President meets Nobel Prize-winning professors

The President hopes that international professors and scientists will continue to support Vietnam in training scientific human resources and connecting with the world scientific community.

This is one of the scientific events of the program "Meeting Vietnam XII" in 2016, organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Meeting Morion" founded by Professor Tran Thanh Van.

Overview of the meeting.

At the meeting, Professor Tran Thanh Van and Nobel Prize-winning professors recommended that President Tran Dai Quang and the Government pay more attention and support to projects that bring science to the public and to children, such as the Science Space Complex Project in Binh Dinh.

According to Professor Tran Thanh Van, these projects will help children have a scientific playground from a young age, stimulating children's passion for scientific exploration and discovery to train the future generation of Vietnam to have knowledge, capacity and dynamism to be able to integrate with the world.

The Professor also hopes that the President, the Government and the Central Ministries will help and support the Rencontres du Vietnam and Binh Dinh province to build the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE), so that Quy Nhon city can become a special annual scientific destination and meeting place for Vietnamese and international scientists to create opportunities for Vietnamese scientists and scientists from countries in the region to have access to top international scientific conferences.

Speaking to scientists at the meeting, on behalf of the Vietnamese State, President Tran Dai Quang expressed his gratitude for the enthusiastic support and assistance of international scientific organizations and scientists for Vietnam in general and Vietnamese science in particular.

The President spoke at the meeting.

The President was pleased to learn that the International Conference on “Fundamental Science and Society” with the participation of over 200 scientists, including 6 Nobel Prize winners in the fields of physics, chemistry, peace, and economics, was successfully held in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province.

The President stated that in the cause of building, protecting and developing the country, the Party and State of Vietnam always pay special attention to science and technology, considering it a top national policy and one of the most important driving forces for socio-economic development.

Pleased to inform international scientists about Vietnam's achievements after 30 years of renovation, the President affirmed that Vietnam's achievements in recent times have had positive contributions from science and technology, including basic science.

The President said that although the country's conditions still have many difficulties, thanks to the attention and investment of the State and the efforts and dedication of the team of scientists, Vietnamese science and technology has achieved important achievements, in which Vietnam's basic science has achieved a position in the top of ASEAN countries.

In 2015, the International Center for Physics and the International Center for Mathematics Training and Research of Vietnam became two of the 66 natural science research facilities recognized and sponsored by UNESCO.

In particular, from 1974 to present, Vietnamese student delegations in the International Math Olympiad have always achieved high prizes and are among the top 10 countries in the world.

Nobel Prize winning professors at the meeting.

The President said that to achieve the above results in the field of science and technology, the cooperation and assistance of international scientific organizations and scientists played a very important role, especially in new research fields where Vietnam still lacks human resources and experience.

Appreciating and sincerely thanking Professor Tran Thanh Van and his wife for their dedicated contributions over many years in organizing the "Meeting Vietnam" programs in Quy Nhon city to establish a network connecting international scientists with the Vietnamese scientific community, President Tran Dai Quang suggested: "I suggest that Party committees and authorities at all levels pay attention to propagating and raising awareness of the entire political system and the entire population about the role and importance of science and technology in general, and basic science in particular; strengthen leadership and direction for the cause of science and technology development; link science and technology goals and tasks with socio-economic development goals and tasks of each sector, each level and each locality".

“Focus on strongly developing science and technology, making science and technology truly the most important driving force to develop modern productive forces, knowledge-based economy, improve productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the economy; protect the environment, ensure national defense and security,” the President stated.

The President hopes and requests that international professors and scientists continue to support Vietnam in training scientific human resources and connecting with the scientific community around the world. At the same time, introduce more international scientists to Vietnam, as well as to Vietnamese science./.

According to VOV