Five natural sciences projects were among 32 winners of Ho Chi Minh and
State prizes in 2010 at a ceremony in Hanoi on Feb. 18.
“ Vietnam ’s Fauna and Flora” as well as the country’s “Red Book” and “Red List” are among the noteworthy winners.
The 36-monograph book, “ Vietnam ’s Fauna and Flora” features
comprehensive and specific information on the country’s fauna and flora
and classifies the risk levels for 407 fauna and 448 flora species in
Vietnam .
The work, which forms the scientific basis for the assessment of biodiversity, has been utilised over the past half century.
The study in discovering and exploiting oil-reservoir granite rock on
Vietnam’s continental shelf, implemented over the last 23 years, serves
as a landmark in oil exploration and exploitation. The new technology in
oil exploitation has improved the productivity of oil in rocks,
accounting for 80 percent of 300 millions tonnes of oil in 2009.
The project on Vietnam ’s nature, territory and geographical
regions put forward sound and comprehensive assessments of the country’s
potential in terms of nature, inhabitants and economic activities which
will lay a scientific and practical foundation for national
socio-economic development and construction in the new period.
It also discovered strengths, shortcomings and illogical points in
developing territorial regions and proposed a strategic orientation and
specific measures to organise territory for socio-economic development
in national and geographical regions..
Another study
on rational use of Vietnam ’s marine organisms has devised the
process of extracting, subdividing and defining molecular structure from
marine organisms. It also found first-ever compounds from nature and
the potential of several groups of sea organisms in the country’s
territorial waters which will be valuable pharmaceutical sources.
It has been applied and produced seven dietary supplements which were licensed for mass production.
Another project on Vietnam’s natural geography has laid a foundation
for studying the country’s scenery and natural geography and established
practical and scientific foundations for rational use of natural
resources and environmental protection.-VNA
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