Vietnamese students win prizes at int’l science and engineering fair
A project of Vietnamese students won a third prize at the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF 2023) Grand Awards, making Vietnam one of 33 countries and territories to be honoured at the competition.
Nguyen Thi Mai Anh (L) and Nguyen Binh Giang from the High School for Gifted Students of the University of Science under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) win the third prize at Regeneron ISEF 2023) Grand Awards (Photo: moet.gov.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - A project of Vietnamese students won a third prize at the2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF 2023) Grand Awards, making Vietnam one of 33 countries andterritories to be honoured at the competition.
The winning project on pharmacological effects on the centralnervous system of Litsea cubeba fruit and leaf essential oils based on pharmacological network in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBIO) category was developed by Nguyen Thi Mai Anh and Nguyen Binh Giang from the High School for Gifted Students of the University of Science under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU).
Another project, a quadruped robot model used to assist search and rescue operations in landslide-affected areas by Le Minh Duc and Le NguyenTrung Kien from Le Hong Phong High School for Gifted Students in Ho Chi Minh Cityearned a Special Awards presented by the US Agency for International Development.
REGENERONISEF 2023’s organising board highly valued Vietnam's extensive promotion of scientificresearch and the organisation of an annual science and engineering competitionfor high school students, saying that these are an important foundation to gradually improve the quality of scientific research in general and projects fornational and international competitions in particular.
♑ Initiated in1952, ISEF is the world's largest global science competition for highschool students. Every year, about 1,800 high school students from 80 countriesand territories around the world introduce their research results in 22 fieldsof the competition.
This year's competition was held in Dallas, the US, from May 14 - 19, attracting the participation of 1,600 students from 61 countries and territories with 1,302 projects. Vietnam had seven projects competing in the competition./.
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Nguyen Thi Mai Anh (L) and Nguyen Binh Giang from the High School for Gifted Students of the University of Science under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) win the third prize at Regeneron ISEF 2023) Grand Awards (Photo: moet.gov.vn) 
