World Space Week 2006 Report

Based on the success of the World Space Week last year, the Vietnam Amateur Club of Astronomy continue to hold the activities to celebrate this event. Information about Space Week and the theme of this year «Space for Saving Lives» was translated into Vietnamese and was disseminated through our web site as well as through printed posters.

The Vietnam Astronomy Festival 2006 was held on 8th October 2006 at Vietnam Physics Institute with the participantions of many Vietnamese astronomy enthusiats. The contents of the festival were:

• Introduction of World Space Week and this year's theme
• Brief history of astronomy
• Introduction of space applications which play important roles in our lives
• How to make a simple telescope

• The activites were not only for the introductions and the dissemintions of astronomy but also to encourage attendees to participate in the Space Age, especially Vietnamese youth.

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