Anh Thu
Representatives of FrieslandCampina Vietnam grant the award to relatives of late doctor Bui Thi Nhu Thuan - PHOTO: FRIESLANDCAMPINA
The award was initiated by VINUTAS and FrieslandCampina in 2002 to honor significant contributions by individuals and promote researches on nutrition in Vietnam.
The late doctor was posthumously given the award due to her widely-recognized contribution to the country’s nutrition science. Graduating from a school of medicine and obtaining a Ph.D. degree in France, she returned to Vietnam to work in the nutrition sector since 1980. She also lectured at the Hanoi University of Medicine for 30 years.
The scientist authored or co-authored some nine reference books in the sector, and published dozens of studies on nutrition in scientific journals.
The award was given at the seventh National Nutrition Scientific Conference held last week Hanoi.
The conference themed “Double Burden of Malnutrition in Vietnam” gathered over 200 local and foreign doctors and experts in the nutrition field who discussed many issues concerning community nutrition, clinical nutrition and food safety.
According to the Southeast Asian Nutrition Survey (SEANUTS) conducted in 2010-2012 in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, Vietnam still has to cope with double burden of malnutrition with the high rate of malnourished kids aged under five and the high rate of obese kids. Kids also lack nutrients like vitamins A, B1, D and C.
The SEANUTS survey aims to provide policymakers with useful information concerning nutrition and health.
FrieslandCampina, with over 140 years of international experience in the dairy industry, has always worked closely with experts and professional organizations in Vietnam on studying and working out measures to improve nutritional intakes of Vietnamese people in general and Vietnamese kids in particular.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
