Mr. Hoang Duc Thao, General Director of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Drainage and Urban Development Company has won more international scientific prizes than any other Vietnamese.

He received many prizes at the Vietnamese Creative Technology (VIFOTEC) events in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and four gold medals at Techmart ASEAN+3 in 2008.

Thao is also the first Vietnamese to have been awarded at the Republic of Korea’s Innovation Fair.

He won a gold medal in the Invention Innovation Technology Exhibition (ITEX) in Malaysia in 2010 and a prize at the World Intellectural Property Organisation (WIPO) for Vietnam’s best scientific innovation in 2009.

With their high practical value, Thao’s projects have been applied widely in 38 cities and provinces nationwide.