Vietnam’s International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) signed a cooperation agreement in Geneva on May 11 to boost collaboration between the two organisations which are both committed to serving as bridges between policy and science.

By 2025, all fishing ships with a length of 15m and above must be marked and equipped with a vessel monitoring system. Before leaving the port, they must have all documents and equipment checked. These ships will be monitored via the vessel monitoring system.

The province is upgrading infrastructure to welcome investors, especially 15,300 hectares of economic zones (EZs) and industrial parks (IPs), and 2,940 hectares of industrial clusters. Investors from Japan, South Korea, Germany, the U.S., Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam have been studying Binh Dinh to set up shop.

Hoai Nhon commune of Binh Dinh province has presented 1,000 coconut seedlings to soldiers and islanders on Truong Sa island as part of an effort to make the island greener.

A consulting group of Japan’s Aomori Chuo Gakuin University in Binh Dinh on October 17 selected 15 high school students to offer scholarships to study at the university.

Every scientist should think of how their findings could impact the world and contribute to making it better. That was the message from Michel Spiro, President of the International Year of Basic Science for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) speaking at “Science, Ethics and Human Development” conference on September 13 in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh province.

The second “Vietnam Conference on Earth and Environmental Sciences” (VCEES-2022) officially opened on August 8 at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon city in the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh.

For years, war veteran Dang Ha Thuy of Binh Dinh province has been searching with American war veterans for the graves of martyrs who died during the war. Thanks to Thuy, the remains of many war martyrs have been found and brought to local cemeteries.

Rencontres du Vietnam (Meeting Vietnam) convened two international workshops on astrophysics in Quy Nhon city, the south-central province of Binh Dinh, on July 25.

Quang Trung University, based in Quy Nhon city of central Binh Dinh province, has signed a cooperation programme on human resource training with the Japan - Vietnam MCHR Consultant Co. Ltd (JVMCHR), the only representative in Vietnam of Japan’s Aoyama Medical Group.