Opening of the 9th Vietnam Neutrino School

With the participation of more than 30 scientists , young researchers, postgraduates and students from 8 countries, including Vietnam, Japan, Mongolia, India, UK, Malaysia, Croatia and China, VSON9 continues to affirm its role as an international scientific environment, but with a Vietnamese core.

Established in 2017, VSON School is held annually with professional sponsorship from leading Japanese neutrino physicists, especially expert groups from international experiments such as Super-Kamiokande, T2K, Hyper-Kamiokande.

At VSON9, students will study directly with leading names such as Professor Tsuyoshi Nakaya (President of the Japanese Society for High Energy Physics); Professor Yuichi Oyama (KEK Institute); Professor Atsumu Suzuki (Kobe University); Associate Professor, Dr. Makoto Miura (ICRR, University of Tokyo, Japan); Dr. Cao Van Son (Institute for Interdisciplinary Research andEducation , ICISE Center); Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Van (Institute of Physics - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology); Dr. Tran Van Ngoc (Kyoto University, Japan) and many prestigious scientists from research institutes and universities around the world.

VSON9 is not just a summer class, but a symbol of the intellectual aspirations and integration spirit of Vietnamese youth.

The course not only provides theoretical knowledge but also focuses on practice through simulation of neutrino interactions, data analysis from the Super-Kamiokande detector, operation of cosmic ray measurement systems... helping students directly access the tools currently used in experimental particle physics.

As one of the most fundamental particles in the standard model of particle physics, neutrinos reveal many mysteries in cosmology, high-energy astronomy, and other fields that humanity has yet to fully decipher. Contents such as neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless beta decay, solar neutrinos, neutrinos from supernovae, etc. help students understand the profound properties of matter and energy.

In particular, participating in international experiments such as T2K in Japan has made the Vietnamese neutrino physics research group (under the IFIRSE Institute, ICISE Center) the first and only group in Vietnam to make practical contributions to world scientific results. The measurement of CP symmetry violation (announced in 2020) is considered a global breakthrough and was recognized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology as one of the 10 outstanding scientific events of that year.

One of the greatest values that VSON brings is the formation of a neutrino physics research community in Vietnam, a field that is considered to be young. After 8 previous events, many students from VSON have gone on to pursue graduate studies, become PhD students, and participate in research groups in Japan, the US, and Europe.

Through the program, the young generation of Vietnam not only accesses academic knowledge, but also learns how to think scientifically, work in international teams, operate modern equipment, analyze experimental data, and the basic skills to participate in world science.

ICISE, the host of VSON, has long been considered Vietnam’s science valley, gathering more than 16,500 international scientists over the past decade. The organization of the VSON School is not only a teaching activity, but also a link in the strategy to form a particle physics research ecosystem in Vietnam, connecting the Rencontres du Vietnam - IFIRSE Institute - universities and international scientists.

Students take souvenir photos at ICISE Center.

The VSON training model is a form of “scientific summer school”, but it reaches the same level of seriousness and quality as specialized academic programs in the world, demonstrating Vietnam’s ability to organize, train and integrate academically in a field that was thought to be reserved for developed countries.

Not only stopping at professional knowledge, VSON is proof that science education in Vietnam can reach international standards, that Vietnamese students are fully capable of pursuing the most sophisticated and demanding fields of study.

It is also a testament to the aspiration to build a scientific urban area in Quy Nhon, where research institutes, training centers, universities, high-tech enterprises and residential communities together form a unique scientific culture.

DAT TUNG

Source: https://nhandan.vn/khai-mac-truong-hoc-viet-nam-ve-neutrino-lan-thu-9-post894070.html