Science

The first-ever Vietnam NASA Space Week will be held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hau Giang and Binh Dinh provinces in the South from June 5-9, heard a press conference on May 29.

The 2023 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon) opened in Nam Dinh Province on May 25, marking the first time it has been held after three years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Russian research vessel Akademik Oparin has arrived at Nha Trang port in the central province of Khanh Hoa to conduct a joint survey on marine resources as part of the "Roadmap for cooperation in marine research for the 2018-2025 period" between the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) held a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of VNREDSat-1, Vietnam’s first earth observation satellite.

The Vietnam Space Technology Institute (STI) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology held a scientific conference on May 15 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the successful launch of Vietnam's first earth observation satellite VNREDSat-1 (May 7, 2013 - May 7, 2023).

The seventh International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technolo g y, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics (Analytica Vietnam 2023), will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 19-24.

Scientists have announced the discovery of two new species of the Lasianthus genus in the family Rubiaceae at Vu Quang National Park in Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh.

A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in researching nanocellulose production technology was inked in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang on February 28.

UNESCO experts are willing to share experience and support the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to build a dossier for a global geopark, UNESCO Representative to Vietnam Christian Manhart pledged on February 23.

The 10th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (APATCC-10) is underway at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education in the central province of Binh Dinh.

Young scientists, who returned home, have overcome many initial difficulties and challenges, to open new avenues for scientific research. They have enriched the treasure of knowledge and always desire to bring knowledge to serve the country.

The 2023 Vietnam VEX IQ National Robotics Championship will take place in February, heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 6.

The 24th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2022) is scheduled to take place from November 30 - December 2 at Vietnam National University’s Hoa Lac campus of the under the theme of augmenting intelligence in digital libraries.

Twenty-nine works by 281 authors and co-authors were honoured at the awarding ceremony of the sixth Ho Chi Minh Awards and the sixth State Awards on Science and Technology on November 23 in Hanoi.

Three Vietnamese have been named in a list of 1,000 leading global scientists in terms of research publications over the last 13 years.

The fifth forum of young Vietnamese intellectuals across the globe concluded on November 12 in the Mekong Delta Province of Ben Tre.

Vietnamese scientist Prof. Dr. Tran Dang Xuan and his colleagues at Hiroshima University in Japan have discovered anti-cancer agents in rice husks.

SunRice, Australia’s largest rice supplier, will partner with Australian and Vietnamese researchers to develop a new variety of rice that helps farmers in the Mekong Delta adapt to climate change and offers a fresh opportunity to increase exports from the region.

Vietnamese’s use of domestic digital platforms recorded a year-on-year rise of 23.5% in August, with 494 million users.

The Vietnamese Party always considers sci-tech development and application a top priority and one of the most important driving forces for socio-economic development, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 23 chaired a conference on developing the science and technology market, aiming to identify challenges and put forward solutions for Vietnam to better manage and operate it.

Every scientist should think of how their findings could impact the world and contribute to making it better.

A delegation of the Ministry of Planning and Investment paid a visit to Israel from September 4 to 9 to learn experience in developing the collective economy and cooperatives there.