A ceremony to present the Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological
Creations (VIFOTEC) Awards and the 2011 World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) Awards for science and technology was held in
Hanoi on April 27.
The VIFOTEC awards were presented for
new innovations in mechanics automation, fabric technology, information
technology, electronics, telecoms, bio-technologies, environmentally
friendly technologies, and the efficient use of natural resources,
energy saving devices and using new kinds of energy.
The WIPO
also presented certificates and mementos to the best enterprises to
apply intellectual property rights to production, the best project, the
best female scientist and the best young scientist in the intellectual
property field.
This year’s VIFOTEC awards included four first
prizes, eleven second prizes, twenty four third prizes and forty three
consolation prizes.-VNA