Late in the afternoon of March 20, 2025, a car carrying five Vietnamese passengers set off from Antwerp (Belgium) straight towards Luxembourg. At the wheel was a businessman — whose name will be mentioned later —driving representatives of the “Vietnamese brainpower in Belgium” to join forces with their counterparts in Luxembourg to establish the Vietnamese Intellectuals Association in Belgium and Luxembourg (ViLaB). One year on, just how strong has this line-up become?

State Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan affirmed that in any period of Vietnamese history, the country has had heroes and outstanding intellectuals who have played a special role in its development cause while meeting with delegates of the sixth Global Forum for Young Vietnamese Intellectuals in Ha Noi on June 21.

 Over 200 delegates from around the world officially entered the first working session of the 6th Global Young Vietnamese Intellectuals Forum, 2025 held in Ha Noi on July 19.

The Global Network of Young Vietnamese Medical Scientists (GYVS) was officially launched at the 21st science and technology conference of the health sector in Hanoi on November 2.