In two days 23th and 24th November, 2018, HCMC University of Technology and Education co-ordinated with the Ministry of Education and Training to organise the “4th International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development” (GTSD 2018) on the 6th and 12th floor of HCMUTE Central building.

On behalf of the university, there were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Van Thuyen - Chairman of the University Council, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Hieu Giang - Vice President of HCMUTE. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Taiwan was represented by Prof, Dr. Yo-Ping Huang, and other authors as delegates. 



On behalf of  the honor delegation, there were Dr. K.Srikar Reddy, India Consulate General in HCM city; Representative of Ministry of Education and Training Dr. Tran Nam Tu, Former President of Kun Shan University, Taiwan Prof. Dr Yan - Kuin Su; Prof. Dr Chang-Ren Chen from Kun Shan University; Prof. Dr Kai - Yew Lum from Chi nan National University, Taiwan; Global Sustainability Development Director in First Solar Andreas Wade; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jau Huai Lu from Taiwan Chung Hsing National University; ABB Executive Producer, Vietnam; along with all delegates from Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, Bangladesh, Kazakhtan, Russia and Vietnam



Over the last 15 years, the term “Green Technology” and “Sustainable Development” has been highly noted, especially, when the threat of power resources shortage and global climate change has changed into a more and more serious problem. Therefore, “Go green methods” in economy and technology related to sustainable development has been becoming such an attentive issue nowadays, particularly in developed and developing countries as China, India, Vietnam, etc. GTSD 2018 has been a fascinating forum for specialists, researchers as well as people interested in this issue to share about new studies, and global solutions in green technology and sustainable development.


Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Hieu Giang (Vice Party Committee Secretary, Vice President of HCMUTE) gave a welcome speech.

This is the 4th conference of the GTSD series, which are organised twice a year. There are HCMUTE; HCMC Department of Science and Technology; National Institute of Solar Energy, India; Kun Shan University, Taiwan in the joint partnership to organize the conference.


Speaking at the conference, representative of Science, Technology and Environment Department , Dr Tran Nam Tu - Representative of Science, Technology and Environment Department of Ministry of Education and Training addressed environmental problem and pollution that have been creating negative impacts on Vietnam’s sustainable development, also the world. As a result, he highly rated the Conference’s vision and aim. “In addition to the significance of science, the conference is crucial for international integration and cooperation.It is an opportunity for Vietnamese and international scientists, also academic organizations from all around the world to share their knowledge, experiences, research findings related to green technology and sustainable development. The Conference not only is an essential contribution to the research and training activities in tertiary education but also takes part in socio-economic development, sustainable environmental protection.”, he said. He also emphasized that the orientation of Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training’s strategy is to promote studied result transference into production with the green technology and sustainable development as the priority. “I hope through this conference, we can create a progressive cooperation about Technology and Education. Especially, Ho Chi Minh City and universities will continue to organise these series of seminars in the upcoming future.”, Mr. Tu added.






The conference attracted more than 250 articles which are the result of many researches from scientist and scholars. After review procedure, the conference remains 162 articles invited to report and share in 11 division at the conference.

The content of the conference mainly targeted on some objectives such as: Renewable Energy, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Civil Engineering, Automation, Information Systems, Applied Science, Heat Technology, Economic Development, sustainable education, Technology and Environment, Mechanical engineering technology.

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