From 18 to 20 December 2012, in the framework of the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA), Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS) hosted the Workshop on Nuclear security and safeguards project. Director General of VARANS Vuong Huu Tan came to attend and address opening speech of the Workshop.
Work will kick off next year on an ambitious new software park in the resort city of Da Lat, which has attracted an estimated investment capital of 799 billion VND (38.4 million USD).
A signing ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 20 for a cooperation agreement between Vietnam and Sweden in manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
A ceremony to honor young science and technology talents was jointly held recently in Hanoi by the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union and the Ministry of Science and Technology. 141 young scientists were praised for their outstanding achievements, with ten honored to receive the technological scientific "2012 Golden Globe" Award.
Scientific research is the key to international integration in education, according to university education experts, education managers and scientists at home and abroad. They also said that Vietnam needed to develop scientific research at universities and at the same time quickly overcome long-lasting shortcomings, regarding foreign language skills and education management.
The National Nuclear Safety Council convened its second session in Hanoi on November 27 under the chair of Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan, President of the council.
Sharing hard-earned experience in using nuclear power for peaceful purposes was the focus of discussions among Vietnamese and Japanese experts and managers at a recent seminar in Hanoi.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked the National Council for Science–Technology Policy to perfect policies related to science and technology in 2013 as a move to encourage firms to apply advanced technologies to improve their competitiveness.
Seeing biotechnology as a key solution to build a comprehensively developed and sustainable agriculture, thousands of farmers in Hai Duong Province have applied biotechnological achievements in agricultural activities over the past ten years, with agricultural productivity and output increasing year on year.
Associate Professor, Doctor. Pham Anh Tuan, the Director of Vietnam National Satellite Center when speaking about the importance of the Vietnam Universe Center project which has been kicked off at the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi said Vietnam needed to act on its own initiative concerning satellite technology. Vietnam Economic News' Tien Dung summarized some of his opinions and those of Nagase Toshio about the event.
Closing on September 23 in Hanoi, the International Techmart Vietnam 2012 (Techmart Vietnam 2012) with more than 500 pavilions showcased almost 3,000 new technologies and equipment, mostly in the fields of biotechnology, clean and renewable energy, new materials, electricity and automation and food processing.
