Sepak takraw (kick volleyball) athlete Trần Thị Ngọc Yến is in the nomination list. — Photo thanhnien.vn

HÀ NỘI — The Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union on Tuesday announced the list of 20 nominees for the final round of Vietnamese Outstanding Young Face Award 2023.

An online vote from February 20 to 26 on the website www.tainangtrevietnam.vn will select the top 10 Vietnamese outstanding young people 2023 and 10 Vietnamese promising young faces, which will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Hà Nội from March 20 to 24.

Journalist Phùng Công Sưởng, deputy editor-in-chief of Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper and deputy director of the Việt Nam Youth Talent Support Fund, said the 2023 award received 171 nominations including 115 young men and 56 young women from 58 units.

The oldest nominee is 37 years old and the youngest is 12 years old. The nominee with highest academic title holds a professor degree.

The 171 nominees study and work in ten fields, including: academic study; scientific research - creativity; production labour; business - startup; national defence; security; sports; culture and arts; social activities; and Government administrative management.

The individuals selected by the award’s council for the online voting round all have excellent achievements.

They include Phạm Việt Hưng, gold medal winner of the international mathematics contest for two consecutive years (2022 and 2023); and national sepak takraw (kick volleyball) athlete Trần Thị Ngọc Yến, winner of SEA Games and ASIAD gold and silver medals.

In the scientific and creativity field, three young people nominated are Hà Thị Thanh Hương, born in 1989, head of Regenerative Medicine and Brain Health Laboratory, International University, Hồ Chí Minh City National University; Phạm Huy Hiệu, born in 1992, lecturer at the Institute of Engineering and Computer Science, research expert and deputy director of VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Centre, and director of Entrepreneurship Centre (E-lab)-VinUni; and Ngô Quốc Duy, born in 1989, deputy head of Head and Neck Surgery Department, K Hospital.

Lê Văn Phúc, born in 2002, student of Social Population Geography - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, HCM City National University, was nominated in the social activity category for his charity work with ‘Fly To Sky’ team.

Vietnamese rapper Đen Vâu (real name Nguyễn Đức Cường), born in 1989, was nominated in the culture and art category.

The Vietnam Outstanding Young Face Award is an annual award honouring youths under 35 years old with outstanding performances that create positive impacts on society. — VNS