Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and Bulgaria Academy of Science: 10 years of cooperation and development
Overview of the seminar
Opening the seminar, Prof. Acad. Chau Van Minh expressed his pleasure to welcome President Revalski and the BAS delegation to visit and work at VAST. Prof. Acad. Chau Van Minh respectfully thanked Bulgaria for support as well as BAS in helping VAST train leading experts in the field of chemistry and biology. On this basis, in 2013, VAST and BAS officially signed a cooperation agreement in the presence of senior leaders of the two countries, and in 2014 began to agree to co-finance four joint research projects. From 2014-2022, each 2-year period, VAST and BAS recruited and funded three missions, and from 2022 increased to 05 missions. Over the past 10 years, VAST and BAS scientists have successfully completed 10 tasks in the fields of biodiversity and bioactive substances, information technology, space technology, materials science, and announced 25 joint works, contributing to the training of high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate human resources. Currently, the two sides are implementing four tasks in the period of 2023-2025 and obtaining some initial results, promising quality research works in the coming time. GS. Julian Revalski thanked him for the invitation to visit VAST, and expressed his pleasure to meet some of the Vietnamese alumni who have studied in Bulgaria. Prof. Julian Revalski highly appreciated the results of cooperation between the two sides in all fields. Over the past time, the cooperation relationship between the two Academies in particular and between Vietnam and Bulgaria in general has been constantly tightened and developed comprehensively. On the basis of 10 years of good cooperation as well as friendship between the two countries, Prof. Julian Revalski hopes that VAST and BAS will continue their long-term cooperation in the near future.
Prof. Acad. Chau Van Minh, President of VAST and Prof. Julian Revalski, President of BAS deliver the opening speech
The 10-year journey of VAST-BAS cooperation has been assessed. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Tuan Anh, Vice President of VAST concretized in the opening report of the Seminar. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Tuan Anh highlighted outstanding results in the cooperation between VAST's units such as Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Institute of Space Technology, Institute of Materials Science, Institute of Tropical Engineering, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources with the Center for Plant Chemistry, Institute of Electronics, Institute of Polymers, Research Institute of Diversity and Ecology of BAS. Besides, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Tuan Anh introduced the functions, tasks as well as the VAST Development Strategy to 2030, vision to 2045 and the tasks and challenges of VAST in the period of technology revolution 4.0. On this basis, VAST proposes to cooperate with BAS in the near future. Vice President of BAS, Prof. Stefan Hadjitodorov updated the performance of BAS, especially in the issue of scientific and technological research and business linkage. Prof. Hadjitodorov shared his experience on the establishment and operation of funding models for application-oriented research projects in Bulgaria in general and BAS in particular.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Tuan Anh and Prof. Stefan Hadjitodorov report at the seminar
At the seminar, leaders of units under VAST had a lively discussion with BAS leaders about the cooperation currently implemented, discussing the expansion to emerging research fields in recent times such as data science, new materials science, cooperation in basic research and sharing of scientific knowledge, promotion of international scientific cooperation through the International Center for Mathematical Research and Training and the International Center for Physics (two Form II Centers under the auspices of UNESCO). In addition, cooperation in training high-quality human resources through units of BAS and University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) and Graduate University of Science and Technology (GUST) under VAST is also supported by leaders of the two Academies and hopes to soon deploy in the near future.
At the end of the seminar, the two sides signed an agreement on the implementation of bilateral projects for the period of 2025 - 2027 under the witness of Mr. Pavlin Todorov, Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to Vietnam.
President of VAST and President of BAS sign the Cooperation Agreement in the presence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria in Vietnam and take a photo
After the Seminar, Prof. Julian Revalski and Prof. Sefan Hadjitodorov visited the Vietnam Museum of Nature; visited and worked with the Institute of Mathematics and the International Center for Mathematical Research and Training, the Institute of Physics and the International Center for Physics, the Institute of Information Technology, the Center for High-tech Research and Development, the Institute of Marine Natural Resources and Environment and the Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
BAS delegation visit Vietnam Museum of Nature
The BAS delegation visit and work with the Institute of Mathematics and the International Center for Mathematics Research and Training
BAS delegation visit and work with the Institute of Physics and the International Center for Physics
BAS delegation visit Institute of Information Technology
The BAS delegation visit and work with the Center for High-tech Research and Development
BAS delegation visit Institute of Marine Natural Resources and Environment
BAS delegation visit and work with USTH
Translated by Phuong Ha
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