Mr. Vu Hai Quan was appointed as Permanent Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.

DNVN - The Prime Minister has just decided to appoint Mr. Vu Hai Quan, Chairman of the Council and Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University, to hold the position of Permanent Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Hai Quan holds the position of Permanent Deputy Minister of Science and Technology .

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Hai Quan, 51 years old, from Ninh Binh, is currently a member of the 13th Party Central Committee and a delegate of the 15th National Assembly. He is known as a leading expert in the field of artificial intelligence, and is also Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council for Research and Development of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Ho Chi Minh City.

After graduating from the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Technology, University of Natural Sciences , Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City in 1996, he stayed to teach and do research. In 2001, he received a scholarship to study at the University of Trento (Italy) and joined the research group on spoken language processing at the ITC-Irst Institute. In February 2005, he successfully defended his doctoral thesis and continued his postdoctoral studies at the University of Leuven (Belgium).

After returning to Vietnam in 2007, he worked at the University of Science in many important roles, including Vice President, Director of the International Training Center ITEC, and Head of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AILab).

In October 2017, he was appointed Vice President of Ho Chi Minh City National University and in August 2020, he became Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City National University for the 2020-2025 term.

In January 2021, he officially became the Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University.

During his leadership, Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Hai Quan has repeatedly emphasized the importance of innovating the university governance mechanism to promote scientific research. Thanks to his leadership, important research centers such as the Center for Nanostructured and Molecular Materials (INOMAR) have been established and have many high-quality international publications, collaborating with famous universities such as Berkeley and UCLA. In addition, the centers also own a number of patents recognized by the US and Europe.

The Ministry of Science and Technology is currently headed by Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung as Minister and has 6 Deputy Ministers, including Permanent Deputy Minister Vu Hai Quan, along with Deputy Ministers Bui The Duy, Le Xuan Dinh, Pham Duc Long, Hoang Minh and Bui Hoang Phuong.

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