Students of the Faculty of International Economics from Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam shine at YICMG 2023

This competition is held annually to encourage young people to come up with practical ideas to solve current problems in the Lancang-Mekong region. This year's competition focuses on the theme of "New Agriculture and Food Safety & Security" and has the participation of 20 projects from 6 countries in the Lancang-Mekong region including Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Therefore, this is a place for 10 universities from 6 countries in the region to discuss cooperation opportunities in training and research.

The Faculty of International Economics - Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam is honored to have 2 teams participating in this year's competition with 2 projects, including: 

- Project "Producing organic clean worm powder" by team DAVIN including students: Nguyen Hoang Vu - TA46C, Dang Nguyet Anh - KTQT49B1, Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang - KDQT49B1. With the idea of ​​producing organic worm powder as animal food, this production model helps reduce organic waste, protect the environment, and improve the quality of soil as well as the quality of food for livestock and poultry.

- Project “Konnects” includes students Vu Thi Kim Lien - KT46C, Nguyen Thi Khanh Ly - KT46C, Ha Kieu Oanh - KT46C, with the idea of ​​building an e-commerce platform specifically for the agricultural sector, connecting the collection of agricultural by-products, increasing income as well as providing knowledge about sustainable agriculture for farmers and aiming to reduce environmental pollution.

After 4 days of intense competition against "formidable" teams from countries in the region, the group of students from the Faculty of International Economics, with their courage, talent, and outstanding performance, brought pride to Vietnam when they all achieved extremely impressive results. Specifically:

- The DAVIN team won the highest award: "The Best Project For Incubation" with the project "Producing organic clean worm powder".

- The two "Best International Team" awards in the Transnational Projects presentation went to two students Nguyen Hoang Vu - TA46C and Nguyen Thi Khanh Ly - KT46C.

Sharing about their journey to participate in YICMG 2023, the two teams said that this was a great opportunity to learn, cultivate, and improve the knowledge and skills they had learned at the Faculty of International Economics. The two teams would like to express their sincere thanks to the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, the Faculty of International Economics, and the teachers in the Faculty, especially Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Lich and Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong for accompanying, encouraging, and giving a lot of advice and suggestions to help the two teams' projects become as perfect as possible.

The Faculty of International Economics would like to congratulate DAVIN and Konnects for completing the wonderful YICMG 2023 journey, becoming the pride of the Faculty, and giving great motivation and inspiration to other students in the Faculty to actively participate in research activities and interesting, useful competitions. We hope that you will continue to be active and reap many more successes on the upcoming path.

And now, let's take a look back at the memorable journey of the students of the Faculty of International Economics at the YICMG 2023 competition (Qinghai, China)!