Addressing the launching ceremony, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man said the works mentioned in the book have proved their use in their respective areas.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (L) unveil the Vietnam Book of Innovation 2019 at the event.

Many of the solutions have contributed to enhancing the living conditions of the community, promoting economic development, protecting the environment, improving health care and education service quality, boosting agricultural production, ensuring defence, saving energy, and increasing competitiveness of goods, he said.

Speaking at the event, Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan asked the VFF to continue working to promote innovation to increase productivity, quality, efficiency and international integration, and timely honour enterprises, organisations, and individuals leading the research and application of innovative initiatives and technology.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and authors of the honoured projects.

A database on innovation, initiatives, creations and ideas should be built, along with the multiplying of good models in the field, she suggested.

At the ceremony, the NA leader, the President of the VFF Central Committee, the Minister of Science and Technology and delegates presented awards to authors of research works and solutions featured in the Vietnam Book of Innovation 2019.

Among the honoured works are a project on installing automatic fire fighting system in armored tanks; a technique to interfere in coronary arteries through the skin to treat chest pain; and the application of IBM watso for oncology - an artificial intelligence software - to support cancer treatment.

Contest promotes tourism startup, innovation

The Vietnam Youth Union’s Supporting Centre for Youth’s Startup in collaboration with the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam organised the Startup Hunt contest from July 5 to August 29 to promote startup and innovation in tourism.

Two startups win KVision innovation awards

Two aspiring startups, Ecom Easy Asia and Ninjaman, won the KVision x VIISA Hackathon 2019 held June 28-30 in HCMC.

Saigon Innovation Hub joins ASEAN startup programme

The Saigon Innovation Hub (SIHUB) has been appointed by the government of Malaysia as the only representative of Vietnam to join the ASEAN startup programme.

Germany helps improve Vietnam’s SMEs via innovation programme

The Central Innovation Programme for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), also known as ZIM, was introduced to Vietnamese and German firms and organisations at a workshop in Berlin on June 12.

Awards encourage young intellectuals to contribute to education innovation

Five top prizes worth VND100 million each, accompanied by the opportunity to receive development assistance for each outstanding project, will be granted to winners of the "Young Intellectuals for Education Innovation" Awards 2019, aiming to encourage youngsters to contribute their initiatives to facilitate education in Vietnam.

Source: VNA