Asian Scientist Magazine (Singapore) has honored five Vietnamese scientists in its list of Asia’s Top 100 Scientists.

This list recognizes scientists and leaders whose research contributes to solving pressing global issues, including efforts in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

To be included in this list, scientists must have received a national or international award in 2020 and must have made significant contributions to scientific discoveries or held leading positions in academia or their respective fields.

The five Vietnamese scientists named among Asia’s Top 100 Scientists in 2021 are:

• Associate Professor Dr. Trần Thị Thu Hà (Thai Nguyen University)

• Associate Professor Dr. Vương Thị Ngọc Lan (University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City)

• Associate Professor Dr. Lê Thị Quỳnh Mai (National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology)

• Associate Professor Dr. Phạm Tiến Sơn (Dalat University)

• Dr. Nguyễn Trương Thanh Hiếu (Tôn Đức Thắng University)

Outstanding Vietnamese Scientists in Various Fields

• Agriculture:
  Associate Professor Dr. Trần Thị Thu Hà received the 2019 Kovalevskaia Award for her research on the propagation and intensive cultivation of medicinal plants and the development of local medicinal herbs.

• Biomedical Science:
  Associate Professor Dr. Vương Thị Ngọc Lan was one of three recipients of the Tạ Quang Bửu Award in 2020 for her comparative study on fresh and frozen embryo transfer methods in in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
  Associate Professor Dr. Lê Thị Quỳnh Mai led a team of female scientists who successfully isolated a new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 2019, making Vietnam one of the first four countries in the world to achieve this.

• Mathematics:
  Associate Professor Dr. Phạm Tiến Sơn was one of three scientists awarded the Tạ Quang Bửu Award in 2020 for his research on “General Properties of Semi-Algebraic Optimization”.

• Physics:
  Dr. Nguyễn Trương Thanh Hiếu was also among the Tạ Quang Bửu Award winners in 2020 for his study on “Mean Free Path of Low-Energy Electrons in Materials”.

This marks the sixth consecutive year that Asian Scientist Magazine has recognized Asia’s leading researchers. Other scientists in the list hail from countries such as China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Thailand.

Source: VTC News