Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan awarded Golden Globes to 10outstanding young individuals at the Government Office in Hanoi on Dec.29.

It was the first time Golden Globes have been presented tooutstanding young individuals in information technology, pharmacy andmedical technology, biological technology and environmental technology,Nhan said.

Previously, the award was only given to outstanding individuals in information technology.

Each winner received 40 million VND (1,900 USD), four times higher than last year, he said.

Theyoungest winner at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards was Nguyen Vuong Linh,18, a student at Viet Nam National University's College of Technology,who won a gold medal at the 23rd International Olympiad in Informaticsin Thailand.

"To be the youngest winner of the award was amazing and Ifeel very proud. I want to thank my teachers and family very much forsupporting me," Linh said.

Another winner, Tay-ethnic woman To ThiNha Tram, 28, said: "The award will motivate me to do more and morescientific research and contribute to national technology development."

Tram,who works for HCM City's Agriculture and Forestry University, won firstprize at the 2007 Eureka Student Scientific Research Contest.

HoangVan Sam, 34, director of the Forestry University's BiologyDiversification Centre, hoped the Government would allocate more fundsfor students studying science.

In response, Nhan said he would askthe Prime Minister to call on the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth UnionCentral Committee to hold discussions with students before March 26.

Nhan also ordered the committee to broaden the awards to include more field of technology.

Meanwhile,the 20 female students from 18 universities were granted a Reward forthe Brightest Female Student in Information Technology.

The Ministryof Science and Technology and Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union CentralCommittee set up the Golden Globe Awards and the Reward for theBrightest Female Student in Information Technology in 2003./.