Vietnam Talent Awards 2018 hails information technology and environmental solutions

The two second prizes went to the artificial intelligence program V-bee, which  translates Vietnamese written documents to natural voices, and Stringee, an app and website combining telephoning and messaging.

The first prize in Health and Medicines went to scientific research on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

The Environmental category saw a furnace that heats toxic industrial waste and a book on green buildings in Vietnam claim the top prizes. Research of Hà Lầm Coal Company won the first prize for the Science and Technology category.