Sunday, February 3, 2019

Students from Yangon University get best awards at 4th YICMG


 
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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