20th years anniversary of Vietnam Kovalevskaia Prize
Attending the anniversary were Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, President of the Vietnam Committee for Kovalevskaia Prize, Madame Truong My Hoa, Vice President of the State, Madame Ha Thi Khiet, Member of Central Party Committee, President of Vietnam Women’s Union, Prof.Doctor Ann Koblitz, Director of Kovalevskaia Fund and her husband Prof.Doctor Neal Koblitz and representatives from VWU Executive Committee, ministries, branches, prizewinner-individials and groups, 19 outstanding students and many correspondents from Central and local Press.
In the remark speech, Madame Nguyen Thi Binh emphasied:”Since its establishment (1985-2005) Vietnam Committee for Kovalevskaia Prize has selected and awarded Kovalevskaia Prizes to 28 outstanding individuals and 12 outstanding groups of the women scientists in Vietnam. The value of the Prize is not much, however it encourages and stimulate Vietnamese womenscientists and increases the pretisge of science performance of Vietnamese women to the world”. ;)
President HaThiKhiet gives flowers to Madame Nguyen Thi Binh and Mr. & Mrs. Ann Koblitz.
Kovalevskaia Prize bears the name of the eminent Russian Doctor Mathematician, the greatest female scientist of the 19th Century- Sophia Kovalevskaia. Kovalevskaia Prize was founded with the initial financial contribution from the Prof.Doctor Ann Koblitz (An American) and her husband Prof.Doctor Neal Koblitz. Since 1985, Mr. and Mrs.Ann Koblitz selected women scientists in
On this occasion, Vietnam Committee for Kovalevskaia Prize organizes the ceremony to award Kovalevskaia Prizes in 2003-2004 to 2 individuals and 2 groups of women scientists who have gained the outstanding achievements in the field of natural science. They are: Prof.Dortor and outstanding teacher Tran Thi Luyen- Vice director of Nha Trang Aquaculture University; Colonel, Associate Prof. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Head of Hematology Faculty of the Central Army Hospital 108, Ministry of National Defense; Two women scientists groups of the Polymer Pharmaceutical Unit, Chemical Institute, Vietnam Institute for Science and Technology and of Traphaco Share-Stock Company.
