Some pictures at the inauguration ceremony of the CCNS

June 23, 1997 - Hanoi - Vietnam

Prof. A. Arima (right) and Prof. Tran Thanh Minh (center) - director of INST cut the ribbon to open the CCNS.

Second row (from left to right): Dr. Nguyen Dinh Dang, Dr. Vo Van Thuan, Dr. Shibata (RIKEN), and Dr. Nguyen Thu Nhan (Mrs. Nguyen Dinh Tu).

Reception at the Premier's Palace of Vietnam on the inauguration day of the CCNS.

From left to right: Dr. Bui Van Tuan - deputy director of the VAEC, Mr. Seki - executive councilor of RIKEN, Prof. Arima - president of RIKEN, Dr. Kamitsubo - executive director of RIKEN, H.E. Mr. Nguyen Khanh - vice premier of S.R.Vietnam, Mr. Akiyama - representative of Fujitsu (Japan), Dr. Tran Thanh Minh - director of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technique (INST) of the VAEC, and Dr. Nguyen Dinh Dang (RIKEN - VAEC).

Prof. Akito Arima - president of RIKEN - at the inauguration ceremony of CCNS

"From a purely personal point of view, the opportunity to participate in today's ceremony marks one of those precious moments in life when you can see a dream turns into a reality."

(A. Arima - Inauguration speech )

Inside the CCNS room.

Pentium Pros at CCNS made by NEC.

Monitors of Fujitsu's servers

Dr. T. Ebisuzaki - director of Computer Science Laboratory of RIKEN - surrounded by young Vietnamese participants at the CCNS.

Japanese guests at the CCNS opening ceremony.

From left to right:

First row: Mr. Shiratori (representative of Fujitsu in Hanoi), Dr. Kamistubo (RIKEN), Mr. Seki (RIKEN), Dr. Ebisuzaki (RIKEN).

Second row: Dr. Yoshida (RIKEN), Dr. Yamaji (RIKEN), Dr. Ambe (RIKEN), Dr. Shibata (RIKEN).

Third row: Dr. Yabuki (RIKEN), and a representative of the Japanese Embassy in Hanoi.

Prof. A. Arima talks with Dr. A. Yoshida and H. Furusawa - the two scientists from RIKEN, who worked so hard to bring the CCNS project to the final fruition.

At the entrance to CCNS. From left to right: Mr. Akiyama (Fujitsu), Mr. Seki (RIKEN), Dr. Arima (RIKEN) and Dr. Kamitsubo (RIKEN).

H. Furusawa explains to the audience the security system of CCNS againts the attack of "crackers", while Dr. N. Dinh Dang translates into Vietnamese.

Dr. N. Dinh Dang introduces the CCNS at the inauguration ceremony. In the background are Prof. A. Arima and Dr. Chu Hao - the vice-minister of Science Technology and Environment of Vietnam.