Day 1: Fundamental of science

8:00 – 12:00 AM – Wed 5 July 2017

• Scientific research and academic freedom – Dr. Giap Van Duong
  This lecture will provide you essentials about science. What distinguishes science from other fields? Milestones in the history of science development. Roles of academic freedom in fostering science.
  
• Science and pseudo-science discussions –  All lecturers
  This interactive discussion is to answer: Are horoscope, fortune-telling, Books of Changes, etc. science? How to understand science correctly?

14:00 – 18:00 AM – Wed 5 July 2017

• Research from phenomena to applications – Dr. Nguyen Duc Dung
  This lecture will guide you a detailed process of a research, from sketching ideas, proposing research questions to implementing the study.
  
• Searching for truth and critical thinking – Dr. Nguyen To Lan
  This lecture will teach you an essential method in science, which is not only applicable for our study but also benefit your life.
  
• How is history written? – Dr. Tran Trong Duong
  This lecture will help you understand the myths and manifestations of history that we are seeing, and how it differs from what actually happened.
• Teamworking 
  Students are divided into teams for completing homework, discussing lectures and maintaining crushed friendships.

Day 2: Research & academic skills

8:00 – 12:00 AM – Thu 6 July 2017

• How to write a scientific article – Dr. To Mai Huong
  This lecture will guide you on writing an academic paper: where to start, how to write a literature review, how to develop contents, which journal to submit, and how to reply to reviewers.
  
• Ethnics, paradigms, and citations – Dr. Dang Van Son
  This lecture will teach you moral principals in doing research, what is the paradigm with famous examples, and how to avoid it through proper paraphrasing and citations.
• Correlation and causality in research – Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Anh
  This lecture will provide you how to identify causes and consequences of research results.

14:00 – 18:00 AM – Thu 6 July 2017

• Preparation for admission and scholarship – Dr. Luu Quang Hung
  This lecture will basically guide you how to prepare and apply for postgraduate admissions oversea.
• Scholarship applying experiences – Nguyen Quynh Anh, Nguyen Dinh Anh
  This lecture will share real successful experiences in applying for admission and hunting scholarships.
• Teamworking 
  Teams discussing lecture topics and prepare for contests.

 Day 3: Research in motions

8:00 – 12:00 AM – Fri 7 July 2017

• A voyage through the changing climate – Dr. Luu Quang Hung
  The lecture will help you know more about the Earth and its climate system as we observe daily, how it has been changing over the course of time, and how scientific research attributes to understand it.
• An economic research (TBA) – Dr. Nguyen Duc Thanh
  This lecture will teach you principal about Vietnam economics.
• Teamworking
  Teams discussing lecture topics and prepare for contests.
  

14:00 – 18:00 AM – Fri 7 July 2017

• Discussion on Industry 4.0 – Dr. Giap Van Duong, Dr. Dang Van Son
  The interactive discussion is about Industry 4.0 and how can we catch up with it.
• Research contest: Scientific research – Dr. Nguyen Duc Dung
  The research competition among all teams to apply their skills in addressing given research questions.
  

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