Vietnam Talent Award contributes to the sustainable development of the country

On the evening of December 20, in Hanoi , Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the 17th "Vietnamese Talents" Awards Ceremony.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong; President Vo Van Thuong; National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue; Permanent member of the Secretariat and Head of the Central Organization Commission Truong Thi Mai sent congratulatory flower baskets. Ministers and representatives of ministries, departments and branches attended the ceremony.

Honoring the intelligence and creativity of Vietnamese people (Source: vtvgo.vn)

The Vietnam Talent Award was initiated in 2005 by the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group ( VNPT ). To date, the Award has attracted over 7,500 authors and scientists with over 3,600 products and scientific works to compete. The Award has honored 210 information technology products and scientific works, of which 50 products have been applied to the regional and world markets.

The 2023 Vietnam Talent Awards with the theme "Honoring Talent - Inspiring Creativity" honors Talents in 5 fields: Digital Technology, Science and Technology, Medicine - Pharmacy, Agriculture and Rural Development and Encouragement of Learning - Self-study to become talented.

The Organizing Committee awarded 1 First Prize, 2 Second Prizes, 3 Third Prizes, 3 Encouragement Prizes in the field of Digital Technology; 4 prizes for 4 groups of authors in the field of Medicine and Pharmacy; 2 prizes for 2 groups of authors in the field of Agriculture and Rural Development; 5 prizes for 5 individuals in the field of Self-study to become successful.

Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized, "Talents are the lifeblood of the nation". Throughout the history of the nation, the tradition of nurturing talents, recommending talented people, honoring and valuing talents has always been of interest to our ancestors, focused on, inherited and developed through many generations.

According to the Prime Minister, after 17 seasons of continuous expansion and development, the Vietnam Talent Award has become a prestigious program, effectively connecting a series of creative research events and applying research results to life. The Vietnam Talent Award has contributed to affirming to the region and the world about Vietnamese intelligence, Vietnamese products, Vietnamese brands and Vietnamese potential.

On behalf of the Government, the Prime Minister acknowledged, commended and warmly congratulated the collectives and individuals who have had outstanding scientific works, honored throughout the 17-year journey of the Award in general and the 2023 Award in particular; commended the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education together with agencies, organizations and sponsors who have always been enthusiastic and dedicated to sustaining the Vietnam Talent Award over the years, making positive contributions to the cause of promoting education and talents of the nation and the common achievements of the country.

The Prime Minister said that in the context of the rapidly changing and unpredictable world situation, the trend of globalization and international integration is increasingly deep, especially the Fourth Industrial Revolution strongly affecting all areas of social life; each country, enterprise and individual who wants to develop must constantly study, research, innovate, and apply science and technology to create new values in line with the development process. In that process, people are the center, the subject, the main resource and the goal of development.

In order to successfully achieve the set goals and contribute to realizing the aspiration to develop a strong and prosperous country, in the coming time, the Prime Minister requested all levels, sectors and localities to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the Party and State's guidelines, policies and laws on attracting and employing talents; especially Resolution No. 45-NQ/TW dated November 24, 2023 of the Central Committee on "continuing to build and promote the role of the intellectual team to meet the requirements of rapid and sustainable national development in the new period" and "National Strategy on attracting and employing talents to 2030, with a vision to 2050".

At the same time, proactively deploy scientific research programs to practically and effectively serve production and business activities and people's lives. Scientific research institutes and academies need to be encouraged and facilitated to guide and train young scientists in implementing basic and applied research topics; further promote the cause of building a learning society according to Decision No. 1315/QD-TTg dated November 9, 2023 of the Prime Minister promulgating the Plan to implement the Movement "The whole country competes to build a learning society, promote lifelong learning in the period 2023 - 2030".

In particular, focusing on developing an open education system to ensure fairness in learning opportunities and social equality in learning conditions, ensuring that all people have access to the open education system; promoting the emulation movement "Learning Family" https://dangcongsan.vn/thoi-su/, "Learning Clan" https://dangcongsan.vn/thoi-su/, "Learning Community" https://dangcongsan.vn/thoi-su/, "Learning Unit" to continuously care for, cultivate, and form "Learning Citizens".

"With hundreds of thousands of people becoming learning citizens each year, the country will have a large treasure trove of talent and abundant intellectual resources to build an increasingly high-quality workforce," the Prime Minister pointed out.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the Organizing Committee of the Vietnam Talent Awards to promote the achieved results; at the same time, research and add other suitable scientific fields to the Awards such as pedagogical science, educational science with research works on smart school models, online classrooms, digital educational resources, psychological characteristics of students in the digital age, especially developing education in remote areas, ethnic minority areas, etc.

The Prime Minister hopes and believes that individuals and groups participating in and being honored at the Vietnam Talent Awards will continue to nurture their dreams, cherish their ambitions, constantly strive to overcome difficulties, overcome challenges, strive to study and research to have many new ideas, create many new scientific products, contribute more and more worthily to the community, society and the sustainable development of the country; The Vietnam Association for Promoting Education is always at the forefront of the movement to promote learning and talent to continue promoting the tradition of studiousness of our nation and forever "light up the flame of Lac Hong".

Previously, in her opening speech at the award ceremony, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Doan, former Vice President, President of the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education, Head of the Steering Committee of the 2023 Vietnam Talent Award, shared: The "Vietnam Talent Award" initiated by the Central Vietnam Association for Promoting Education has had 17 successful award seasons. Among the award fields, there is the "Self-study to become talented" award, honoring farmers who did not attend basic training courses but have self-studied, self-researched and invented products in the field of traditional medicine, machinery and equipment to reduce difficulties for farmers, increase labor productivity, bring high production efficiency, and contribute to the sustainable development of the country.

This is a playground for domestic and foreign scientists of all ages who are passionate about scientific research, creativity and dedication. Up to now, most of the awarded products have been successfully applied in production, serving people's health care, bringing high socio-economic efficiency to the country. Some projects have reached the international market, raising the level of Vietnamese intelligence in the world. The Vietnam Talent Award has contributed to implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam: "Developing high-quality human resources, attracting and employing talents, promoting research transfer, strongly applying the achievements of the 4th Industrial Revolution in all areas of social life".

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Doan said that the Award has also implemented well the motto of promoting "Encouraging learning - encouraging talent - building a learning society" in which everyone must study regularly, study for life to enrich knowledge, develop the economy with knowledge through scientific products that have been successfully researched, widely and effectively applied in all areas of economic and social life. This is the right way, helping the country develop quickly and sustainably, and is also the good implementation of the Party's policy on developing a knowledge-based economy in the new period./.

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