UK-Vietnam project wins prestigious Newton Prize

The project designs a communications system that can work even when extreme weather and natural disasters strike

By Tuoi Tre News

November 22, 2017, 16:00 GMT+7

​UK-Vietnam project wins prestigious Newton Prize
Two researchers at the awards ceremony

Two researchers from Vietnam and the UK have been awarded the prestigious Newton Prize for a project that facilitates communicating in the event of disasters.

Lead researchers Dr. Vo Nguyen Son from Vietnam’s Duy Tan University and his UK-based counterpart Dr. Trung Duong from Queen’s University Belfast won the £200,000 (US$265,000) prize for their jointly designed communications system that can work even when extreme weather and natural disasters strike. Tiếp tục đọc “UK-Vietnam project wins prestigious Newton Prize”