Since 1993 the Rencontres du Vietnam , which is an official partner of UNESCO, has organised international scientific conferences and schools to foster exchanges between Vietnamese or Asia-Pacific scientists and colleagues from other parts of the world.

The construction of the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in the city of Quy Nhon (Central Vietnam) has the ambitious objective to focus on developing Science and Education, helping young Asian students and scientists to meet with the International Science community, bringing the opportunity to accelerate their knowledge from attending lectures and sharing ideas with overseas high-level counterparts.

(To locate ICISE, open a Google Earth window and just type International Center of Interdisciplinary Science Education in the Search field.)

  The 25^th Anniversary Conference of the Rencontres du Vietnam on Windows on the Universe will consist of 2 twin conferences:
Windows on the Universe: Particle Physics
and
Windows on the Universe: Astrophysics.
The conference will consist of plenary common sessions and on separate sessions, alternating every day. The common sessions will focus on invited indepth oral presentations (review talks and talks on specific specialised topics), while the separate sessions will also be open to contributed papers, in the form of relatively short oral papers. Special emphasis is being placed on active participation by young researchers and post-docs.

The main topics of the conference are: