PROMOTE VIETNAM AGRICULTURE
Founder & Product Designer
AGRISENSE
"A student-led initiative applying agricultural sensors and machine learning to support rural farmers"
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Thanh Hoa is a province where agriculture remains the backbone of life. Since my childhood, I've been familiar with the image of fields, the changing seasons due to the weather, and the worried faces of farmers when the soil lacks nutrients or the crops are not thriving. However, it was only when I grew up that I realized something important. Vietnamese agriculture doesn’t lack hard work; it lacks data and applied science.
That’s why I created Agrisense, a project that uses sensors and machine learning to assist farmers with more precise farming. My system includes a device mounted on a plow. It uses sensors to measure soil moisture and mineral nutrients, then processes this data with a machine learning model to predict the best crops for the land.
During testing in Quang Xuong (Thanh Hoa), the device achieved 87% accuracy compared to lab test results. This helped reduce fertilizer costs by 20% on average and increase crop yield by 12%. What makes me most proud isn’t just the numbers. It’s when a farmer told me, "This is the first time I saw my land with data."
Agrisense is not just a technical product. It is my way of connecting science with everyday life. With a background in Physics and Mathematics, along with programming skills in Python and Java, I dove deeper into agricultural sensors and data processing. I didn’t want to conduct science in a closed room; I chose to work in the field, where knowledge can lead to real change. Agrisense marks the beginning of my journey to use technology in creating lasting value for the community.
A Nature Lover and Sympathizer
"The Remaining Breaths of Leaves"
A set of dried leaf picture-created to understand biodiversity in Vietnam as well as express artistic soul through the stories of leaves to be continued --- to be told.
Vitis Vinifera
The picture told the story of a grape leaf – a plant associated with limestone mountainsides, vines in front of houses and large vineyards in Ninh Thuan and Lam Dong. The large leaf represented a mature grapevine that has gone through the sun and wind, while the small leaf below was like the next generation – a new life in the ecosystem. The surrounding heart shapes were not just motifs, but the artist’s way of reminding that the richness of Vietnam’s nature existed thanks to love and preservation. The leaves have dried, but the memory of the green season continues to be told – and has not stopped.
Ficus Religiosa
The picture preserved four Bodhi leaves – a tree associated with East Asian spiritual culture and often appearing in ancient Vietnamese pagodas. Each leaf in the picture represented a different moment of the life cycle: green, yellow, dry, brown, and then only thin veins like the leaf's skeleton remain. That transformation was not the end, but the continuing journey of nature – where death was also a form of transformation. When pressed and dried, the leaves were no longer on the branch, but still retain the memory of time. The story of the Bodhi leaf – the story of life, impermanence and continuity – is still being told, and has never stopped.
Rosa
This picture did not only press the leaves and petals of a rose – it pressed a moment that once smelled fragrant. People often remembered roses for their beauty in full bloom, but here, the petals have withered, the leaves have fallen from the branches, and it was this “imperfection” that made the story. The small leaves were arranged in rows like traces of time: from young, to old, then fallen. The yellow flower in the center was no longer bright pink, but still retained its veins and curved edges, like the memory of a scent that has flown away. No love was eternal in the present – but every trace can be preserved, if we knew how to put them in the right place. Here, the dry rose leaf continues its story, with a very gentle silence.
Osmunda Regalis
This picture is a pressed copy of two branches of Osmunda regalis, an ancient fern that has been around since the Cretaceous period, older than the tropical forests where it lives in Vietnam. Without bright colors, flowers, or seeds, the fern exists by a different logic: quietly, persistently, patiently going through millions of rainy and sunny seasons. The two branches of leaves in the painting are like two parallel timelines – one belonging to the evolutionary past, the other belonging to the human hand that is preserving it. When pressed dry, the fern does not become a souvenir, but becomes a question: what will remain if we forget to listen to the silence of nature?
Eragrostis Tenella
This picture pressed Eragrostis tenella – a grass so small that it can easily be lost in the dust, but which is an important part of Vietnam’s flora. When alive, it fluttered with just the slightest breeze; when dry, it re-emerged like a silent firework. Eragrostis tenella has no color, no petals, only tiny seeds enough to sustain a life cycle. But it is this “lightness as nothingness” that teaches us a lesson: nature is not made up of big things – but of countless small, resilient creatures that silently keep the ecosystem in rhythm. The painting does not attempt to exaggerate beauty, but simply invites the viewer to bend down, look closely, and acknowledge that even the smallest grass has a story worth telling – and will continue to be told, if we listen.
Lygodium
The picture captured the shape of a unique climbing fern, commonly found in Vietnam’s tropical rainforests. Unlike leaves fixed on branches, the Hai Kim Sa grew like a soft thread, both fragile and durable. In the picture, the small roots were still intact, as a reminder that each dry leaf once clung tightly to the ground, contributing to the silent biodiversity of the forest. The scattered pieces of leaves around suggested the process of time separating layers – but the leaf structure remained intact, like a biological memory that has not faded. The story of the dry leaf does not end with withering, but continues to live in art, so that viewers can understand and appreciate nature more.
Barringtonia Acutangula
The picture told two leaves of the Indian laurel tree – a tree symbolizing luck, longevity and memories associated with lakes, communal houses and river banks in Vietnam. The large leaves turned red-purple like the last spark of the season, while the smaller leaves were darker, bearing traces of time. Surrounding them were tiny pieces of leaves, evoking the image of Indian laurel flowers falling in strings, like rain, like memories. While still on the branches, the leaves changed color with the seasons; when pressed, they became silent witnesses of the native ecosystem. The leaves were dry, but their living story – about biodiversity, about the resilience of Vietnamese nature – continues to be told through art.
Trifolium
This picture is the stage for the clover – a small plant but always associated with the belief in luck. No longer in the middle of the lawn, the leaves now lie still on the paper, but the way they spread out seems to be “running and jumping”, keeping the free spirit of the wild plant. The largest leaf is like a character telling the story, while the smaller leaves surrounding it are like whispers: “We do not need to be bright to be seen.” Each three-lobed leaf is a symbol – hope, patience, and the ability to survive of Vietnamese nature. When dried, the clover does not lose its magic – it just changes to another form to continue telling the story.
Platycladus Orientalis
This picture preserved a branch of Platycladus Orientalis – a tree that often stands still in temple yards, cemeteries, and shrines, like a gatekeeper of memories. When alive, the leaves of Platycladus orientalis do not flutter like maple leaves, nor are they fragrant like grapefruit leaves, but they have a very unique resinous smell – the smell of time, of silence. Looking closely, the branch in the painting resembles an ancient hand fan, opening up layers of green memories. It is no coincidence that this tree is planted next to where people pray: it reminds us that life is not only brilliant, but also enduring. Now, when flattened, it no longer shades anyone, but still retains the shape of a tree accustomed to silence. The leaves are dry, but the story of respect for nature – is still being told, as light as a long breath.
Phyllostachys
This picture compressed a branch of bamboo (Phyllostachys) – a plant that has entered poetry, architecture, music and even the character of the Vietnamese people. When alive, bamboo is not as tall as bamboo, not as thick as reed, but has a slender and steadfast beauty: when the wind blows, it is soft, but the root does not break. What is interesting is that in the painting, the bamboo leaves are no longer the same color: green leaves, withered leaves, fallen leaves. That is not fading, but a slice of a life cycle – something that when we look at trees in the forest, we often ignore. Bamboo dries, but still maintains its slender, straight, clean structure, like a natural discipline. No need for dragon and phoenix symbols or ancient communal house roofs, just a branch of bamboo is enough to tell the Vietnamese spirit: living simply, standing upright, and enduring in silence. That story – not written by anyone, but continued by the leaf itself, even after it has left the branch.