Scientific research center planned

Vietnam plans to build a $25 million center to support scientific research and technological development, the SRV Ministry of Science and Technology announced. The ministry has not yeet released the site of the planned center, or the schedule of construction.

Vietnam invested $12 million last year in training personnel involved in science and technology abroad. It plans to spend an additional $33 million over the next five years, most of the funding going to students studying for bachelors and masters degrees. (Saigon Giai Phong, March 10, Vietnam News Briefs March 11).