INT2 CEO Dr. Nguyen Viet Cuong has been appointed to the Management Board of OpenScience.vn, Vietnam’s national platform for managing and sharing scientific and technological research data, at a signing ceremony held on September 22, 2023, in Ho Chi Minh City.
The ceremony took place during the AI4VN Vietnam AI Day (September 21-22, 2023), where the OpenScience.vn platform was officially announced. The platform, sponsored by the Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VinIF), serves the research and development of artificial intelligence as part of Vietnam’s National AI Strategy 2030.
OpenScience.vn enables the research community to contribute and share datasets, allowing lecturers, students, and researchers in data science and AI to utilise the platform for research, teaching, and training.
At the ceremony, four organisations signed a cooperation agreement to develop the platform:
– National Agency for Science and Technology Information (NASATI), Ministry of Science and Technology – responsible for content development and operational mechanisms.
– Institute of Information Technology (IOIT), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology – supporting research and technology development.
– FPT Smart Cloud – providing operational support with AI and cloud computing services.
– FISU (Vietnam IT Faculties-Clubs-Schools-Institutes) – promoting the platform to its member institutions.
The signing was witnessed by Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat.
The Management Board of OpenScience.vn was also officially launched, comprising nine members from the signing parties, VinBigData, VNU-IOIT, and INT2. Dr. Cuong represents INT2 as a subsidiary of HPC SYSTEMS (Japan) on the board.
Source: VISTA – Signing ceremony for OpenScience.vn development