"Success only comes when we try our best and constantly improve ourselves!" said Dr. Le Thi Phuong (The Institute of Applied Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) about her hard-earned lessons from almost 10 years studying and working in South Korea.

Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoang Duong (Kelly Nguyen) has become the first Vietnamese scientist to have received the prestigious Colworth Medal awarded by the Biochemical Society.