(VOVWORLD) -The 45 winners of the Vietnam Science and Technology Innovation Awards 2021 were announced in Hanoi on Tuesday.
 Winners of Vietnam Science and Technology Innovation Awards 2021 announced in Hanoi on October 25. (Photo: VOV)
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From 110 works submitted, 45 were selected. Many are already in use, improving productivity and quality, lowering costs and reducing dependence on imports.
Two of the winners were equipment for defusing mines and mobile explosives by Lieutenant Colonel To Duc Tho and concrete hopper technology applied to reinforcing soft ground by engineer Pham Thanh Cong and associates.
"This is the 27th time the Vietnam Science and Technology Innovation Awards has been held. Many awards winners have improved Vietnam’s productivity or national security. Priority is given to projects that have a practical application. Creativity is also taken into account, but the jury pays much more attention to each project’s usefulness," said Dr. Le Xuan Thao, Standing Vice President of the Vifotec Foundation, which organizes the awards.
The award ceremony of will take place Thursday night at the Hanoi Opera House.