The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has just elected 74 new academicians. This is the largest number of elected academicians in history, bringing the total number of members of the academy to 1,444.

Two Vietnamese scientists elected as academicians of the World Academy of Sciences this time are Prof. Dr. Nguyen The Hoang, Deputy Director of 108 Military Central Hospital and Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University.

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Prof. Dr. Nguyen The Hoang, Deputy Director of 108 Military Central Hospital and Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen The Hoang was born in 1965, his hometown is Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh . He was awarded the title of associate professor in 2006, received a doctorate in science in 2008 and associate professor from the University of Munich in 2009. In 2018, he received the title of professor.

He is the main author of more than 100 research papers published in domestic and international journals, chaired and participated in many scientific research projects at the State and Ministry levels. In 2020, he performed the first hand transplant from a living donor.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai was born in 1974, from Quang Ngai. She graduated from the Department of Chemistry of the University of General Sciences (now the University of Natural Sciences). She then obtained a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Toyama University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Japan. She was appointed as an associate professor in 2014 and a professor in 2021.

In the first 10 years after her PhD, she mainly focused on researching the field of drug discovery from Vietnamese medicinal herbs. Recently, the female professor continued to conduct some applied research, completing 2 products to support the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer and arthritis from domestic medicinal herbs. To date, Professor Mai has had more than 80 articles published in prestigious international scientific journals.

She was awarded the 2021 Kovalevskaia Prize for female scientists with outstanding achievements in scientific research and application in practice.

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