This is the first time that Ba Ria - Vung Tau province hosts a science
– technology contest with the scale being significant in terms of participants
and contest areas. The contest aims to find ideas that can address practical
issues of the province to promote the social and economic development and to
ensure national defense and security. The competition has attracted a wide
participation from the public. After nearly a year of launching the contest,
the Organizing Committee has received 386 applications from various sectors
such as public agencies, private companies, research entities and individuals.
Submitted applications have provided many new and feasible solutions to address
a wide range of problems and some of them have proved to bring significant
practical benefits. The ideas have expressed the desire of authors to bring
change in different areas from public administration, public services, to
production and sales by innovative and creative solutions.
In order to judge the applications, the Organizing Committee had
established 17 review committees that consist of experts and professionals in
different fields. The committees then judged the applications based on some
factors such as innovativity, feasibility and the ability to solve critical
issues in the province. There were 42 wining ideas chosen by the juries,
including six first prizes, six second prizes, 14 third prizes and 16
consolation prizes.
At the end of the ceremony, the second Science and Technology Idea
Contest of the 2016-2017 round was launched by the director Mai Thanh Quang.