KISTI has attended 2016 Vietnam S&T Workshop held on Oct. 6th in Hanoi which was organized by  National Agency for Science and Technology Information(NASATI) under the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.

The background information of the workshop is that  MOST received  the preferenctial loans from World Bank to implement the project "Fostering Innovation through research, science and technology-FIRST" 

The objective of the FIRST project is to support  science, technology and innovation in Vietnam by designing and piloting of STI policies, enhancing the effectiveness of project-aided research and development institutions and encouraging the development of innovative technology enterprises.

On the workshop, KISTI has presented its experience on establishing national R&D management system(NTIS) and competitive information analysis service(COMPAS) to  researchers and scientist of Vietnam.  

KISTI also visited State Agency for Technology Innovation(SATI) whose mission is to suuport the competitiveness of SMEs by funding for technology development and commercialization. While visitng SATI, KISTI has presented its COMPAS and agreed to discuss future cooperation for tansferring COMPAS to Vitenam by concluding MoU in future.