November 16th 2017


Some of the participants in the training workshop.

The 4th Training Workshop on 'Exploitation and Commercialisation: Research Evaluation and spin-off Creation' took place on the 25-26th of October, 2017 at Can Tho University (CTU), Can Tho city Vietnam. The workshop, delivered by SlovenkÁ TechinickÁ Univerzita V Bratislave (STUBA), was co-organised by CTU and the University of Alicante (UA), coordinator of the ENHANCE project. There were 56 participants involved from 3 EU & 6 Vietnamese Universities. The training was also attended by representatives of 2 Ministries: MOST & MOET. 

Next day, the 27th of October, the 2nd Round table was hosted by CTU. It brought together managers and researchers from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Research Institutes, Science and Technology (S&T) authorities, representatives from the private sector and relevant stakeholders in Vietnam to exchange ideas on promoting research applications via university spin-offs.

Following the Round table, an ENHANCE Coordination meeting was held in which GCU presented the workplan for Replication Trainings Workshops & on-line trainings and HCM-USSH introduced the draft of MoU for the ENHANCE network establishment.

The next workshop will take place in March 2018 at Thai Nguyen City and will be hosted by Thai Nguyen University.