Vietnamese researchers in Australia raise innovation ideas
Winners of a contest on research initiatives and innovations for Vietnamese researchers in Australia were honoured at a ceremony held in New South Wales on September 29.
Sydney (VNA)– Winners of a contest on research initiatives and innovations for Vietnamese researchersin Australia were honoured at a ceremony held in New South Wales on September29.
The first-ever contestwas jointly held by the representative office of the Vietnamese Ministry ofScience and Technology in Sydney and the club of overseas Vietnameseintellectuals in New South Wales, Australia.
It attracted theparticipation of many Vietnamese postgraduates from six famous Australianuniversities, including the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), theUniversity of Sydney (UOS), the University of New Castle (UON) and theUniversity of Wollongong.
Professor Nghiem DucLong, head of the club, said the contest is expected to connect Vietnamesepostgraduates in Australia and open up opportunities for domestic and foreignscientists to exchange information, thus promoting the transfer of cutting-edgetechnologies in Vietnam.
Chu Quang Hoa, head ofthe representative office, said his office will send the winning projects homeand join hands with the National Foundation for Science and TechnologyDevelopment to allocate capital to the projects.
The club of overseas Vietnamese intellectuals in New South Wales waslaunched in May 2018, aiming to gather Vietnamese scientists in New South Walesand connect them with the intellectual community at home for mutualprofessional support and promoting cooperation, contributing to sustainabledevelopment of the Vietnamese economy.
New South Wales is now home to nearly 100 Vietnamese scientists.-VNA
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At the contest (Photo: most.gov.vn) 
