Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh presents  the L’Oreal – UNESCO award to 3 female scientists.

The three outstanding female scientists are associate professor Hồ Thị Thanh Vân from the HCM City University of Natural Resources and the Environment, PhD Trần Thị Hồng Hạnh from the Vietnam Academy for Science and Technology and PhD Phạm Thị Thu Hà from the HCM City-based Tôn Đức Thắng University. Each received an award of 6,500 USD.

PhD Phạm Thị Thu Hà said: “The award has encouraged me and financed me to carry on with my research. It makes me more confident about women’s role in society and allows us to contribute more to the community.”

At an award ceremony on Thursday, 32 female scientists were honored for their achievements in different fields such as rice production, pharmaceuticals, genetics, and physics over the past decade.