Male student achieved 9.19/10 academic score, brought trash to ASEAN arena

(Dan Tri) - An excellent all-round student with an academic achievement of 9.19/10, Tran Minh Thien also implemented a project on waste that won first prize in the ASEAN sustainable development competition.

Student Tran Minh Thien (far right) shares about the project "Enzyme from organic waste" (Photo: Nguyen Diem).

Tran Minh Thien, a fourth-year student at the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, is an excellent student with an academic score of 9.19/10; many achievements in scientific research and active participation in school activities.

In particular, Minh Thien is the founder and director of the project "Enzyme from organic waste". This is a project to convert organic waste into a multi-purpose product that can be used as a household cleaning solution, floor cleaner, furniture polish, insect repellent, organic fertilizer and natural pesticide.

The idea for the project came from Thien's daily observations of the huge amount of organic waste being released into the environment in an extremely wasteful way.

Minh Thien and group members with cleaning solution products made from trash (Photo: LL).

After consulting documents and scientific journals, Thien realized that organic waste can be converted and recycled into a multi-purpose solution.

Soon after, Thien gathered 11 other students from many universities across the country, sharing the same passion, to develop the project together.

Through the project, the members want to send the message that even things considered as waste can become valuable resources. Through this, they hope to contribute to raising awareness about the importance of recycling and encouraging people to apply sustainable solutions in their daily lives.

The project "Enzyme from organic waste" won the ESG Ambassador ASEAN competition for students from ASEAN countries recently held in Thailand.

74 students from the South received scholarships for disadvantaged students with good academic performance and ideas and community development projects (Photo: Nguyen Diem).

Tran Minh Thien is also one of 74 southern students receiving the SCG Sharing the dream scholarship in 2024 organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union Council, and Ho Chi Minh City Student Support Center on November 16.

Scholarships are awarded to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with good academic performance (admission score of 24 points or higher for first-year students, cumulative average score of 8.0/10 points or higher for second-year students), with outstanding abilities, and interested in social and national issues.

This year, nationwide, the scholarship awards 100 scholarships for students worth 15 million VND/scholarship) and 100 scholarships for pupils worth 2 million VND/scholarship with a total value of 1.7 billion VND.

Mr. Le Xuan Dung, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Student Support Center, shared that over the past 17 years, the scholarship program has supported more than 5,600 scholarships for students nationwide with a total value of 40 billion VND.

In just the last 5 years, nearly 500 disadvantaged students have received scholarships to continue their pursuit of knowledge.

Among them, 20 excellent students representing Vietnam achieved many results in many international competitions and forums; 16 community projects from students were presented with financial support, knowledge, advice and consultation from experts, bringing the projects into reality.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/nam-sinh-dat-diem-hoc-tap-91910-dua-rac-den-dau-truong-asean-20241116181447422.htm