The biologist and his plan to multiply 600,000 dairy cows

Assistant Professor-Doctor Ngo Ke Suong is among the 13 individual scientists that have been praised for their great contributions to Ho Chi Minh City socio-economic development. The modest biologist find it hard to tell journalists about himself. But it was different when the conversation turned to his work as an expert on biological technology.

Born in 1938, Ngo Ke Suong graduated from Lomonosov University’s Biology Department (the former Soviet Union) when he was 24 years old. Since then, Ngo Ke Suong has made considerable contributions to the development of biological technology in Vietnam.

In the 60s and 70s, he worked at the State Committee for Sciences. In 1975, he was sent to the south to prepare for the establishment of B2 Institute of Science and Technology (later known as the Vietnam Sub-institute of Sciences in Ho Chi Minh City and since 1993 the National Centre for Natural Science and Technology.) Ngo Ke Suong acted as the director of the Institute for Tropical Biology from 1993 to 1999. He is currently the vice president of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Scientific and Technological Associations.

Biological technology in Ho Chi Minh City is making quick development, said Ngo Ke Suong. Biologists in the city have discovered the techniques to carry out in-vitro fertilisation and transplant embryos into cows, as well as techniques to identify genders of the embryos, to protect and raise the embryos. On the basis of these achievements, Doctor Ngo Ke Suong aims to multiply the number of dairy cows in Vietnam to 600,000 by 2010.

The scientist also has other ideas of implementing interdisciplinary projects to deal with pressing problems in the city such as waste water and rubbish.

By KIM ANH

 

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