VIETNAM YOUNG ACADEMY NEWSLETTER

Members and friends are encouraged to send updates for publication in VYA monthly newsletter by the 23rd of each month

Vietnam Young Academy, http://vietnamyoungacademy.org, Email: info@vietnamyoungacademy.org Newsletter prepared by Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh and Dr. Lam Ngoc Hanh

Highlights We look back at our main activities this month and look forward to key events in the coming months.

CongratulationstoDrTranQuangHuytobecomeamemberofGlobalYoungAcademy(GYA).“Since2013,whenmytermasafoundingmemberofGYAnearlycametoanend,IalreadyhadastrongdesiretoseeanotherVietnamesememberofGYA.ThatwasalsooneofmyreasonstoestablishVYA.GYAisaveryyoungorganisation;itisnaturallyeasierforscholarsfromdevelopedcountriestomeetGYA’srequirementsthantheonesfromdevelopingcountries.VietnamesescholarshaveappliedtobecomeaGYAmemberyearsafteryears,nonegotelected.Ibecame very determined to raise awareness among the selection panel, that there is a need tohave better presentation of scholars from developing countries. And I am proud and verydelighted that Dr TQHuywas elected as a GYAmember. This is of course due to his researchexcellence,perseverance,commitmentanddevotiontotheserveasavoiceofVietnameseyoungscholars. It is a great honour, there were 263 applicants from 83 countries, and only 39 waselectedthisyear.ThisisgreatnewsfornotonlyVYAbutalsoforotherdevelopingcountries.DrTQHuywillservetheGYAselectioncommittee,sothathecanactivelycontributetoandinfluenceworkofGYA.HewillalsojoinaGYAWorkingGrouptosupportthedevelopmentandtheworkofNationalYoungAcademyinallcountries.”Prof.NTKThanh.

Congratulations to two members of VYA Advisory board to receive theKovalevskaya 2016 award. Kovalevskaya Fund, named after the Russian mathematicianSofia V. Kovalevskaya, is to encourage female scientists in developing countries. AssociateProfessorNguyenPhuongTungandAssociateProfessorTranKimAnhreceivedtheawardwiththreeothersfortheirworkinnanoscalescienceandtechnology.

Issue#6,March2017

(Left:Assoc.Prof.TranKimAnh,andright:Assoc.Prof.NguyenPhuongTung)

VIETNAM YOUNG ACADEMY NEWSLETTER

Members and friends are encouraged to send updates for publication in VYA monthly newsletter by the 23rd of each month

Vietnam Young Academy, http://vietnamyoungacademy.org, Email: info@vietnamyoungacademy.org Newsletter prepared by Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh and Dr. Lam Ngoc Hanh

VYAOperationsCommitteeMeetingheldinJanuary2017.OnJanuary11,VYAheldthe first Operations Committee (OC) meeting, chaired by Dr TQ Huy. Participants include amemberofadvisoryboard,ProfNTKThanh,andOCmembers,DrLamNgocHanh,DrCaoCuong,Assoc.Prof.PhanManhHuongandDrLeMinhHoa.Themeetingdiscussedactionplans for thenextfewmonthsandstrategicplantodevelopVYAandorganizescientificmeeting.

RECENTACTIVITIES• AshortnewsofVYAhasbeenpublishedon“TạpchíYhọcDựphòng”(VietnamJournalof

PreventiveMedicine,VJPM)bothinprintoutversion(volume27,issue2)andonwebsite.Detailscanbefoundhere:http://www.tapchiyhocduphong.vn/

• VYAhasbeenadvertisedagaintothereadershipnetworkofVJPM,whichhasmorethan3,500members.

• 14newVYAfriendshavebeenaddedtoourexpandinglist.

• VYAmembersandfriendscontactinfoandphotoshavebeenupdatedonVYAwebsite.

• TheSecondInternationalWorkshoponSustainabilityandGreenTechnologieswashostedby InternationalUniversityonMarch6-8,2017 inDanang,Vietnam. ItwasorganizedbygLINK coordinators and partners Dr. Hoa Le-Minh, Dr. Nauman Aslam and Dr. HubertShum, in conjunction with the 3rd European EMA 2 gLINK Project Meeting. Dr Le Ly, amemberofVYAwasalsoaparticipant.Theworkshopaimstopromoteideaexchangesandcollaboration for interdiscipline research between Europe and Asia. Several youngVietnamese scientists and 20 representatives from Europe participated. There are 17technical presentations, 9 ofwhichwere selected to publishwith European Alliance forInnovation.

FUTUREACTIVITIESAccordingtotheOperationcommitteemeetingonJan2017

• Scientificactivities:BionanoMeetinginVietnamin2019willbeorganisedbyTQHuy,PMHuong,CaoCuongandNTKThanh

• PromotingVYA:o EstablishingconnectionwithotherconferenceshostedinVietnam(byDr.LMHoaand

otherOCmembers),andwithotherVietnameseorganizationsandgovernment(byTQHuyandAssoc.Prof.NguyenPhuongTung)

o Continue topromoteVYAonvariousmedia channels, includingwritinganarticle for“HộiNữTríthứcViệtNam”(VietnameseWomenScientistsAssociation)byDr.TQHuy.

o Monitoringmembers’efforttofosterVYA(byPMHuong,TQHuyandTPNghia)

• Fundraising:o OpeningaVYAaccounthasbeeninitiatedbyNguyenTKThanh

VIETNAM YOUNG ACADEMY NEWSLETTER

Members and friends are encouraged to send updates for publication in VYA monthly newsletter by the 23rd of each month

Vietnam Young Academy, http://vietnamyoungacademy.org, Email: info@vietnamyoungacademy.org Newsletter prepared by Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh and Dr. Lam Ngoc Hanh

o Approaching several organizations such as Vietnam Ministry of Science andTechnology, VietnamMaterial Research Society, and Vietnam Physics Society forfundingsupport.ThiseffortwillbecarriedoutbyPMHuong.

• Website:Websitewillbere-designedbyTQHuytofacilitatenewupdates.• VYAmembershiprenewalformwillbegeneratedbyLMHoa.

FUNDING AND CONFERENCES • UKColloids2017Conference(www.ukcolloids.com)sponsoredbyRoyalSocietyofChemistrywill be on July 10th-12th 2017 in Manchester. The Nanoparticles Section is chaired by Prof.NguyenTKThanh.Exceptionalgoodabstractscanstillbeacceptedfororalpresentationbythe5th April 2017, please contact Prof. Nguyen TK Thanh (ntk.thanh@ucl.ac.uk). Deadline forposterisJune2017.

• gLINKscholarships. gLINK is an Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project with financial supportgrantedbytheEuropeanCommission.Thepartnershipiscomposedof9EuropeanHEIsand9HEIsfromAsiancountries.Theprojectaimstodelivereducation,training,researchexperienceandcross-fertilisationofideasinmanythematicareas.Severalscholarshipswillbeavailabletothe talented students, postdocs and academic staff. The new call (and the final call of thisproject)deadlineisthe24thApril2017(http://glink-edu.eu/apply)

• Callforparticipants:The3rdWorldwideMeetingofYoungAcademieswilltakeplace19th-21stJuly2017inJohannesburg,SouthAfrica.ThemeetingwillbehostedbytheSouthAfricanYoung Academy of Science (SAYAS) and co-organized by the Global Young Academy (GYA).PleasecontactVYAchair,Dr.TranQuangHuyifyouwouldliketorepresentVYA.WehopetohaveoneortworepresentativemembersofVYAtoattendthemeeting.

• Call for participants: Meeting of the Asian Young Academies. Science and Society:ChallengesandProspectsinJerusalem11th–13thFebruary2018.ObjectivesofthemeetingaretoencouragecollaborationbetweentheAsianYoungAcademies,tofostertheeffectivenessofacademia and science in policy-making and to encourage a meaningful dialogue betweenacademia and the public. Please send a 250-word abstract by the 30th May 2017 tosima@academy.ac.il. The IsraelYoungAcademywill cover for the accommodationand livingcostsofselectedparticipants.

• The4thInternational Symposium on Advanced Magnetic Materials and Applications(ISAMMA), to be held on 10th-13th December 2017 at Phu Quoc island, Vietnam.TheISAMMAconferenceisaconsolidationoftheformerinternationalconferencesunderthreedifferent organizations: ISPMM of Japan, SOMMA of Korea, and ISAMT of Taiwan. Abstractsubmissiondeadline:the1stJune2017(http://isamma2017.vn/)

• 256thACSNationalMeeting&ExpositionSymposium on "Detectionof infectiousdiseasesandtoxininfoodusingnanoparticles",the19th-23rdAugust2018,Boston,USA,willbechairedbyProf.NguyenTKThanhandDrCaoCuong.