Bac Ninh intellectuals and their desire to contribute

BAC NINH - In recent years, Bac Ninh province has achieved many outstanding achievements in socio-economic development, becoming one of the leading provinces in the country in terms of growth rate and investment attraction. These achievements have great contributions from the intellectuals, scientists and the creative labor movement. Whether born in this land or choosing Bac Ninh as their home, intellectuals all share the same aspiration to contribute their intelligence and enthusiasm to the development of their home province.

Báo Bắc Ninh•02/12/2025

According to Mr. Ngo Chi Vinh, Chairman of the Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations, Bac Ninh has historically been a land of "spiritual people", a place with a tradition of examinations with more than 50% of the first-class, third-class, second-class and doctoral graduates listed in the Temple of Literature being from Kinh Bac in the past. Currently, more than 122,000 intellectuals have actively participated in activities in all areas of social life. Many of their projects and solutions have opened up new technologies, reduced production costs, increased productivity and quality, contributed to environmental protection, solved business problems and, most importantly, opened up new development thinking for the province.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Hong Thai and General Secretary of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations Nguyen Quyet Chien awarded the title "Outstanding Bac Ninh Intellectual" to Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Kinh Bac.

In recognition of that contribution, Bac Ninh province organized a ceremony to honor outstanding Bac Ninh intellectuals, award the Science and Technology Award, and the first Bac Ninh Provincial Technical Innovation Competition in 2025. This is an event of special significance to honor the intelligence, talent and enthusiasm of intellectuals, while at the same time arousing the spirit of research, promoting the creative labor movement, the spirit of daring to think - daring to do - daring to innovate in the whole society. After many rounds of selection, 68 most outstanding intellectuals were honored. These are 5 individuals who won the First Prize of the Provincial Technical Innovation Competition; 1 individual was awarded the title of People's Artist and 62 individuals were awarded the title of Professor, Associate Professor.

To maximize the resources from the intellectual team, the Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations will do a good job of connecting Bac Ninh scientists who are working and living in and outside the province to participate in activities towards building their homeland. Propose mechanisms and policies, create favorable conditions for scientific and technological activities; encourage creativity and support the application of research results into practice. Coordinate propaganda, innovate the content and form of competitions and awards to create a space for research and creativity for scientists and the people...

Happy to return to his hometown on a very meaningful occasion, Professor, Dr. Nguyen Viet Khoa (from Yen Trung commune), Deputy Director of the Institute of Mechanics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology said: “I am always proud to be a son of Bac Ninh and what I am most passionate about is sharing knowledge through teaching generations of students, trainees, and graduate students, many research projects have been replicated in practice. The title "Outstanding Bac Ninh Intellectual" makes me even more proud because it is a manifestation of faith in the truly worthy contributions of us scientists”. It is known that Professor, Dr. Nguyen Viet Khoa has had 5 topics at the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology level; published over 80 prestigious domestic and international scientific articles; been granted 1 exclusive patent for invention and useful solution; and was recognized as meeting the standards for the title of Professor in 2022.

Meanwhile, Associate Professor, Doctor Dang Kinh Bac (born in 1989 - hometown in Kinh Bac ward) is currently Deputy Head of the Department of Geomorphology and Geography - Marine Environment, Faculty of Geography, University of Science (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) is one of the youngest intellectuals to be honored. Being awarded Associate Professor at the age of 35, completing the PhD program at the age of 29, Dang Kinh Bac has published 73 scientific works, 34 international articles, of which he is the main author of 20 articles. He shared: “No matter where I go or what I do, even when I am doing a PhD program in Germany, I always want to return to contribute to building my homeland and my country. In the future, I really want to cooperate with departments, branches and localities in Bac Ninh in researching solutions to handle environmental issues, respond to climate change, urban flooding... With the encouragement from the viewpoints, goals and policies of Resolution 57, I believe that the young intellectuals are full of enthusiasm to participate in scientific research and innovation to bring many useful solutions with high applicability to society.”

Dr. Vu Quang Khue, Principal of Bac Ninh Industrial College (second from left) actively inspires students to research and technical innovation.

Bringing to the Ceremony to honor the project "Research on the method of rapid detection of some Salmonella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria using Dropsens 110 electrochemical sensor modified with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)" which won the B prize of the 2025 Science and Technology Award, Dr. Vu Quang Khue, Principal of Bac Ninh Industrial College expressed: "Being immersed in the scientific atmosphere with leading experts helps me receive many positive values. Although the research project was carried out after 15 years of incubation and experimentation at home and abroad, receiving comments helps our group of authors find a way to improve our scientific products. With the role of managing vocational training facilities, providing young intellectuals and quality human resources for the province's key economic sectors, we will continue to develop new scientific research, focusing on digital transformation associated with green transformation; innovating administration, shortening the time to implement topics and projects, and ensuring Ensure the research process is transparent, limit duplication, and maximize the novelty and breakthrough of scientific research and solutions.

It can be said that in the period when the country is promoting industrialization, modernization and applying the achievements of the 4th industrial revolution, the role of intellectuals is increasingly valued. To maximize resources from the intellectual team, the Provincial Union of Science and Technology Associations will do a good job of connecting Bac Ninh scientists who are working and living in and outside the province to participate in activities towards building their homeland. Proposing mechanisms and policies, creating favorable conditions for scientific and technological activities; encouraging creativity and supporting the application of research results into practice. Coordinating propaganda, innovating the content and form of competitions and awards to create a space for research and creativity for scientists and the people... Thereby, making science, technology and innovation become strategic resources, the "trigger of all breakthroughs", determining the competitiveness of each locality in the digital age.

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