The HCM City Union of Science and Technology Associations, the city Department of Science and Technology and the city unit of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union run the competition.

Le Thanh Minh, deputy director of the department, said the annual competition seeks innovative solutions in the fields of science, technology and engineering that would contribute to the city’s socio-economic development.

“It aims to promote the creative spirit of researchers, experts, officials, civil servants, and workers.”

The competition has six categories: healthcare; education and career guidance; information technology, electronics and telecommunications; mechanical engineering and automation, and transportation; biotechnology, agriculture and food technology; and materials technology, environmental technology, chemicals, and energy.

Innovations that benefit production, daily life, the economy, society, security, and defence can participate in the competition.

Vietnamese individuals and organisations at home and abroad and expats in Vietnam can send in entries.

But inventions and solutions that have won prizes in the National Technical Innovation Awards, Vietnam Science and Technology Innovation Awards and the City Creative Awards are not allowed to participate.

Contestants can send in their entries to the Youth Scientific and Technological Promotion Centre at 1 Pham Ngoc Thach street, District 1 or the Department of Science and Technology at 244 on Dien Bien Phu street, District 3.

Last year, the competition received 145 entries and awarded 33 outstanding solutions and topics that can be applied in practice./. VNA