Seoul (VNA) – The fifth annual Conference ofVietnamese Young Scientists (ACVYS 2018) took place in the Republic of Korea(RoK)’s Sejong University in Seoul on May 20.

Organised by the Vietnamese Students’ Association in the RoK(VSAK), the event was in response to Vietnam Day of Science and Technology (May18).

According to the organising board, the event aims to furtherpromote scientific studies among Vietnamese young students in the fields oflife science, biological medicine, chemistry and chemical engineering,mechanical engineering, civil and environment engineering, informationtechnology-electronics- telecommunications, physics and materials science.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador tothe RoK Nguyen Vu Tu said knowledge and expertise acquired during the eventwill contribute to Vietnam’s economic development and modernisation.

He said in the next two and three decades, they will serveas a bridge linking Vietnam and the RoK.

VSAK Chairman Vu Duc Luong said the conference offers achannel connecting Vietnamese young scientists with Korean scientists andmanagers, thereby facilitating technological transfer between the twocountries.

He added that Vietnamese young scientists publish thousandsof scientific research works on prestigious international magazines each yearsuch as SCI, SCIE, ISI and some of them play crucial roles in the RoK’s keynational projects.

The Vietnamese student community in the RoK is the secondlargest with over 20,000, nearly 7,000 of them are pursuing tertiary education.

Vice Rector of Sejong University Kim Sueng-ock hailedVietnam as one of the countries with the highest student graduation in the RoK.

On the occasion, the organising board granted four prizes tofour students major in IT, medicine, biology-environment and new materials.-VNA