President Nishio visits Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

On Monday, January 9, 2023, President NISHIO Shojiro, Executive Vice President KAWAHARA Genta, and OU researchers active in Vietnam visited Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), an Osaka University ASEAN Campus partner.

President Nishio talked with VAST President Chau Van Minh, and the two presidents confirmed the importance of further cooperation between the two universities, renewing their cooperative agreement.

This signing was followed by a meeting entitled “VAST-OU: collaboration on high-quality S&T human resources development” to commemorate the 50th anniversary of friendship between Japan and Vietnam.

The universities had a deep discussion about strengthening cooperation through the ASEAN Campus by sharing information about education, research, and industry-university collaboration at ASEAN Campuses and VAST’s plan to construct a national information and data center in Vietnam.

The visitors also toured the Joint Laboratory at VAST, reconfirming their intent to continue to conduct joint research and co-creation projects to meet local needs in industry-academia collaboration.