Born into a studious family in Hai Chau District’s Hoa Thuan Dong Ward, 31-year-old Le Phuoc Cuong has achieved many remarkable things during his studying and working activities.

Dr Le Phuoc Cuong

In particular, Cuong was selected to study in the Kazan National Research Technical University in Russia in 2004, and his major was industrial biotechnology.

During his studies in Russia, he conducted dozens of scientific research projects in analytical chemistry and the environment.  Included were toxin treatment methods in environments polluted with engine exhaust emissions and asphalt materials, methods to identify biological toxins in the bodies of Vietnamese people living in Russia, and many research projects relating to separation techniques of environmental objects by liquid carbon dioxide and water in the supercritical condition.

After graduating a year early with an excellent Bachelor's degree, the smart Vietnamese student was subsequently granted full tuition fee masters and doctoral scholarships at the Kazan University. 

During that period, Cuong’s scientific research work continued receiving high appreciation from the university’s professors.  He also had 12 scientific articles published in specialised international magazines.  Most notably, his study entitled ‘Separation Technique Optimisation Technology with Supercritical Fluid’ has already been copyrighted and patented by the Russian government.  In addition, he was honoured with the Russian Lobachevsky Prize in Chemistry.

Admirably, Cuong finished his 3-year postgraduate programme within a year and a half, and was awarded an excellent doctoral degree when he was only 26. 

Despite receiving many job offers after graduation with attractive salaries and other benefits, Cuong decided to return to Da Nang to devote his efforts to the city’s progress.

Since 2012, Cuong has worked as a lecturer in the Environmental Department of the city’s University of Science and Technology, and he has become Secretary of the University’s Youth Organisation.

During his time teaching, the young lecturer has continued to conduct his own studies and gained many more outstanding achievements.  Included are studies into the accumulation of environmental toxins in industrial parks in the central region and highlands, and the analysis of human hair in Hoa Vang District.  Most notably, his study about the magnetic filtering model for filtering heavy metals has successfully been applied at a plating plant in the Hoa Khanh Industrial Park.

Cuong and some of his colleagues have set up a group of young researchers at his university.  The group members have been conducting many studies about environmental treatment technologies, duplicating a water treatment model applying environmentally-friendly technologies, perfecting a geological exploration survey system by 2D and 3D electrophotographic methods, and other subjects.  Thanks to its effective activities, the group has been given financial assistance from the Saigon Economic Times Fund.

To date, Cuong has had a total of 42 scientific research works published both at home and abroad.  His studies about treating heavy metals by applying environmentally-friendly technologies, and exploring toxins in the environment, have already been applied in practice.

He and his group have recently completed the building of a community model to participate in protecting the ecosystem in Quang Nam Province’s Cham Islands in the context of climate change.