“It is the right of everyone to make decisions for his future. As for me, living and working in the homeland is the top priority,” said Nguyen Xuan Hung, a Vietnamese, one of the world’s most influential scientists.

 The UNESCO General Conference has recognised the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Physics of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology as its Category 2 centres. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts have been talking a lot lately about the so-called “domestic brain drain”, the movement of scientists leaving state-owned institutes for private companies.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology’s legal documents on the value of scientists’ inventions are insufficiently clear.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to attract more scientists with a new policy raising scientists' State-paid wages to VND150 million (US$7,140) per month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists from Hanoi National University (HNU) have announced the initial results of a scientific study of Vietnamese genes (also known as genomes) and how they compare with other races of the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Science and Technology Journalists Club and the Science and Technology Communication Research and Development Centre have selected and announced the sector’s most notable events in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The outcomes of a joint Vietnam-UK research project on sequencing the genomes of a number of Vietnamese indigenous rice varieties were made public at a workshop in Hanoi on August 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Japanese scientists introduced the outcome of their latest joint research on methods to remove proteins from natural rubber at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam has announced it has succeeded in manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) which would be put into both civil and military services. The country is also seeking foreign supply sources.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Conditions weren't easy in ‘90s Polish academia, but one Vietnamese researcher stuck to his passion.

VietNamNet Bridge – Immaculately dressed in a blue velvet suit and with her long black hair tied back neatly in a bun, Bach Khanh Hoa reservedly walks up to the stage and shyly acknowledges the salvo of applause

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scientists and managers have still been unable to map out a complete scenario to help the Mekong Delta achieve sustainable agricultural development against climate change despite the matter’s urgency,