NASA supports the training of Vietnamese students

The global environment-friendly learning and observation program (GLOBE) in Vietnam cooperates with the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to officially launch.

Cooperation agreement between Vietnam and NASA

The GLOBE Program Cooperation Agreement signing ceremony between Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and NASA took place on the morning of December 9, in Hanoi.

GLOBE is an international practice science education program that aims to help students, teachers, scientists and community members improve environmental awareness, understanding the culture and the global community.

Founded in 1995, GLOBE's network of 113 countries has cooperated together to train more than 58,000 teachers and 1.5 thousand students to participate in data collection and environmental awareness raising. Earth.

Professor Chau Van Minh and US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius at the signing ceremony of the GLOBE Program cooperation agreement.

The GLOBE program has been one of many collaborations between VAST and NASA since 2011 after two agencies signed a joint scientific collaboration statement on civil aviation and space operations. Collaborative activities include: exchanging Earth observation planetary data, identifying locations for space surveying systems and global exploration satellite systems .

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Prof. WITH. Chau Van Minh, VAST President affirmed that signing the GLOBE program will help Vietnam improve the quality of scientific education, improve the awareness of the environment among young people, build links between scientists. With educators, contribute meaningful environmental studies to the world.

Representative of the United States, Mr. Ted Osius, US Ambassador to Vietnam said that he was very happy to launch the GLOBE program and affirmed that through the program, Vietnamese students will share their data. I am with students in the United States and other countries around the world.

"More than an educational program, this is a real tool to support Vietnamese scientists today and prepare future scientists to make important discoveries and changes. new technology that Vietnam and the world need in the future to develop and grow, " the US ambassador affirmed.