Vu Nguyen Nguyen Anh

90% Scholarship, Bachelor of Business Administration

Gold Medalist of the Bangkok International Intellectual Property, Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition

“From the first moment I set sight on the university, I felt a sense of belonging.” That was a remark by Vu Nguyen Nguyen Anh, recipient of the 90% Scholarship, College of Business and Management, VinUniversity. Sharing her biggest motivation to get into VinUniversity, she said “I like the university’s different ways of teaching and learning, employing unique and innovative end-of-course assessment methods such as Hackathon, CECS Day,… It is this method of helping students identify social issues and come up with practical, creative solutions that really impresses me.”

Nguyen Anh is the X-Factor VinUni is looking for. Though having participated in and won awards at various Science Expo, she decided to become a student of the College of Business and Management. Speaking about her decision, Nguyen Anh shared that, through her experience in scientific research, she notices that Vietnam has many valuable research projects that have yet to be fully utilized and implemented in everyday life. Similarly, there are many interesting science products popular abroad, but yet to be used in Vietnam. Thus, she wants to become the “bridge” between science initiatives and daily lives, to bring science projects closer to the consumers and help make people’s lives more convenient. Furthermore, she wants to bring Vietnamese inventions out to the world.

At the age of 18, Nguyen Anh is slowly realizing her vision. Nguyen Anh and her partners have outstandingly received the Gold Medal at the 2019 Bangkok International Intellectual Property, Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition as well as a Certificate of Excellence in Inventica 2019 held in Romania for their Elisa Kit – which calculate the amount of domoic acid in algae and produce antigen.

Algae are a food source for various sea creatures. Domoic acid can lead to brain damage in exposed sea creatures. When we eat seafood contaminated with domoic acid, this toxin can harm our brains and kidneys. Thus, in the future, Nguyen Anh’s team will continue to research and improve their Elisa Kit to become a cheap and effective test kit for domoic acid in seafood.

Furthermore, Nguyen Anh was a representative of Vietnam in the Asian and Oceanian High School Students’ Forum 2019 for high-school students in the Asia-Pacific region, held in Wakayama, Japan. The Forum discusses pressing global issues and their solutions, such as climate change, pollution,…

VinUni emphasizes cross-subject learning as a way for students of the College of Business and Management, College of Engineering and Computer Science and College of Health Sciences to study, garner experience in various fields and collaborate in research projects. Wide, cross-sectoral knowledge and experience will provide students with a multi-faceted outlook, thus, allowing them to come up with more creative, effective and innovative approaches and solutions. VinUni believes that Nguyen Anh will have an interesting and valuable university life in the years to come!