(VOvworld) -  Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that the Vietnamese government strongly supports advances in science and technology.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam at the conference. (Photo: VOV News Center)

At the 12th “Meet Vietnam” conference in Binh Dinh province on Thursday, Mr. Dam said science and technology is an important driving force for sustainable national growth and narrowing the gap with more developed nations.

Mr. Dam says: “Some say countries like Vietnam should focus on scientific and technological application and leave fundamental scientific research to more developed countries. But the Vietnamese government doesn’t agree and insists that fundamental science needs more investment to consolidate national competence.”

The International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh, where the activities of the 12th ‘Meet Vietnam’ will take place.

 “Meet Vietnam” 2016 attracts more than 1,000 scientists and postgraduates, including five Nobel laureates, to its scientific conferences and physics classes from now until December.