On June 26, 2012, in Hanoi, in the framework of Regulation Cooperation Forum (RCF), the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS) in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) organized the Seminar on nuclear regulatory body. The Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan came to attend and address the opening remark.
The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) has received several notable awards such as Vietnam Talent Award, Kovalepskaia Award, Ho Chi Minh and State Awards for Science and Technology. More importantly, many highly effective research projects carried out by VAST have been applied in practice, contributing to the country's socioeconomic development. VAST has become a leading science and technology organization nationwide in terms of scientific research, patents and useful solutions.
Experts at a seminar about open source software held by the Ministry of Information and Communications on June 15, said that the application of open source software (OSS) had made a positive difference.
On March 30, 2012 in Hanoi Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Nguyễn Quân had a meeting and working session with General Director of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, Sergei V.Kirienko.
At the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ), ASEAN cooperation conference on the field of standards and conformity assessment and Vietnam’s participation was taken place on May 11, 2012.
A 5-day event “ISO Regional Seminar and Training of Trainers on Energy Management Systems and ISO 50001” for participants in Asia and South East Asia countries, has been organized from 04-08 June 2012 in Ha Noi by the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality - STAMEQ.
On June 11, 2012 the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS) in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organized the Essential knowledge workshop on Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) (11-15/6). Dr. Le Chi Dung – Deputy Director General of VARANS came to attend and address the opening speech.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam Economic News' Hoa Le spoke with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Information Technology Department director Nguyen Huu Chinh about the use of IT in the ministry in recent years.
To rapidly develop information technology (IT) sector in the near future, it is necessary to focus on key investment objectives, potential markets and related opportunities and to avoid unwilling mergers and acquisitions. This expert's suggestion was presented at a seminar on the National Program for IT Development until 2020 recently held in Hanoi.
Although Vietnam currently lacks microchip fabrication plants, microchip design and testing probe card manufacturing companies do exist. According to experts, Vietnamese companies are quite capable of producing microchips, especially in terms of training human resources, low labor costs, an attractive local market and sufficient technology.
The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam under the Ministry of Science and Technology recently granted Certificate of Protection No. 176420 for resin extracted from wax-trees planted in Phu Tho Province's Tam Nong District.
