HCMC – The combine harvester and the bed for paralyzed people have won the two highest prizes of the third HCMC Invention Awards 2010-2011 in the award ceremony held on Wednesday in HCMC.
Combine harvester wins first invention prize
By Kinh Luan - The Saigon Times Daily
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| A rice harvester invented by Pham Hoang Thang has won him the fi rst prize of the HCMC Invention Awards 2010-2011 - Photo: Kinh Luan |
HCMC – The combine harvester and the bed for paralyzed people have won the two highest prizes of the third HCMC Invention Awards 2010-2011 in the award ceremony held on Wednesday in HCMC.
Phan Minh Tan, director of the HCMC Department of Science and Technology, told the Daily on Wednesday that after three annual awards, inventions of scientists, institutes, farmers and owners of small production firms have met the real demands and put into use.
“Specifically, among ten inventions receiving the awards in 2008 and 2009, there are five inventions being commercialized and two others under negotiation of patent transfer,” he said.
The rice harvester winning the first prize and invented by Pham Hoang Thang is not only easy for operation and repair but also much cheaper than imported machines and more suitable to characteristics of Vietnam’s agriculture.
“I sold over 50 machines in the domestic market alone until last month,” Thang said.