Conglomerate VinGroup on December 20 launched the first Vietnamese-initiated international science-technology award named VinFuture Prize, which is among the annual awards with the highest prize money pool of the world.

The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) hosted a forum in Hanoi on December 18 on the COVID-19 pandemic and its political and economic impacts on the world and different regions.

The 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress is scheduled to take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on December 9-10 with the participation of 2,300 delegates.

The Rencontres du Vietnam, a non-profit organisation and an official partner of UNESCO, is organising the 8th Vietnam Summer School of Science (VSSS) at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in the central province of Binh Dinh.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese team “Catfish”, made up of teammates Hoa Phung and Thinh Nguyen from RMIT University Vietnam, claimed first place at the Regional finals of the ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2020 (ADSE 2020), which recently took place in an online format.

The Ministry of Science and Technology held a ceremony in Hanoi on November 12 to receive the draft Vietnamese history after five years of compilation.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly is scheduled to dismiss two Government ministers from their posts at its ongoing year-end session in Hanoi on November 11.

Vietnamese expats living in Australia contributed their ideas to draft documents of the 13th National Party Congress at a virtual seminar held by the Embassy of Vietnam in Canberra on November 7.

VOV.VN - The Party Central Committee examined personnel matters at its ongoing 13th session in Hanoi on October 8, with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in the chair.

Vietnam would have difficulty achieving the goal of having 5,000 science and technology enterprises this year under the 2011-20 science and technology development strategy.