Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học và Công nghệ Việt Nam
	VAST's headquarters building
Former names	Vietnam Academy of Science
Type	Institute of technology
Established	20 May 1975
Chairman	Châu Văn Minh
Location	Hanoi, Vietnam
Nickname	VAST
Website	http://www.vast.gov.vn/

The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST; Vietnamese: Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học và Công nghệ Việt Nam) is the largest and most prominent research institute in Vietnam. It was founded on 20 May 1975 as the Vietnam Academy of Science, then subsequently assumed its current name in 2008. Its infrastructure spans Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hải Phòng, Nha Trang, Đà Lạt, and Huế.^[1]

In March 2010, the VAST launched a peer-reviewed open access journal, Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ANSN). The journal is jointly published with IOP Publishing.^[2]

The Vietnam National Satellite Center, renamed the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) in July 2017,^[3] was founded as a VAST research center on 16 September 2011 to implement space and satellite projects for the government of Vietnam.^[4]^[5]

Notes

^ "Lễ bàn giao Trạm quan trắc môi trường Cầu Đọ, Phủ Lý, Hà Nam" [The handover ceremony of Cau Do Environmental Monitoring Station, Phu Ly, Ha Nam]. Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (in Vietnamese). 21 March 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "The 4th International Workshop on Nanotechnology and Application - IWNA 2013" (PDF). Ho Chi Minh City University of Science. 14–16 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "NOTIFYING OF CHANGE OF ORGANIZATION NAME". Vietnam National Space Center. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "About VNSC". Vietnam National Space Center. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ "Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC)". International Astronautical Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

External links

[1] "Lễ bàn giao Trạm quan trắc môi trường Cầu Đọ, Phủ Lý, Hà Nam" [The handover ceremony of Cau Do Environmental Monitoring Station, Phu Ly, Ha Nam]. Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (in Vietnamese). 21 March 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[2] "The 4th International Workshop on Nanotechnology and Application - IWNA 2013" (PDF). Ho Chi Minh City University of Science. 14–16 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[3] "NOTIFYING OF CHANGE OF ORGANIZATION NAME". Vietnam National Space Center. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[4] "About VNSC". Vietnam National Space Center. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[5] "Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC)". International Astronautical Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

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