Event

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Japan Analytical Instrument Manufacturers Association (JAIMA, located at 2-5-16, Kanda Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, President: Masayuki Adachi / President & COO of HORIBA, Ltd.), in cooperation with VINALAB (Vietnam Association of Testing Laboratories), will hold the 3rd joint symposium on Friday, March 22 in a hybrid format connecting its bases in Tokyo and Hanoi.

Following last year's symposium on air pollution and food safety, this year will focus on water issues that are in urgent need of solutions in Vietnam, and will provide an opportunity for leading researchers from Japan and Vietnam, JAIMA and VINALAB member companies to discuss how analytical technology can contribute to water quality safety and management, and hold discussions for solving specific social issues such as water for daily use and rivers.

The symposium will be held at VKIST (Vietnam Korea Institute of Science and Technology), located in Hoa Lac High-Tech Park in the suburbs of Hanoi. JAIMA and VINALAB member companies will also have exhibition booths. From Japan, Dr. Hidenori Harada of Kyoto University Graduate School, who is an expert on water quality issues in Vietnam, and speakers from the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, Vietnam Japan University, and Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences will give presentations on water quality analysis, water quality regulations, water treatment, analytical data process, microplastics and other topics.