STUDENTS
from Yangon University have recently been awarded as the best teams for two
projects at the 4th Youth Innovation Competition on Lancang-Mekong Region’s
Governance and Development (YICMG) held at Royal University of Phnon Penh in
Phnon Penh, Cambodia from 22 to 26 January.
A
total of 57 students, making up 19 teams from six countries in the Mekong
region, including 3 student teams from China, 4 from Myanmar, 3 from Laos, 3
from Cambodia, 2 from Thailand and 4 from Viet Nam, took part in the
competition. Under the title “Green Consumption and Green Production,”
different projects were entered at the 4th YICMG. The team with three
first-year honor students from Yangon University, Mg Oak Soe Kyaw, Ma May Myat
Noe Oo and Mg Zwe Htet, was presented “The Best Project for Incubation Team
Award” for “Development of a Hybrid Solar Dryer.” The aim of the project is to
create a vocational business for local people in the Mekong region, using grain
dryers that can be operated with solar and biomass power sources.
Another
team, led by Yangon University’s M.A chemistry student Ma Khaing Phyu Phyu
Thant, and included two students from Viet Nam, also won “The Best
International Team Award” for the “Green for Future Website.” The Youth
Innovation Competition on Lancang-Mekong Region’s Governance and Development
–YICMG 2019 is a programme organized by Fudan University in the People's
Republic of China (PRC). Since 2016, the programme has been held twice a year
and seen participation by students from six countries in the Greater Mekong
Sub-Region.
A
total of 12 students from Yangon University, 3 Physics specialization students,
6 Chemistry students and 3 Industrial Chemistry students representing Myanmar
took part in the 4th YICMG.
MNA
PHOTO;
MNA
(Translated
by Kyaw Zin Tun)
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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