A key milestone on this technique was the working go to to Austria by a VAST delegation led by Vice President Prof. Dr. Tran Tuan Anh. During the go to, excessive-stage conferences have been held with main analysis establishments and worldwide organizations, together with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Science as a Platform for Dialogue and Policy Advice
In its capability as Vietnam’s nationwide member group at IIASA, VAST, along with the Vietnamese Embassy and IIASA, organized a seminar on science diplomacy in Vienna. Vice President Tran Tuan Anh emphasised that, in mild of advanced international challenges, analysis establishments should do greater than merely conduct scientific research: They should function platforms for data alternate and strengthen the dialogue between the scientific neighborhood and choice-makers.
VAST’s purpose is to more and more combine the programs evaluation method into policymaking and to attach Vietnamese researchers with worldwide packages in strategic applied sciences and sustainable improvement. In addition, scientific cooperation all through Southeast Asia is to be additional expanded.
The Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria, Vu Le Thai Hoang, emphasised the rising significance of science diplomacy as a pillar of contemporary international coverage. Since no nation can sort out international crises in isolation, science creates a basis based mostly on data and mutual belief. As the seat of quite a few worldwide organizations, Austria affords very best situations for connecting Vietnam with European and international networks. In current years, the embassy has initiated a collection of know-how boards specializing in synthetic intelligence, semiconductors, cybersecurity, quantum know-how, and nanotechnology.
Focus on Trust and People-to-People Exchange
Representatives from IIASA additionally highlighted the significance of worldwide cooperation. Susie Kitchens, Director of Science Diplomacy at IIASA, emphasised that constructing mutual belief between individuals is the true basis of profitable science diplomacy.
In addition to the official conferences, the VAST delegation used the go to to deepen relations with the Vietnamese-Austrian and Austrian-Vietnamese Friendship Associations and to interact with the Vietnamese scientific neighborhood in Austria. In discussions with native Vietnamese researchers—together with quantum physicist Dr. Nguyen Duy Ha from the Vienna University of Technology—concrete steps have been agreed upon, such because the joint supervision of doctoral college students, the enlargement of educational exchanges, and joint analysis tasks.
By combining scientific excellence with interpersonal diplomacy, VAST plans to sustainably strengthen its analysis and human assets and mobilize international assets for Vietnam’s improvement.