Nearly 100 top scientists join "Meet Vietnam" programme
Close to 100 scientists from 18 countries, including Professor Duncan Haldane – the 2016 Nobel Prize laureate in physics – and Professor Dam Thanh Son – the 2018 Dirac Medal winner – are joining the 18th "Meet Vietnam" programme in the central province of Binh Dinh.
Hanoi (VNA) – Close to 100 scientists from 18countries, including Professor Duncan Haldane – the 2016 Nobel Prize laureate inphysics – and Professor Dam Thanh Son – the 2018 Dirac Medal winner – are participating in the 18th "Meet Vietnam" programme in the central province of BinhDinh.
The event was kicked off on July 11 with a conference on topologicalquantum electrons interacting in-person.
The programme, which was scheduled to last for a week, will also feature a series of scientific seminars andtalk-shows.
Meet Vietnam, held by an association of the same name, isa chance for Vietnamese students and young scientists to meet each other and listen to experience shared by leading scientists worldwide./.
A series of scientific workshops began in Quy Nhon city in the central province of Binh Dinh on July 10, as part of the 13th Meet Vietnam programme this year.
Nearly 80 professors, scientists and researchers from 17 countries gathered at an international conference themed “Star formation in different environments” that opened at the International Centre of Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh, on August 7.
A total of 300 Vietnamese and American scholars are attending in the Vietnam-USA Joint Mathematical Meeting opened in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh, on June 10.
The first conference on soft matter science opened at the International Centre of Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon city, the south central province of Binh Dinh, on July 15.
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At the event (Photo: VNA) 
