National Centre for Scientific and Technological Information

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National Centre for Scientific and Technological
Information Innovation Activities in
VietnamMoscow, 26 Feb.2009By Ta Ba
HungDirector, NACESTI

• http//www.vista.gov.vn, http//www.vinaren.vn

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Introduction

• Location
• At the heart of the Capital City, Hanoi
• Easy to reach
• Address
• 24 Ly Thuong Kiet, str. Hanoi
• URL http//www.vista.gov.vn
• http//www.vinaren.vn

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History

• Established on September 24, 1990 by merging two
  organisations
• The Central Library on Science and Technology
  (founded in 1960)
• The Central Institute for Scientific and
  Technical Information (founded in 1972)
• on June 6, 2003 changed name from NACESTID to
  NACESTI
• NACESTI will be upgraded to National Agency for
  Science and Technology Information-NASATI (Decree
  No. 28/2008/ND-CP by the Government)

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Functions

• National coordinator of ST Information
  activities in the country
• National Coordinator of the Vietnam Research and
  Education Network (VinaREN)
• Organize and manage Techmart Vietnam
• Carry out researches and provide trainings on
  library and information science
• Implement national ST statistics activities.

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Information resources

• Library Print Collection
• Books 400,000 titles
• Journals 6,700 titles, about 1,000 are
  currently subscribed
• Reference Collection 20,000 titles
• Research reports 8,000

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Information resources

• International E-journals and Online databases
• Science_at_Direct
• ISIKNOWLEDGE
• Springerlink
• Proquest Central
• ASME
• ACS
• AIP

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Information resources

• Domestic databases
• STD - Vietnamese ST Literature 115,000 records
• KQNC- Vietnamese ST project reports 8,000
  records
• BOOK- Books in NACESTIs Library

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Information Resources

• Domestic databases
• ST Electronic Library 70,000 full text
  documents and 700 titles of audiovisual
  documents
• Vietnam Technology Market thousands of
  technology descriptions
• Directory of experts and organization engaged in
  technology transfer

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Main activities

• Researching and developing the application of
  advanced information technology
• Information analysis and processing
• Formulating legal documents on ST information
  activities
• Promoting the establishment and development of
  technology market (Techmart)
• Development of information services for rural and
  agricultural development
• Coordinating the Vietnam Research and Education
  Network (VinaREN)

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Technology Market Development

• Government policy encourage development of
  technology market as one of the major markets of
  the country
• Techmart is a form of development of technology
  market
• NACESTI actively participated in organization of
  more than 20 Techmarts
• Techmart Vietnam 2003, 2005, 2007
• Korean Techmarts (2002,2004)
• Regional Techmart (Hai Phong, Nghe An, Ha Noi,
  etc)

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Techmart Vietnam
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Techmart Vietnam Online
http//www.techmartvietnam.com.vn/

• Objectives developing Technology market in
  Vietnam
• Contents
• Technology offers
• Technology demand
• Partnership
• Place for technology transaction

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Techmart Vietnam ASEAN plus 3

• International Event to be organized Sep17-20,
  2009 in Hanoi, Vietnam
• Partners from ASEAN countries, Japan, China,
  South Korea and the other countries
• 700 booths, including 100 booths from
  international partners
• A number of conferences and seminars to be held
• ICSTI member countries are welcome to take part

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Vietnam Research and Education Network (VinaREN)
Advanced Information Infrastructure for
Innovation in Vietnam

• Objectives
• Building up VinaRENs backbone across the
  country, enabling the connection between the main
  research and education networks
• Connecting VinaREN with the regional and
  international research and education networks
  (NRENs) through TEIN2/TEIN3 (45/155 Mbps), APAN,
  and global Internet
• Facilitating necessary conditions in term of
  linkage, technology, content and connection costs
  for research/education institutions in Vietnam,
  connecting them to VinaREN
• Development and implementation of policies for
  VinaREN sustainable development
• Promoting the research and development activities
  on services and application of advanced and new
  generation networks in Vietnam.

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VinaRENs Topology
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VinaREN features at present

• Started in June 2006 and launched in March 2007,
  VinaREN has been deployed in the whole country.
• 7 NOCs in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Hue,
  Can Tho, Thai Nguyen.
• Dark fiber circuits in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City,
  Da nang, Hue and Can Tho
• Capacity 45Mbps 1Gbps
• 50 Leading RE institutions connected
• International connectivity Hanoi Hong Kong 155
  Mbps
• Country member TEIN2/TEIN3, APAN, Internet2,
  RENATER

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VinaREN in APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network)
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VinaREN in TEIN2(Trans-Eurasia Information
Network Phase 2)
TEIN2 POPs in Singapore, HK and Beijing NOC in
HK Asia Pacific partner countries Australia
(AARNet) China (CERNET) Indonesia (ITB) Japan
(MAFFIN, NICT, NII) Korea (NIA) Lao
(LaoREN) Malaysia (MyREN) Philippines
(ASTI) Singapore (SingAREN) Thailand
(ThaiREN) Vietnam (VinaREN)
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VinaREN fosters education through e-learning
Lecture from UPMC, Paris, France
Remote classroom in Hanoi, Vietnam
Distributed Classrooms on CanalAVIST
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VinaREN improves public health through e-medicine
Pediatrics collaboration between the National
Hospital for Pediatrics (NHP) in Hanoi and the
Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne,
Australia Orthodontics Dr Mike Snow, an
orthodontist from Melbourne has developed a
broadband-enabled dental assessment chair that
will allow him to examine Vietnamese children
while he is still in
Melbourne. Endoscopy Between hospitals in
Vietnam, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong
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VinaREN supports forecasting minimizing the
effects of extreme weather conditions
TOJARI Typhoon forecast in July 4 2007
Rain forecast
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VIP in VinaREN - A Collaboration Framework For
Innovation in Vietnam

• Increases collaboration
• Web 2.0 collaboration tools
• Idea management
• Helps select the right ideas
• Idea rating
• Direct user feedback

• Improves success rate
• Expands source of innovation
• Provides metrics from user trials
• Accelerates time-to-market
• Real-time user feedback
• Ability to engage partners in development

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What is VIP?
VIP Vietnam Innovation Portal Accelerates
innovation activities in Vietnam Innovation
platform for the Ministry of Science
Technology Built on IBMs Idea Factory
solution Hosted on VinaREN. Benefits Fosters
collaboration among education, research and
industry Accelerates development of next
generation skills
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VIP Key Features

• Portal based easy to manage and integrate
  contents from various applications.
• Provides integrated services
• Rich web page editing capabilities
• Search
• Blog
• Wiki
• Survey
• Profile
• Forum

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VIP Status

• Pilot runs on IBMs Cloud Computing facility at
  IBM Dublin Data Center.
• The portal is fully functioning with all features
• 80 selected participants from MoST, MoET, MIC,
  universities and IT companies
• Currently features 8 active projects.

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Key Projects Hosted in VIP

• SSME-ITSC
• Collaboration program between IBM and Ministry of
  Education Training for teaching IT Services in
  universities
• Provides online materials for teaching/studying
  IT services
• Serves as collaboration tool for teachers,
  students.
• Innovate Vietnam Research
• Discussion on the Innovate Vietnam Research
  report and how to promote innovation in Vietnam.
• Law on High Technology
• Discussions over the draft of the Law on High
  Technology prepared by MoST.
• General discussions on high technology.

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Benefits and Issues

• Benefits
• Researchers that need collaboration can create
  collaboration projects in no time through VIP.
• Using VIP does not require deep IT skills.
• Web 2.0 tools such as blog, forum, wiki are
  convenient ways to share ideas.
• VIP helps connecting people with common
  interests, expertise.
• Issues
• Slow portal response time due to network traffic.
  Should be solved once VIP is hosted in Vietnam.

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Future Plan

• Transfer VIP to Vietnam by II Quarter of 2009
• To be hosted in VinaREN
• To be managed and operated by NACESTI
• Introduce and promote VIP to broader audience
• NACESTI and IBM will organize VIP training
  workshops to MoST, universities, research
  communities
• Future development
• Continue to work with IBM for future development.
• Need annual budget for management and
  development.
• Consider providing paid services (e.g. ideation
  events)

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• Thank you