Sophie Maysonnave, Counselor for Cooperation and Cultural Actions on the French Embassy in Vietnam, speaks on the occasion. (Photograph courtesy of the organiser)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vingroup Innovation Foundation
(VINIF) introduced on October 25 it might present practically 90 billion VND (3.6
million USD) to 19 science and expertise initiatives and 5 tradition and historical past
initiatives with sensible worth, probably contributing to the nation’s
long-term development.
The overall of 24 science, expertise, and cultural historical past initiatives
receiving analysis grants from VINIF have excessive sensible worth and are
rigorously chosen by a panel of Vietnamese and worldwide specialists.
Particularly, 19 science and technology projects had been chosen by
the council from 150 purposes in 15 fields corresponding to biomedical, medical
and pharmaceutical, physics, supplies, setting, and data
expertise.
All funded initiatives adhere to the VINIF’s 5 standards, which
embrace the subject’s stage of necessity, the creator’s analysis capability, the
implementing unit’s bodily amenities, creativity, scientific significance,
socioeconomic impacts, the goal’s persuasiveness, and the
scientific-technological worth of services and products.
VINIF takes half in sponsoring 5 initiatives and 9 occasions in
the realm of tradition and historical past, masking subjects like ethnology and cultural
heritage, cultural beliefs, music, historical past, and superb arts.
VINIF will even accompany the analysis groups in accessing
scientific assets, connecting with a community of consultants, and accessing a
massive database from the Vingroup ecosystem. Particularly, VINIF will
seek the advice of with a number of application-oriented scientific initiatives for patent
safety and introduce funding alternatives to assist them proceed to evolve
into helpful items and options.
On the occasion, Professor Vu Ha Van, Scientific Director of VINIF
and VinBigdata, stated: “The purpose of VINIF is to contribute to constructing a
technology of modern and built-in scientists and create knowledgeable
analysis setting for the nation.”
“Due to this fact, since 2019, VINIF has been continually innovating
and perfecting programmes and funding strategies to match the fact of analysis
and meet the world’s highest scientific requirements. Due to this, within the
previous two years, in addition to science and expertise, VINIF has additionally progressively develop into
a companion with the culture-history analysis neighborhood, encouraging
holistic improvement and advancing Vietnamese values within the international
context,” he added.
Sophie Maysonnave,
Counselor for Cooperation and Cultural Actions at
the French Embassy in Vietnam, confused the importance of
selling science, expertise, and historic tradition, which can help in
the event of the nation’s tradition and financial system. These grants
have additionally facilitated interactions between researchers and cultural specialists
from France and Vietnam.
Vingroup is implementing the programme on a non-profit foundation in
order to generate momentum for optimistic and complete modifications in analysis
tradition, scientific setting, and neighborhood life./.
