Opening of the International Scientific Conference "Windows to the Universe: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Meeting with Vietnam"

 (binhdinh.gov.vn) - On the morning of August 7, at the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE), Quy Nhon City, the International Scientific Conference "Windows overlooking the universe took place", on the 30th anniversary of the Association Meet Vietnam, 10 years of operation of the ICISE Center. Attending the conference on the Central side were Mr. Huynh Thanh Dat, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Science and Technology; Phan Thanh Binh, former member of the Party Central Committee, former member of the National Assembly Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children; Ngo Huong Nam, Vice Chairman of the State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese; Professor Tran Thanh Van - President of the Science Association Meets Vietnam; Professor Le Kim Ngoc - Chairman of the Association of Vietnamese Children in France; Professor Gerardus't Hooft (Zeradut Tup), Nobel Prize in Physics 1999; Professor Dam Thanh Son, Dirac Medal 2018.

 On the side of Binh Dinh province, there were comrades: Ho Quoc Dung - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Pham Anh Tuan, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee;  Lam Hai Giang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

 Conference scene

 Speaking at the opening ceremony, Prof. Tran Thanh Van - President of the Association to Meet Vietnam emphasized: The conference "Windows to the universe" is a place to create conditions for young researchers to participate, providing them with opportunities. The conference presents ideas and participates in discussions with successful scientists in the field, thereby creating conditions and opportunities for scientific cooperation and development for young scientists in the community. basic science community for knowledge exchange and international cooperation in the field of Particle Physics and Astronomy. In addition, the conference is an activity marking the 30-year journey of the Science Association meeting with Vietnam in promoting scientific exchange between Vietnam and the international scientific community.

Prof. Tran Thanh Van speaking at the opening of the international scientific conference "Windows overlooking the universe"

Speaking at the conference, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat assessed the presence of international scientists, especially Nobel Prize-winning professors, showing the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of the scientists. international scientists for Vietnam. The Vietnamese Party and State are always interested in the development of basic science because it is the foundation of science and technology. ICISE is a unique, unprecedented model, set up to shoulder the mission of connecting, cooperating, supporting, and contributing to the development of science and higher education in Vietnam by NGOs. Government, non-profit activity Meet Vietnam initiated from 1993 to present.  Meet Vietnam was born in France, the "born child" of theoretical physicist Tran Thanh Van, on the basis of the experience and success of the previous Meetings with Morind and Meet with Blois. The Minister of Science and Technology hopes that scientists will find solutions to how science contributes the most to socio-economic development. At the same time, I hope that international scientists can give many suggestions to policy makers and managers about the ways, roadmap and valuable experiences of developed countries for Vietnam in the field of science and technology. development and sustainable development.

 Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat hopes that international scientists will have many suggestions as well as share valuable experiences so that Vietnam can develop a roadmap and policies to further develop this field.

 Speaking at the conference, comrade Ho Quoc Dung, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, affirmed that Binh Dinh is a land that is studious, respects humanity, loves science and respects knowledge. The construction of Binh Dinh to become a destination for scientists is always concerned by the province and is considered a new direction in the province's socio-economic development strategy. In order for science and technology to become a growth engine, Binh Dinh province is urgently building the Quy Hoa Science Urban Area, with the goal of turning Quy Nhon into a typical science-educational city of Vietnam.  country.  Currently, there are projects in operation such as: TMA Creative Park Project; Software Park Project of FPT Software Company Limited; The Scientific Space Complex with a cosmological model house, a popular Astronomical Observatory and a children's area. In the future, there will be many science and technology projects here. Through the activities of the Association to meet Vietnam and the scientific events at the ICISE Center, it has contributed to promoting and creating effects, making Vietnam's position more and more known in the international arena in the field of science. study and higher education.

 Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Ho Quoc Dung believes that in the near future, Binh Dinh will become an ideal destination for domestic and international scientists.

 Officially operating since August 12, 2013, ICISE is sponsored by a high-level council consisting of 8 prestigious Nobel laureates. In 10 years, the Center has organized nearly 150 high-quality international scientific conferences and more than 45 specialized science schools with the participation of nearly 10,000 scientists from 35 countries and territories. There are 18 professors who won Nobel Prizes, 2 professors who won the Fields Prize in mathematics, 2 professors who won the Kavli Prize (the highest award in the field of astronomy), 1 professor who won the Shaw Prize (regarded as the Oriental Nobel), 3 professors for the Dirac Prize, 1 professor for the Kalinga Prize and Cino Delduca (of the French Academy of Sciences) and many other famous scientists.

For this conference, there will be 31 sessions with plenary sessions and specialized sessions on Astrophysics, High Energy Physics with nearly 200 scientists attending. In addition to top-notch international scientific conferences and seminars, the Science Association Meets Vietnam also organizes public scientific presentations for students, science-loving public in Quy Nhon, Hue, Da Nang, Da Lat, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City; online or face-to-face exchanges with Nobel laureates and outstanding Vietnamese students and students who won the International Olympic Prize in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Informatics.

 Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Ho Quoc Dung (left cover) and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan (right cover) presented certificates of merit to Prof. Tran Thanh Van and his wife

 On this occasion, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Ho Quoc Dung and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan presented the Certificate of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to the collective of the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) and Professor Tran Thanh. Van - Chairman of the Vietnam Science Encounter Association, acknowledged his contribution to Binh Dinh province during the 10 years of operation of the Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE). Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat and Prof. Tran Thanh Van, Prof. Gerard t'Hooft (Nobel Physics 1999, also planted souvenir trees at the garden of the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE)

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