The leaders of the Provincial People's Committee attended the conference on Science and Technology in the Northern Midlands and Mountains

9/14/2022 - 5:33:13 PM

(HBO) - On September 7th, the Ministry of Science and Technology coordinated with Tuyen Quang Provincial People's Committee to organize the 18th Science and Technology briefing in the Northern Midlands and Mountains in 2022. Mr. Huynh Thanh Dat, the Member of the Central Party Committee, the Minister of Science and Technology; Mr. Chau Van Lam, the Member of the Executive Committee of the Central Party Committee of Dan, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Head of the Delegation of the National Assembly of Tuyen Quang Province; Mr. Tran Van Tung, the Permanent Deputy Minister of Science and Technology; the Provincial People's Committees of Cao Bang, Hoa Binh, Bac Kan, Dien Bien, Son La and representatives of 14 Departments of Science and Technology of provinces in the region attended the conference. Mr. Dinh Cong Su, the Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee and leader of Department of Science and Technology from Hoa Binh province attended the conference.

Mr. Tran Van Tung, the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology and the Vice Chairman of Hoa Binh Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Dinh Cong Su are visiting the booth of Hoa Binh Department of Science and Technology and enjoying the instant tea made from celastrus hindsii.

The conference has assessed the results of S&T activities of the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Provinces in the period of 2018-2022 and the implementation of the conclusions at the XVII Regional Science and Technology Conference in 2018 held in Lao Cai province.

At this briefing, in addition to discussing the problems in the actual implementation of S&T activities in the region, the delegates shared many opinions, exchanged candidly and openly, and proposed solutions to overcome difficulties and new problems arising in S&T activities in the localities. Thereby, they have unified the actions to continue promoting S&T activities, contributing to promoting socio-economic development in each locality as well as in the whole region.

Within the framework of the conference, the Departments of Science and Technology in the region has displayed and introduced the outstanding S&T products of each locality. The booth of the Department of Science and Technology of Hoa Binh province has focused on displaying products of S&T enterprises and innovative start-up projects. In particular, the highlight is the product of instant tea made from celastrus hindsii and the health protection food, Phyproxaden, prepared in the form of hard capsules of Hoa Binh Pharmaceutical Research and Development joint Stock Company (Science and Technology enterprise). The product is also the result of the provincial science and technology project "Studying the chemical composition, evaluating the biological activities of some main compounds isolated from celastrus hindsii in Hoa Binh province. Testing the creation of the functional foods from the potential extracts” is granted the patent number 24390.

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