Almost 500 Vietnamese, French and international mathematicians are
attending a joint congress of the Vietnamese and French Mathematical
Societies that kicked off in the former imperial city of Hue on
August 20.
President of the Vietnam Mathematical
Society (VMS) Prof. Le Tuan Hoa said the five-day congress, the first
held in Vietnam, will hear 13 reports focusing on the role of
mathematics in the society and the relationship between the science and
other fields.
The plenary session of the congress will
include presentations from Ngo Bao Chau, Director of the Vietnam
Institute for Advanced Studies in Mathematics; Dinh Tien Cuong from the
Paris University; and Benedict Gross from the Harvard University.
On this occasion, the two societies will discuss bilateral cooperation in the field.-VNA