A bird view of the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park (Photo: VNA) 1. The Party Central Committee’s issuance of a newresolution on the development of Vietnam’s contingent of intellectuals.
Resolution No.27-NQ/TW was issued during the eighth sessionof the 13th Party Central Committee, setting targets of developing acontingent of intellectuals in both quantity and quality by 2030, especiallyleading experts and scientists in key and new areas to meet the country’smodernisation and industrialisation. In 2045, the contingent is expectedto be strong with high quality, reasonable structure, entering the leadinggroup in the region and getting close to those in developed countries.
2. The management authority of the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park isofficially handed over from the Ministry of Science and Technology to thePeople’s Committee of Hanoi.
The park, which was set up in 1998, has drawn 111 projects,including 15 foreign-invested ones, with a combined capital of over 111.5trillion VND (4.59 billion USD).
3. The Information Technology Institute under the VietnamAcademy of Science and Technology successfully develops a Vietnamese-centrictranslation system that translates from Vietnamese to low-resource languages inthe Southeast Asian region, including Lao, Khmer, Thai, Malaysian, andIndonesian, and vice versa.
The system has similar quality as reputable commercialproducts of the same kind in the world.
4. Scientists from the Institute of Imperial CitadelStudies under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences successful restores in 3D thearchitectural form of Kinh Thien Palace in the Early Le Dynasty.
Kinh Thien Palace was the most important in the ThangLong Imperial Citadel during the Early Le Dynasty. Its construction began in 1428 during the reign of Emperor Le Thai To who reigned from1428-1433 and was completed during the reign of Emperor Le Thanh Tong whoreigned from 1460-1497.
5. The mastering of the technology of solar thermalreflective paint using domestically produced nanomaterials.
The Institute of Tropical Technology under the VietnamAcademy of Science and Technology has completely mastered the technology ofmanufacturing solar heat reflective additives based on nano-sized materials andapplied them in making highly effective solar heat reflective paint, which is beingused in civil and defence works such as house roofs, petroleum tanks and fishingvessels.
Doctors of Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi inh City and Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi work together to perform organ transplants to many patients from one donor (Photo: VNA) On February 2, doctors of Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi successfullyperform a heart-kidney transplant on a patient using organs from a brain-dead donor,the first of its kind in Vietnam. Earlier, Vietnamese doctors successfullyconducted three multi-organ transplant surgeries.
7. The development of an alum and saline water treatment system.
The technology was jointly researched by the Vietnam-Korea Instituteof Science and Technology (VKIST) and the Korea Institute of Science andTechnology (KIST) from 2021. Through many tests in many different saline andalum contaminated areas in the Mekong Delta, in September 2023, the VKIST optimisedand perfected the technology to treat alum and saline water. The system treatsalum water and brackish water into clean water, meeting drinking waterstandards according to the Ministry of Health's Regulations QCVN 01-2009/BYT,with a capacity of 12 cubic meters per day.
8. Viettel successfully deploys the world's first 5Gtransceiver station meeting Open RAN standards.
Viettel successfully deploys the world's first 5G transceiver station meeting Open RAN standards (Photo: VNA) This is a major breakthrough not only in Vietnam but also the world. It took Viettel only eight months to research, develop and completethe work since Viettel and Qualcomm announced their strategic cooperation inFebruary 2023. This result has contributed to promoting the process ofcommercialising 5G networks in Vietnam and the international market using domesticallyproduced 5G equipment by 2024.
9. Five Vietnamese scientists are named among world toprising stars of science in 2023.
Research.com, a reputable website for world scientists, announced its top rising stars of science ranking in 2023, including sevenscientists working in Vietnam. Of them, five are Vietnamese.
10. The National Innovation Centre (NIC) strengthensinternational cooperation in semiconductor industry.
On December 28, the NIC under the Ministry of Planning andInvestment launched its new headquarters in Hanoi’s Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park.Currently, the centre is working with domestic and international partners totrain and enhance the quality of human resources for Vietnam’s semiconductorindustry, focusing on organising intensive courses on microchip design./.
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