On November 16, the Vietnam Education Trade Union met with the outstanding lecturer honored in the program “Glory of Vietnam” in 2021 – Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha
At the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc An – Chairman of the Vietnam Education Trade Union congratulated and encouraged Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha – Lecturer, Director of the Institute of Forestry Research and Development, University of Agriculture and Forestry (Thai Nguyen University) as one of 9 individuals and groups honored in the program “Glory of Vietnam”.
In addition, this unit also sent gratitude to Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day, November 20.
The Vietnam Education Trade Union also encouraged and sent gratitude to the lecturer on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day. Photo AT.
Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha, Director of the Institute of Forestry Research and Development, University of Agriculture and Forestry (Thai Nguyen University) is a dedicated female scientist, passionate about research, conservation and propagation of precious timber and medicinal plants in Vietnam.
A notable achievement is the successful research, hybridization and cultivation of 40 precious medicinal plants in Vietnam, bringing high economic benefits.
With these contributions, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha was honored to receive the Kovalevskaia Award in 2019 from the Vietnam Women’s Union.
In the early days of working at the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Ms. Thu Ha focused on conservation and research on timber trees, with the goal of selecting and hybridizing good timber varieties for afforestation, helping people eliminate hunger and reduce poverty.
In 2008, after completing her PhD at the Australian National University and returning to Vietnam, she founded and developed the Forestry Research and Development Institute under an autonomous mechanism. Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha said that she has always wondered how to breed valuable medicinal herbs with high productivity.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc An – Chairman of the Vietnam Education Trade Union congratulated and encouraged Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha
“Traffic in the highlands is difficult, so why don’t we develop non-timber forest products or precious medicinal herbs of Vietnam listed in the Red Book that are gradually disappearing every day and hour. People only know how to exploit them until there is no more source of precious medicinal herbs. For the past 10 years, we have cherished the pursuit of somehow reproducing these precious medicinal herbs”, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha shared.
This has motivated Associate Professor, Dr. Thu Ha to research, select, breed and successfully cultivate 40 precious medicinal plants of Vietnam, bringing high economic benefits such as: Pine, orchid, ginger, seven-leaf flower, purple cardamom, wolfberry, honeysuckle, Ngoc Linh ginseng…
In addition, Associate Professor, Dr. Thu Ha also focuses on researching and applying molecular biology and molecular biochemistry to correctly identify the species and medicinal activities to serve the creation of good varieties, industrial scale cultivation, helping to develop the medicinal industry of Vietnam.
Source: https://laodong.vn/cd-giao-duc/gap-mat-giang-vien-duoc-vinh-danh-tai-chuong-trinh-vinh-quang-viet-nam-974487.ldo
