Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 8 extended his best wishes to all Vietnamese women on the occasion of International Women’s Day, affirming their crucial role in the development of each family, each community, each nation, and humanity as a whole. PM Chinh chaired a meeting with female generals, heroines of the people’s armed forces, labour heroines, and female scientists; and attended a ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Kovalevskaia Award and announce winners of the 2024 edition.

According to Vietnam News Agency, the 2024 Kovalevskaia Award was presented to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Minh Tan from the Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thi My Dung from the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.