Contribution to the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of ITIMS
Contribution to the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of ITIMS by J.J.M. Franse Former chairman of the International Advisory Board The start of ITIMS has to be sought at the end of the eighties of last century. During the first international workshop on materials science, organised in Hanoi from October 15-26, 1990, a recommendation was formulated to start an institute for material science in Vietnam with financial support from the Vietnamese and Dutch governments. Two years before, the Board of the University of Amsterdam strongly urged the scientists of this university to enlarge the scope of the VH collaboration with Vietnam [...]





