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PerspectiveThe Handshakes Are Over. Here's What Actually Matters Next.
A week after Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm's visit to Australia, NIC AU's Academic Lead Nguyễn Minh Triết asks the question that matters more than the photos: what happens next?
Official RecognitionTừ Đường Lên Đỉnh Olympia Đến Đỉnh Cao Hóa Học Nước Úc: Hành Trình 25 Năm Của GS. Nguyễn Thành Vinh
GS. Nguyễn Thành Vinh — Á quân Đường Lên Đỉnh Olympia mùa 1 và hiện là Cố vấn Khoa học của NIC AU — vừa được Viện Hóa học Hoàng gia Australia (RACI) trao Huy chương Mary Garson 2026, đúng 10 năm sau giải thưởng đầu tiên ông nhận từ chính tổ chức này.
Official VisitNIC AU Experts Present to General Secretary and President Tô Lâm at Vietnam–Australia Tech Connect Forum
At the Vietnam–Australia Science, Technology, Innovation, Education and Training Forum in Sydney, three NIC AU experts had the honour of presenting their research directly to General Secretary and President Tô Lâm and Vietnam's high-level Party and State delegation.
Journal ArticleNIC AU Research: Flexible Silicon Carbide Electrode Array Both Monitors and Ablates Cancer Cells
A new first-author paper by AURORA 2025 First Prize winner Huỳnh Minh Anh (NIC AU), published in Advanced Materials Technologies (Wiley), presents a flexible implantable silicon carbide device that records cancer cell activity and eliminates it via targeted electroporation.
AURORA 2026D-Day: Today Is the Final Deadline to Submit Your AURORA 2026 Research
After more than three months of outreach to Vietnamese researchers worldwide, today is the final day to submit an entry for the AURORA Scientific Research Awards 2026 — closing at 23:59 (GMT+10).
SpotlightSpotlight: NIC AU Academic Chair Dr. Nguyen Minh Triet Holds 2 Registered Korean Patents
Before joining Archer Materials in Sydney, NIC AU Academic Chair Dr. Nguyen Minh Triet co-invented 2 semiconductor sensors registered with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) during his research at Sungkyunkwan University — a rare feat among Vietnamese scientists.
Research PaperNIC AU Research: Multimodal Deep Learning Framework Predicts Breast Cancer Receptor Status
A new NIC AU-affiliated manuscript fuses clinical data, whole-slide pathology images and gene expression to predict ER, PR and HER2 status in breast cancer — with AUCs up to 0.96 on external validation.
Conference PaperNIC AU Research: Variational Graph Neural Network Predicts LncRNA–Disease Associations
A new NIC AU-affiliated book chapter in the ACIIDS 2026 proceedings (Springer) fuses graph neural networks with a variational graph autoencoder to predict lncRNA-disease links with 0.9584 AUC.
Expert CouncilChemistry, a Chip and a Drop of Blood: NIC AU Experts Present Medical Innovations to Vietnam's Minister of Health
During an official visit to Australia, NIC AU Academic Chair Dr. Nguyễn Minh Triết and Senior Advisor Professor Nguyễn Thành Vinh presented cutting-edge medical technology solutions to Vietnam's Minister of Health Đào Hồng Lan — from a blood-testing biochip to the chemistry behind modern medicine.
AURORA 2026AURORA 2026 Nominations Now Open — Expanding Beyond Australia
The AURORA Scientific Research Awards 2026 are now accepting entries from Vietnamese researchers in Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and beyond.
Official RecognitionMinistry of Foreign Affairs Sends Letter of Recognition to NIC AU Following AURORA 2025 Success
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Thị Thu Hằng has issued an official letter recognising NIC AU's contribution to connecting the overseas Vietnamese scientific community with Vietnam's innovation ecosystem.
Is Ho Chi Minh City Walking Into a 'Half-Hearted Green Trap'? Australia's Cities May Hold the Way Out
More green spending, weaker results. NIC AU's newest research paper diagnoses why Ho Chi Minh City's green transition is stalling — and lays out four concrete tools borrowed from Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide to fix it.
YearbookThree Years, Three Seminars, 400+ People: The Yearbook Documenting Vietnam's Smart Agriculture Turning Point
Under the patronage of Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, NIC AU's yearbook captures three years of seminars connecting overseas experts with Vietnam's push toward smart, sustainable farming.
Research PaperNo Billion-Dollar Fabs Required: The Semiconductor Playbook Australia Is Using — And Vietnam Could Steal
Australia builds no advanced chip factories, yet its semiconductor sector is forecast to grow at over 21% a year. NIC AU's latest research paper reveals the 'niche' strategy behind it — and a three-pillar roadmap for Vietnam.
Journal ArticlePublished in Economic Record: Disentangling Temperature Shocks and Their Effect on Australian Inflation
Dr. Huỳnh Tấn Đạt (NIC AU) and Mengheng Li publish a landmark climate-economics study in Economic Record, showing that heat and high-temperature shocks affect Australian inflation very differently.
Journal ArticlePublished in JABES: AI Model Explains How Vietnam's Stock Market Reacts to Economic News
Dr. Huỳnh Tấn Đạt (NIC AU), Từ Hà Phúc and Đặng Anh Như publish a study using GPT-4o-mini, Gemini and XGBoost to explain VN-Index reactions to macroeconomic news with 0.9879 R².
AURORA 2025AURORA 2025 Winners Announced — Inaugural Awards Celebrate Vietnamese Research Excellence
The first AURORA Scientific Research Awards concluded in Vietnam with five outstanding projects recognised across biomedical science, agriculture, environmental technology and climate research.
Journal ArticlePublished in Journal of Economics and Development: How Investor Negativity Shapes Firm Distress
Dr. Huỳnh Tấn Đạt (NIC AU) and co-authors mine 80,000+ Vietnamese news articles to uncover an inverted U-shaped relationship between investor negativity and firm distress risk.
Official RecognitionNIC AU Managing Director Nguyễn Phúc Bình Receives Certificate of Merit from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee
The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front has awarded a Certificate of Merit to NIC AU Managing Director Nguyễn Phúc Bình for outstanding contributions to community solidarity and national development.
Official EndorsementVietnamese Embassy in Australia Officially Endorses NIC AU — Ambassador's Letter of Introduction (November 2024)
Ambassador Phạm Hùng Tâm of the Embassy of Vietnam in Australia has issued an official Letter of Introduction endorsing NIC AU, confirming its legal status and recognising its contributions to Vietnamese innovation overseas.
EventNIC AU Hosts ESG Seminar — Green Economy and Sustainable Governance
Over 200 representatives from enterprises, startups, research institutes and government agencies gathered for NIC AU's specialist seminar on ESG, green finance and circular economy.
EventNIC AU Coordinates Hack4Growth Australia — Two Teams Reach Global Top 20
Over 40 teams from Australian universities competed in the national round of the Hack4Growth global startup competition, with two teams advancing to the Top 20 in France.