The imprint of Tra Vinh University's scientific playground - awakening the potential of young scientists in the Mekong Delta region

Tra Vinh University has just organized the final round of the 3rd “Scientific Research Ideas” Contest in 2025 for high school students in and outside Vinh Long province. In the final round, there were 131 ideas from 60 high schools from all over the provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City participating.

Dr. Thach Thi Dan - Vice Principal of Tra Vinh University awarded prizes to the winning students.

In her welcome speech, Dr. Thach Thi Dan - Vice Principal of Tra Vinh University said that the contest encourages high school students to research, create, and apply science to life; at the same time, it creates an academic playground, exchanges and learning, professional knowledge and scientific research experience between students, teachers of high schools in and outside the province and lecturers of Tra Vinh University in research, supporting career guidance for students. Thereby, helping students choose a suitable career for their future.

At the final round, there were 131 ideas from 271 students from 60 high schools from the provinces of Vinh Long, An Giang, Tay Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho City participating in the competition.

The ideas are in 4 fields: Chemistry - Environmental Materials; Agriculture - Aquaculture; Technology and Health Sciences. The Organizing Committee will hold a direct evaluation panel at Tra Vinh University to select the winning ideas.

At the end of the competition, the Organizing Committee awarded 1 First Prize for the whole block; 4 First Prizes, 4 Second Prizes, 4 Third Prizes and 26 Encouragement Prizes for ideas in various fields. In particular, the ideas that won the first, second and third prizes were supported by Tra Vinh University with experimental conditions to participate in the provincial and national science and technology competitions in the 2025-2026 school year.

Students present their entries.

In addition, the first, second and third prize winners who are students of Tra Vinh University will be supported by the University with a maximum of 15 million VND to implement their research projects. The idea of ​​"Research and development of green technology to produce Amine-Aloe biological fertilizer from fig extract, soybean residue and aloe vera, evaluating the effectiveness on stevia" by the group of authors Ho Hoang Long and Nguyen Minh Trieu, students of Nguyen Dinh Chieu High School (Phu Tan Ward) excellently won the first prize for the whole block.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/dau-an-san-choi-khoa-hoc-cua-dh-tra-vinh-danh-thuc-tiem-nang-nghien-cuu-khoa-hoc-tre-vung-dbscl-post1791170.tpo