Italy-Vietnam Scientific Cooperation in the Field of GNSS

Scientific collaboration between Italian and Vietnamese institutions in the field of Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS) dates back to 2004, when a first train-the-trainer action was conducted in the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) by researchers of Politecnico di Torino and Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB). In the following years, a closer and tighter collaboration between these institutions has allowed for the setup of a Collaboration Centre on GNSS in HUST, the NAVIS Centre. After more than a decade of collaboration, the NAVIS Centre has become a key reference point in the area for European and Italian institutions and companies active in the field of GNSS. The paper describes the activities and projects that have allowed the set up and growth of the Centre as well as the achieved results and future perspectives.