Hanoi, March 12 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference in Hanoi on March 12 to hand over his decision appointing member of the Party Central Committee and Standing Vice President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) Prof. Dr Tran Hong Thai as its President. PM Chinh praised Thai as a seasoned management official with more than two decades of broad experience spanning scientific research, state management and local governance. Highlighting the VAST's significant role, achievements and contributions to national development, he called on Thai and the academy's leaders to build on its proud tradition while advancing its heavy but also glorious mandate in the years ahead. They were pressed to further enhance ...