Lê Anh Xuân (scientist)
Vietnamese businessperson (born 1976)
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Lê Anh Xuân (born 19 May 1976) is a Vietnamese businessperson and scientist.[1][2][3] He holds a doctorate in aquaculture from Vietnam. He is also known as "Dr. Shrimp"[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] for his contributions to the aquaculture industry, particularly in shrimp breeding.
19 May 1976
- Agricultural scientist
- Dr. Shrimp
Lê Anh Xuân | |
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| Born | Lê Thế Xuân 19 May 1976 |
| Other names | Dr. Shrimp
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| Awards | Agricultural scientist (2018) |
In 2018, he was recognized as an Agricultural scientist by the Vietnam Farmers' Union.[2][11] He was also honoured in the science and technology enterprise sector for his research on microbial preparations for the shrimp farming industry.[3]
Biography
Lê Anh Xuân was born on 19 May 1976 in Thanh Hóa.[8] He graduated from the University of Fisheries in Vinh – Nha Trang in 1999. After graduation, he worked for a company trading veterinary medicine for aquatic animals and moved to Bạc Liêu to distribute microbial products in the Mekong Delta provinces.[12][13][8] In 2004, he founded Trúc Anh Company.[1][14]
In 2012, Xuân obtained a master's degree in biotechnology from the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, with a thesis titled Developing a process for clean shrimp farming using microbial products instead of chemicals. The research aimed to provide a bacterial strain with antibacterial properties to treat shrimp diseases without antibiotics.
In 2017, the General Department of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recognized this work as a scientific and technological advance in super-intensive farming of whiteleg shrimp. The "Trúc Anh Technology" process involved two-phase super-intensive whiteleg shrimp farming with low water exchange and was officially recognized under Decision 502/QĐ-TCTS-KHCN&HTQT, dated 3 May 2017.[15]
On 30 December 2020, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled Application of Bacillus sp. bacteria against Vibrio parahaemolyticus in industrial shrimp farming at Cần Thơ University. Based on this research, he introduced a product called Kill Para, which is used to treat acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease and early mortality syndrome in one-month-old shrimp.[4]
Achievements
- Recognized as an outstanding entrepreneur in the local business sector in 2010.[6]
- Awarded the Lương Đình Của Prize for outstanding young producers in 2011.[6]
- Received a certificate of merit from Bạc Liêu Province in 2013 for outstanding achievements in "Studying and Following Ho Chi Minh's Moral Example".[6]
- Received a certificate of merit in 2014 as a member of the 5th term of the Bạc Liêu City Youth Union Committee for contributions to youth union and movement activities during the 2009–2014 term.[6]
- Recognized as an outstanding entrepreneur of the Mekong Delta region in 2014.[6]
- Honored as an "Agricultural Scientist" by the Central Farmers' Association in 2018.[2]