To narrow down “gaps” among research institutes and universities, EC has supported Asian countries to link with European ones through Trans – European Information Network (TEIN) with the annual budget of up to Euro 14 million. During the Stage II (TEIN2),Vietnam is one of the five Asian countries which are benefited from EC’s sponsor with the budget equivalent to 80% of leasing fees for Hanoi – Hongkong international transmission line (about VND 21 billion). In April, 2006, MOST approved and sponsored TEIN2-VN project on developing the National Research and Education Network (VinaREN). After nearly 2 years of implementation, VinaREN has been designed, developed and put into operation with industrial scale, which has been provided with the most advanced network equipment.
During the Stage III (TEIN3), EC has decided to expand into some South Asian countries as India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Nepal… The purpose of the Mission to Vietnam is to share, learn experience in establishing, managing and developing VinaREN as well as its impacts on research and education communities. Coming from “zero” before 2006, so far Vietnam’s VinaREN has been capable of supporting advanced network applications in research and education with the most modern technologies and equipment and created confidence and reputation in the international community. Vietnam can share experience with South Asian countries participating in TEIN2.
On behalf of Vietnam’s MOST, Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Lang has highly appreciated supports of EC and WB in the development of Vietnam’s VinaREN Network and expressed desires to continue receiving assistance and cooperation from EC and WB. The Deputy Minister has also emphasized that “Vietnam always pay attention to learn experience of other countries, at the same time is willing to share its practical experience with international colleagues, actively extend and strengthen integration opportunities so that VinaREN can really become the bridge connecting Vietnam’s community of scientists and educationists with other colleagues in the world”.
It is expected that in the surveying agenda, the Mission would visit and work with some agencies as the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting and understand the use and exploitation of VinaREN’s services in daily weather forecast and flood and storm forecast in Vietnam; visit and work with VinaREN/NASATI on the management and operation of VinaREN…