Honoring initiatives for the community, creativity for the Fatherland Vietnam

Comrade Nguyen Thien Nhan - Politburo member, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front attended and delivered a speech.

Also attending were Mr. Vu Van Phuc - Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine; Mr. Tran Viet Thanh - Deputy Minister of Science and Technology; Mr. Dang Huy Dong - Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment; Mr. Nguyen Phi Long - Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union and authors/groups of authors participating in the contest "Creativity for the community".

On the side of VNU, there were VNU President Phung Xuan Nha, Vice Presidents, representatives of the Office, functional departments and member units under VNU.

After 6 months of launching the “Initiative for the Community” contest, the Organizing Committee has received 177 initiative projects from individuals and groups nationwide in the fields of education, health, transportation, science and technology, tourism, environmental protection, agriculture and community volunteering. Of which, projects in the cultural and social fields account for the largest proportion.

After 3 rounds of review and scoring, the Jury decided to award 11 initiatives including: 1 First prize, 2 Second prizes, 3 Third prizes and 5 Encouragement prizes.

Vice President of VNU Nguyen Huu Duc said that with its position as a center for training, scientific research, and multi-disciplinary knowledge transfer, VNU has always had activities to encourage and support creative young talents. Hopefully, the scale of the competition will continue to expand, creating a spread to each member and youth so that ideas and projects can continue to play a role in serving the community.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan highly appreciated the effectiveness and social impact of the competition, which not only aims to honor scientists and scientific and technological achievements, promote and disseminate scientific knowledge but also raise awareness and arouse pride in Vietnamese intelligence. Thereby, contributing to connecting, strengthening and consolidating the great national unity bloc for the sustainable development of the country.

VNU President Phung Xuan Nha presented the award at the ceremony.

Emphasizing that Vietnam is in the process of deep integration, President Nguyen Thien Nhan affirmed that Vietnam has potential strengths and inexhaustible resources of 100 million people with creative ability.

From the results of the contest, Chairman Nguyen Thien Nhan suggested that there should be awards for community initiatives and creativity for the Vietnamese Fatherland to honor initiatives that serve people at the grassroots level and help the country take off and grow.

On this occasion, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front called on all agencies, units, organizations, enterprises in Vietnam, people of all walks of life, Vietnamese people living, studying and working abroad, foreigners living, studying and working in Vietnam to continue to respond practically to the "Initiative for the community" contest.

Within the framework of the award ceremony, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan, Director of VNU Phung Xuan Nha and delegates visited the exhibition of more than 20 booths of typical scientific and technological products of VNU, products and ideas that won the "Initiative for the Community" award in 2015.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Seminar on “Initiatives for the Community – Replication and Connection” took place. Vice President of VNU Nguyen Huu Duc co-chaired the Seminar. Here, the winning authors/groups of authors presented their initiatives and proposed solutions for project implementation and replication.