The VANJ Conference 2025 (VANJ 2025) in Japan fosters cooperation in science, technology, and education between Vietnam and Japan, aligning with national development goals.
On December 20th, at Kyoto University, the Vietnamese Academic Network in Japan (VANJ) held its annual conference on the theme “Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Digital Transformation Era.”
This forum brought together numerous Vietnamese experts working at prestigious universities and research institutes in Japan to exchange ideas aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in the fields of science and technology.
The VANJ conference 2025 was also organizing partner by the Vietnam-Japan Specialists Association (VJS), the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan (AVIJ), and the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in Kyoto (VYSA Kyoto).
Speaking at the conference, Professor Tran Dang Xuan (Hiroshima University), the President of VJS, emphasized that Vietnam’s Party and Government have set a goal of tripling Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2045 compared to 2020. Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024, of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation plays a key role in this goal.
According to Professor Tran Dang Xuan, only science, technology, and education can help Vietnam achieve this goal. Therefore, conferences like VANJ 2025 will serve as a bridge for Vietnamese and Japanese scientists to strengthen scientific research cooperation, international cooperation, and focus on Vietnam.
To achieve this, Professor Tran Dang Xuan suggested that VANJ be more proactive in inviting and connecting outstanding Vietnamese scientists in Japan and Japanese scientists, strengthening scientific research cooperation, and promptly submitting concrete proposals to relevant agencies in Vietnam such as the Ministry of Science and Technology, universities, and research institutes.
At the VANJ conference 2025, in addition to the plenary session, there were 7 thematic discussion sessions covering economics, education, robotics, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications, advanced materials, nanotechnology, biomedical science, sustainable agriculture, and 3 general themes, along with 26 scientific posters.
Professor Shin-Ichiro Kuroki (semiconductor specialist, Hiroshima University), Associate Professor Le Duc Anh (Tokyo University, President of AVIJ), Professor Pham Nam Hai (Tokyo Research Institute), Associate Professor Hisaki Kono (Kyoto University) … along with many Vietnamese and Japanese researchers, participated and spoke at the conference.
The annual VANJ conference, held since 2016, attracts the participation of many young scientists, researchers, and students from Vietnam and abroad in Japan.
The VANJ organizing committee is considering holding an annual VANJ conference in Vietnam to further attract the attention of scholars from both countries, thereby strengthening bilateral scientific research and educational cooperation between Vietnam and Japan.
The VANJ conference 2026 will be held at Hiroshima University.
