Strengthening Science and Technology Cooperation between the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Delegation of Osaka Metropolitan University visiting and working with VAST
Receiving the delegation, on the side of VAST were Prof. Dr. Tran Hong Thai – Standing Vice President of VAST, along with representatives of affiliated units, including the Department of International Cooperation, the Institute of Materials Science, the Institute of Chemistry, the Institute of Earth Sciences, and the Institute of Energy Science and Technology and Environment.
At the meeting, Prof. Dr. Tran Hong Thai welcomed the delegation led by Prof. Masahide Takahashi – Vice President of Osaka Metropolitan University. He especially expressed his appreciation to Prof. Hiroyuki Sakuragi – President of Osaka Metropolitan University for sending a congratulatory video on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of VAST. Prof. Dr. Tran Hong Thai highly appreciated the active cooperation that has been implemented between scientists of VAST and Osaka Metropolitan University, and emphasized that VAST always values and maintains its scientific and technological cooperation with the University. The Standing Vice President proposed that both sides expand their cooperation plans in the coming period in potential areas related to strategic technologies under Decision 1131/QD-TTg in 2025, including cloud computing, quantum technologies, big data, energy technologies, advanced materials, urban science, and disaster prevention and control.
Prof. Dr. Tran Hong Thai and Prof. Masahide Takahashi exchanging views at the meeting
Prof. Masahide Takahashi expressed his pleasure at the positive cooperation results achieved by the two sides in recent years, noting that Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) is a major public university in Japan, formerly Osaka Prefecture University. Osaka Metropolitan University has a strong focus on science, technology, engineering, and healthcare, offering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs. He emphasized that Osaka Metropolitan University has maintained active cooperation with VAST in research areas such as energy technology, environment, chemistry, life sciences, biology, and materials science.
VAST and Osaka Metropolitan University signed a new Memorandum of Understanding in 2023, under which both sides expressed their intention to promote cooperation in research and training in areas of mutual interest, including chemistry, biology, materials science, and applied sciences for green development; environmental pollution research and treatment; and the development of biopharmaceutical products from indigenous biological resources. Based on the newly signed MoU for the 2023–2025 period, scientists from the Institute of Chemistry have collaborated with their counterparts to implement one international cooperation task under the VAST–JSPS bilateral cooperation program and one state-level protocol task. This cooperation has enabled the joint publication of three scientific papers in SCIE-indexed journals and three national-level scientific papers, the organization of three exchange visits, the training of two master’s students and one doctoral candidate, the organization of one thematic workshop, and the granting of one patent.
Group photo
The visit and working session of Prof. Masahide Takahashi contributed to strengthening and consolidating the cooperative relationship between Osaka Metropolitan University and VAST, opening up many potential directions for cooperation in line with the science and technology development orientations of both sides in the coming period. Within the framework of the visit, the delegation from Osaka Metropolitan University also visited and worked with the Institute of Chemistry and the Institute of Materials Science.
Some other photos of the Osaka Metropolitan University delegation working at VAST:
Translated by Phuong Ha
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