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Recent Developments in Astronomy in Vietnam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Nguyen Quang Rieu
Nguyen Quang Rieu*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France

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Astronomy in Vietnam is still heavily underdeveloped. The few telescopes of the Observatory of Phu Lien (Hai Phong) were moved during the wars and become unusable. Most of the astronomers who graduated from the universities in the former Soviet Union are now working in other fields. Astronomy and astrophysics are among the basic sciences that Vietnam is willing to promote.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 892 - 893
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Copyright © Kluwer 1998