Euréka is a prestigious award awarded by the City Youth Union. Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with National University of Ho Chi Minh City. Organized by Ho Chi Minh City, the Youth Science and Technology Development Center has been a permanent unit of the organizing committee since 1999. With the mission of spreading the scientific research movement, the Euréka Prize has been contributing to training. future scientists.
In 2024, the award attracted 1,903 topics and 5,991 candidates from 152 Universities, Colleges, and Institutes nationwide. After semi-finals 1 and semi-finals 2, the award Organizing Committee selected 188 topics to continue participating in the final round. In the final round, candidates will introduce their research results and answer critical questions about their topic before the scientific council.
Participating in the 2024 Eureka Award, the topic "Promoting tourism through movies to raise awareness of destinations and travel motivation of young audiences in Ho Chi Minh City" by student Nguyen My Nghi led by MSc. Nguyen Thuy Vy, MSc. Truong Thi Thanh Tuyen's guidance was highly appreciated by the Council and reached the final round.
Student Nguyen My Nghi defended her topic before the Final Round Evaluation Council
This is also the only topic of Van Hien University to reach the final round of this year's award.
Student Nguyen My Nghi and 02 instructors
Research topic, exploring the impact of movies on the awareness and travel motivation of young audiences in Ho Chi Minh City, with a focus on the influence of landscape, culture and people in movies on intention. travel after watching the movie "Tourist's Journey of Love". Research results show that the film creates a strong impression of Vietnam's natural beauty, cultural heritage and hospitality, with the majority of participants wishing to visit the localities featured in the film. The study also proposes recommendations on cooperation between filmmakers, tourism agencies and local communities to improve the effectiveness of tourism promotion through cinema. Student Nguyen My Nghi's project excellently won the consolation prize of this year's award.
Student Nguyen My Nghi received a certificate of merit and consolation prize
After more than 3 months of competition, on the morning of December 8, 2024, the awarding ceremony of the Student Scientific Research Award - Euréka 2024 was held at Tran Chi Dao Hall, Executive House of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.
Thanh Tuyền - Thuý Vy