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The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) was chosen to receive aid from the Global Fund with total expected funds of 6.9 million USD.

The UNESCO General Conference has recognised the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Physics of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology as its Category 2 centres.

Potential and collaboration plan in education, science and technology between Vietnam and Russia were discussed at first meeting of the Russia-Vietnam committee for education, sci-tech cooperation.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan has taken part in the 16th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology, which opened on November 6 in Vientiane,

The 70 th Conference of the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST 70) opened on November 4 in Vientiane, Laos.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac is attending the 38th session of the UNESCO General Conference that kicked off in Paris on November 3.

An international workshop seeking peaceful solutions to the East Sea dispute opened in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Busan on October 30.

The research centre for technology transfer and assessment, the largest-ever in Hanoi, was inaugurated on October 29 at the Hoa Lac high-tech park

MoIT Minister Vu Huy Hoang had a working session with a delegation from the DPRK led by Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Ryong-nam to discuss the future of Vietnam-DPRK cooperation.

Singapore has recently opened the Fusionopolis Two building, an R&D hub and icon of the country’s knowledge economy.

Science ministers from ASEAN, and the Republic of Korea (RoK), China and Japan, met in Daejeon, RoK on October 20 to discuss ways to form a network of cooperation in science and technology.

The Vietnam – Azerbaijan Friendship Association was established during a ceremony in Hanoi on October 10, making it the 110th member of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO).

A number of Argentinean companies at a business forum showed interests in importing chemicals, cement and machinery from Vietnam .

Thai Ministry of Science and Technology will be introducing new research and innovations to raise the industrial sector's and SMEs' capabilities, increase product value and push the economy forward.

The PM has urged upgrades of Hanoi National University and Ho Chi Minh City National University to exceptional tertiary education facilities towards regional and international standards by 2020.

Vietnamese enterprises should carefully consider before importing second-hand machinery and equipment for production, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Hoang Quan said in a recent interview.

As many as 60 scientists from 19 countries, including US Nobel laureate George Smoot, are gathering at an international physics conference which opened on August 17 in Binh Dinh province.

A workshop on building a start-up atmosphere in Vietnam was held in Hanoi on August 13 by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) to share experience and measures.