Vietnamese scientist won the 2011 Eureka Award

Dr. Chu Hoang Long is the only Vietnamese co-author to receive the Eureka Award 2011. The Eureka Award is Australia's most prestigious and prestigious scientific award.

The research 'Flow flow model measures the amount of water that can be used for agricultural production and the amount of water to store for environmental protection' by the research group, including Professor R. Clarin Grafton (chaired by ), Professor Tom Kompas, Dr. Chu Hoang Long from the Australian National University (ANU) and Professor Michael Stewardson from the University of Melbourne have been honored with Australia's prestigious Eureka 2011 award in management. and use water resources on 6-7 September.

The Eureka Award is Australia's most prestigious and prestigious scientific award, held every year for outstanding research in the areas of Research and Innovation; Leadership Science; Philosophy; Journalism and communication science .

This is the only award with the participation of government organizations, institutes, companies and individuals to honor the vitality, creativity and excellence of Australian science. To get the moment 'Eureka ' is a whole process of labor, serious dedication, passion for the scientist and his colleagues.

Dr. Chu Hoang Long

Dr. Chu Hoang Long is the only Vietnamese co-author this year to receive this award. He is currently a lecturer at Crawford School of Economics and Management at Australian National University. He has participated in many research projects with professors and associates in Australia in the field of environmental research and has had some results that are highly appreciated by colleagues and Australian scientists. In particular, in 2011, his efforts in recent years have been recognized by the prestigious award Eureka.

Last year, two Vietnamese brothers received the award, Dr. Vo Ba Ngu and his brother, Professor - Dr. Vo Ba Tuong of the University of Western Australia's School of Electrical, Electronics, and Computers for these Outstanding scientific contributions in the field of Australian security.

This year's award-winning study by Chu Hoang Long and his team helps answer the question of Australia's current controversial policy in the field of the environment: how much water should be irrigated to agriculture without risk. Harmful to the environment. Managers can use this model at the start of the irrigation season to identify two main parameters: the optimal amount of water used for irrigation and the optimal amount of water to protect the environment.

The study focuses on the Murray-Darling basin. Agriculture in this region has about 16,000 farms that use nearly 90% of clean water. Flows have decreased in both flow and frequency. Annual water flow to the sea is only about 40%. Although agriculture in the region generates a value of about $ 5 billion a year, this is also the price paid for the environment.

The model is calibrated for the Murray River case and the data show important findings. Actual "impulse" or artificial flooding is the optimal method to create environmentally beneficial flows. The study also showed that if during the period 2001 - 2009 allocating less water for agricultural irrigation and more for the environment, economic benefits could be generated from 500 million to 3 billion dollars.

Frank Howarth, director of Australia Museum, said it was important that this model has a global significance because it could be applied to all river systems in the world. This is also the first model in the world to help leaders and policymakers have a scientific basis to make a decision to allocate water for both the environment and the economy.

Thus, once again the talent and wisdom of Vietnamese people are honored in international science. This also gives Vietnamese managers the question of how to use and promote talents to serve the country's development process in the new period.

Dr. Chu Hoang Long is currently a lecturer of Crawford School of Economics and Management at Australian National University (ANU), with a specialization in Economics, Economics and Fisheries Economics. Dr. Chu Hoang Long used to be good. Hanoi University of Foreign Trade, completed a Master's program and a Doctorate in Economics at ANU.