With the creative and pioneered research results in Vietnam, the study of Mai Anh was excellent for the first prize of the Euréka 2017 Student Research Contest, organized by Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union.

Pangasius process can produce a huge amount of fish fat by-products, while the plastic we are using mainly derives from gasoline and has a long time of decomposition, causes bad effects of environment. Mai Anh has started researching how to make the most of the byproducts from the seafood processing industry and can create biodegradable and environmentally friendly bio-plastic.

Pangasius fat is used by Mai Anh as a source of carbon to ferment bacteria synthesizes polyhydroxyalkanoate - bioplastics (PHA). Therefore, PHA is a group of polymers that are accumulated in microbial cells in excess of carbon source.

After 2 years, Mai Anh isolated and selected the M91 bacteria strain which is capable of effectively transforming fat from pangasius into PHA.