Born and raised in the mountainous commune of Con Cuong (Nghe An), more than anyone else, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha understands the hardships of farmers, with constant poverty.
With persistent efforts, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha is attached to the forestry sector with a serious spirit of learning and research, wishing to create valuable and high-yielding crop varieties - especially medicinal plants.
She is the main author of 12 medicinal plant variety protection certificates and 7 useful solutions issued by the Department of Intellectual Property. To date, 21 breeding, medicinal plant and forestry tree cultivation processes chaired by her have been accepted and applied in practice.
The processes are applied through the transfer of science and technology to projects concentrated in the provinces: Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Da Nang... with more than 40 types of precious medicinal plants of Vietnam, bringing high economic benefits such as soil clearing, sugar splints, ginger, monk fruit, purple saffron, wereps, gold-plated gold-plated gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-plating gold-lating gold-plating gold-lating gold-plating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-lating gold-latinging gold-lating gold-latinginging gold-latinginginging gold-latinginginging gold-latinging gold-latinginginginginginginginginginginginging gold------latinginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginginging.
After creating plant varieties with high pharmaceutical content, Ms. Ha built a large-scale medicinal plant growing process, helping to create jobs and directly go to remote areas to guide people to grow and process to increase product value and increase income.
She shared: The highlands still have many difficulties in transportation but have large forest areas, very suitable for developing medicinal herbs under the forest canopy. Instead of natural exploitation, providing seeds, planting techniques and care not only preserves valuable medicinal resources but also preserves forests and improves people's lives.
Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha is also known as a pioneer in developing programs, curricula and opening new appropriate majors such as: Pharmaceutical and Natural Compounds.
From Ms. Ha's research, it has helped the provinces survey and develop pre-feasibility reports on the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the period 2021-2030 under the Sub-project for Development of Precious medicinal herbs suitable for the locality.
Sharing more about her passion and wishes and plans, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha said: Our dream is to grow medicinal plant products grown by Vietnamese farmers not only domestically but also to foreign markets. Only then can the socio-economy and the disadvantaged people gradually develop, and the people can live prosperously in their homeland's forests".
To talk about Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha, from the leaders to the generations of students of Nong Lam University (Thai Nguyen University) all believe that she is a scientist, a dedicated lecturer, daring to commit and be of the community.
With outstanding achievements in scientific research and contributions to the community, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha has received many worthy recognitions: Kovalevskaia Award in 2019 for outstanding research achievements of individual female scientists; Honored as "Scientific House of Farmers" for the third time, 2020; Award for voting for 100 outstanding scientists of Asia in 2021. Many certificates of merit from ministries, branches and the Prime Minister, international organizations; Honored in the Vietnam Glory 2021 program organized by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and Lao Dong Newspaper...
In 2024, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha is one of 10 teachers of the Ministry of Education and Training attending the Conference to commend and honor typical advanced nationwide.
