books on linguistics, politics, war and mass media.

WithChomsky's tremendous academic and social contributions, Mousumi Mukherjee(Chief Representative of STAR Network in India) asked for permission to use hisname to create the A. Noam Chomsky Global Connections Award in October.

Theaward aims to honour the power of human connections and honour individuals, whohave a profound effect on promoting social and global mobility./.