The Vietnamese leader proposed Uppsala University establish a partnership with a national university in Vietnam; strengthen collaboration in education, research, and academic exchanges with Vietnamese institutions; and offer scholarships to Vietnamese students and researchers, thus advancing the newly established sectoral strategic partnership in science, technology, and innovation between the two countries.

British professor Duncan Haldane, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics, is on a working trip to Vietnam. He found the time to meet with Vietnam News Agency reporters to talk about scientific research.

The immunotherapy treatment for cancer, which has just won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine, has been brought to Vietnam.

About two years ago I read on Viet Nam News about the willingness of the Vietnamese Government to let foreign companies set up shop in Vietnam, which I think is a good idea in developing economies. In the initial stages, typically an economy doesn’t have all the skills needed for growth to get momentum.

Swiss Professor Kurt Wuthrich who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry had a talk with over 1,000 students and science-lovers in Quy Nhon City, the central province of Binh Dinh on July 6.

Vietnamese poet Hoang Thi Y Nhi is the winner of the Swedish literary Cikada Award 2015 "for her poetry protecting the sanctity of life."