America honors Vietnamese scientist

In the framework of the 2013 annual meeting, the US House of Representatives of Hawaii and the US have just issued a resolution to grant the certificate of honor to Dr. Nguyen Huu Ninh, a Vietnamese national and a Nobel Peace Prize member of the Intergovernmental Committee on Variables Climate Change (IPCC).

Dr. Ninh is the only Vietnamese scientist to participate in the fourth IPCC report. He is a co-author of this report receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Dr. Nguyen Huu Ninh (second from right) at the certificate ceremony in Hawaii.(Photos provided by characters).

In 2002, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of East Anglia (UK), the world's leading research facility on climate change. In 2009, he received the title of Professor and Honorary Doctor of the University of Pécs (Hungary) - the oldest university of Hungary, founded in the 14th century.

Replying to the PV right after returning home, Dr. Ninh said: 'Vietnam issues have been prioritized by me in international projects that I have participated in. Evaluation results show that these studies can be applied not only in natural science but also in economic and social sciences. '

The mayor of Hawaii, Billy Kenoi, exchanged via Facebook: 'For the world, TS Ninh is Vietnam's environmental ambassador for many years. We met and discussed how to cooperate between the island of Hawaii and Phu Quoc island in the field of agricultural adaptation to climate change, sustainable energy technology, eco-agricultural tourism, and the problem of island response. with sea level rise '.