The first conference in star formation in Viet Nam

In the framework of “the 12th Rencontres du Vietnam” in 2016, on the morning of July 25, 2016 at the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE), Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province, Rencontres du Vietnam in collaboration with Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology and Binh Dinh People’s Committee organized the international conference “Star Formation in Different Environments”. More than 150 professors, scientists from 27 countries and territories in the world attended the conference.

Delegates, scientists at the conference “Star Formation in Different Environments” (Photo: Tuy Phong).

Prof. Tran Thanh Van – Chairman of Rencontres du Vietnam said that the conference includes more than 120 scientific reports related to the latest results of star formation in different environments, presented by international well-known professors, scientists. The conference also aims at bringing together theorists and observers working on star formation, who will address the most recent advances in our knowledge of filament, core, cloud evolution and their interconnection. The conference will target to all aspects of star formation, including low-mass star formation, massive star formation, filamentary structure, giant molecular clouds, and galaxy-scale star formation.

This is the first conference in star formation in Vietnam. The conference also aims at fostering close collaboration via smaller size focus groups. The conference lasts until July 30, 2016.

As known, on July 24, 2016 at Quy Nhon University, the Organizing Committee of the Conference also organized a course in star formation with an aim of providing basic knowledge for students and young researchers to access the scientific field. Accordingly, there were 23 participants including 12 Vietnamese participants, 3 participants from the Laos National University, and so on.

Đ.T (Source: vietnamplus.vn)

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