Vietnam welcomes two Nobel laureates for scientific conferenceTwo Nobel laureates, theoretical physicist Gerard ‘t Hooft and economist Finn Kydland, will visit Vietnam to attend a conference on science and development scheduled for May 9-10 in the central city of Quy Nhon. The International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education, where the conference is scheduled to take place. The conference is part of the annual Rencontres du Vietnam programme held at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education. Professor Van said that five Nobel Prize-winning professors had originally agreed to attend the conference but at the time of the event, three were unable to attend due to health reasons. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions".

Source: VietNamNet News May 09, 2018 03:33 UTC