In a unique adventure in the scientific world, the Association "Rencontres du Vietnam" under
the direction of its founder Jean Tran Thanh Van, has developed a close network of
international cooperation for scientific research around the entire world for almost 20
years . It organizes high-level Conferences in Vietnam which attract research scientists
from developed and emerging nations allowing young Asian students to meet with top
scientists all the way to Nobel Laureates.
Beyond the scientific and bilateral rapprochement between France and Vietnam, and beyond that
of Europe, North America and Southeast Asia, the creation of this Center represents an
extraordinary opportunity for a limited number of founding partners to associate themselves
with a project of high cultural, scientific, and educational value, which has already
received the support of the Vietnamese government.
Objectives
To promote North-South cooperation and develop education through a privileged partnership.
The rapid economic development of emerging nations in the Asian-Pacific zone generally
contrasts with their level of scientific and technological development. The increasing
awareness of this gap has resulted in the high demand for collaborations, in fundamental
research as much as in technological transfers and applications, which today opens up a
large range of potential cooperation in Asia.
It is well known that this region of the world is characterized by the youth of its
population, and by the constant progress achieved in university education. To give
opportunities to students from all these countries to take part in scientific projects with
a strong international dimension constitutes an issue and a challenge of first rate
importance for the countries and institutions involved as much as for the individuals
concerned.
To help the emerging nations to develop their potential fully, one must consider the
scientific instruction of their youth; and in this aspect the developed nations can play a
major role. Their actions will serve to define the adaptation of new technologies to
different economic, social, and environmental contexts, and this effort will open up new
industrial and commercial opportunities.
It is in this spirit – which involves both cooperation and education – that the International
Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) was created: young research
scientists and engineers specializing in different fields, will be able to exchange ideas
and experiences, in a propitious atmosphere to the development of their knowledge and the
enrichment of their personalities.
Website: https://rencontresduvietnam.org
