27 collectives and individuals receive the Kova Prize

Yesterday, the Kova Prize for the fourth time to support poor students overcome difficulties to study well; collective, individual initiatives, technical innovations and typical examples in social life were given to two collectives and 25 individuals.

The prize with the highest value of 30 million VND was given to the collective of officials and doctors of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Dong Da General Hospital for their care and treatment for AIDS patients in the final stage. In the past 11 years, the team of medical doctors has taken care of and treated over 2,000 people, outpatient treatment for 3,000 people.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh, former Vice President, Award Committee Chairman Kova emphasized: 'It can be said that the treatment for AIDS patients at the end stage, especially most AIDS patients from the detention center is difficult and dangerous. Therefore, we are very touched and admire the spirit of responsibility and kindness of the medical team here '.

There are two collectives and four individuals who received the prize "Typical mirrors in social life" worth from 5 to 30 million VND / prize, four students received Kova awards for students who overcome difficulties to study well Price of 5 million VND / prize and 17 students received Kova scholarship worth 3 million VND / interest. The total value of the prize is nearly VND 150 million.

The Kova Prize was founded by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoe in 2002. She is a former lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, who won the Kovalevskaia Prize (a prize from Russia to honor female scientists with many contributions). ) in 1993 thanks to successful paint studies and is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kova Paint Company. Funds are deducted from the welfare of the annual Kova Paint Company, the profit gained from the activities of the Center ' Support to develop Kova talents ' and the support of benefactors, dedicated to the career. training talents for the country.