Vietnam Research and Education Network
DR. Nguyen Hong Van Director of Advanced Science and Technology Information Network Center Hanoi, 14 May 2015 CONTENTS REN concept VinaREN history VinaREN Infrastructure
VinaREN activities Case study: E-learning in Hanoi university ofScienceand Technology (HUST) Telemedicine activities in Cho Ray hospital REN Characteristics Some Terminology Research and Education = R&E
Research and Education Networks = REN National REN = NREN REN Characteristics High bandwidth networks Much higher speed than normal Internet Provides a dedicated network so traffic does not compete with facebook, youtube, etc. This dedicated network is like a separate road system that has very little traffic, so when you want to use it, it will always work without slowness. Makes it easier to collaborate with scientists worldwide Some NRENs around the world
Africa Europe & Central Asia Americas D.R. Congo KENET (Kenya) MAREN (Malawi) MoRENet (Mozambique) RwEdNet (Rwanda) South Africa (TENET) SUIN (Sudan) RENU (Uganda) ZAMREN (Zambia) Europe (GEANT2) Armenia (ARENA) Austria (ACOnet) Belgium (BELNET) Croatia (CARNet) Czech Rep. (CESNET) Cyprus (CYNET) Denmark(Forskningsnettet) Estonia (EENet) Finland (Funet) France (Renater) Georgia (GRENA) Germany (G-WIN) Greece (GRNET) Hungary (HUNGARNET) Iceland (RHnet) Ireland (HEAnet) Italy (GARR) Kazakhstan (KAZRENA) Latvia (LATNET) Lithuania (LITNET) Luxembourg (RESTENA) Malta (Univ. Malta) Netherlands (SURFnet) Norway (UNINETT) Poland (PIONIER) Portugal (RCTS2) Romania (RoEduNet) Russia (RBnet, RUNNET) Slovakia (SANET) Slovenia (ARNES) Spain (RedIRIS) Sweden (SUNET) Switzerland (SWITCH) United Kingdom (JANET) Tajikistan (TARENA) Turkey (ULAKBIM) Uzbekistan (UZSCI) Latin America (redCLARA) Argentina (RETINA) Bolivia (ADSIB) Brazil (RNP2/ANSP) Canada (CA*net) Chile (REUNA) Colombia (RENATA) Costa Rica (CR2Net) Ecuador (CEDIA) El Salvador (RAICES) Guatemala (RAGIE) Honduras (UNITEC) Mexico (Red-CUDI) Nicaragua (RENIA) Panama (RedCyT) Paraguay (ARANDU) Peru (RAAP) Uruguay (RAU2) Venezuela (REACCIUN2) East Asia & Pacific Asia (APAN) South&East Asia (TEIN4) Australia (AARNET) China (CERNET,CSTNET,NSFCNET) Fiji (USP-SUVA) Hong Kong (HARNET) Indonesia (ITB) Japan (SINET, WIDE, JGN2) Korea (KOREN, KREONET2) Malaysia (MYREN) New Zealand (KAREN) Philippines (PREGINET) Singapore (SingAREN) Taiwan (TANet2, ASNet) Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN) Vietnam (VinaREN) Mid-East & N.Africa Algeria (ARN) Egypt (EUN/ENSTINET) Jordan (JUNET) Lebanon (NCSR) Morocco (MARWAN) Palestinian Terr. (PadI2) Qatar (Qatar FN) Syria (HIAST) Tunisia (MRST) U.A.E. (ANKABUT) South Asia India (ERNET) Nepal (NREN) Pakistan (PERN) Sri Lanka (LEARN) REN Ecosystem A layered model Global Connectivity Regional RENs
National Research and Education Networks All users are connected at the campus network level No scientist is connected directly to a National Network. They are all connected to campus or enterprise networks Regional REN Connections
Connects RENs of individual countries within a geographic region: EUMedConnect (North Africa/Middle East) TEIN4 (Asia) CAREN (Central Asia) GEANT (Europe) APAN (Asia & Pacific) RedCLARA (South & Central America) AfricaConnect/Ubuntunet (West & Central Africa) And others VinaREN the unique NREN in Vietnam
VinaREN is the National Research and Education Network of Vietnam. It has advanced information infrastructure that fosters nationwide and worldwide collaborations of researchers and educators communities in Vietnam. In 2004, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan agreed to allow Vietnam participating Trans-Eurasia Information Network, Phase 2 (TEIN2). In 2006, the Ministry of Science and Technologyassigned to National Center for Science and Technology Information (NACESTI, now is NASATI) to implement the project TEIN2 VN (VinaREN). In 2007, Vietnam was an official member of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN). In 2008, VinaREN was officially launched at a national scale. After the project TEIN2 Vietnam ended, since 2009, Maintaining and Developing Vietnam Research and Education network has become a routine task in the function of National Agency for Science and Technology Information(NASATI). VinaREN infrastructure
VinaREN national backbone network is formed from the connection of six network operation centers (NOC) located in Hanoi, Danang, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Can Tho and Thai Nguyen. VinaREN connects 100+ R&E institutions in 11 provinces & cities VinaREN has 40 Mbps of commercial Internet for access to online databases and journals VinaREN members: research institutes, universities, key laboratories, major hospitals, learning resource centers, Science and Technology Information centers. Connect with NOCs via metro network of service providers (VTN, Viettel) or leased lines VinaREN infrastructure
National backbone upgraded In 2011, VinaREN upgraded all the channels on the backbone. Currently, the bandwidth at all channels have been increased from 2 to 8 times higher than before. Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh: 01 Gbps; Hanoi - Da Nang: 155 Mbps; Da Nang - Hue: 155 Mbps; Da Nang - Ho Chi Minh City: 155 Mbps; Ho Chi Minh City - Can Tho: 155 Mbps; Hanoi - Thai Nguyen: 155 Mbps. International Connection
VinaREN has beeninternationally connected to TEIN4 (Hanoi - Hong Kong)with a bandwidth of 1 Gbpssince Mach Throughthis connection, VinaRENhas connections to GEANT(Euro), Internet2 (US),APAN and so on. In 2011, VinaREN cooperatedwith Viettel telecom toestablish 10 Mbpsconnection for CamREN,including 10 Mbps toTEIN3/4 via VinaREN. E-learning E-learning has been used by more and more members to promote national and international cooperation programs. Hanoi National University, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) , and Can Tho University have been proactively involved in E-learning. Project Asean Cyber University with fund from KOICA, Korea for Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia, Myanmar. Hub center at HUST Telemedicine Telemedicine has been largely applied by major hospitals in Vietnam(Cho ray hospital, Central Pediatric hospital, Viet-Duc hospital, Bachmai hospital, Hue central hospital, etc. ...) to exchange experiences between medical communities: Medical education Endoscopic surgery Remote diagnostics Weather Forecast Data exchanged over VinaREN is about 90% of the total data that National center for Hydro meteorological forecasting needs for conducting research and forecasts. Download NWP via VinaREN 100 GB per day from US: (NCEP, NOAA, US-Navy), Korea (KMA), Australia (BoM), China (CMA), Geant (ECMWF) and so on 20 minutes per session instead of 5 to 6 hours before. Accuracy of short-term and medium-term weather forecasting has been improved due to much data Download data(50 years) from Japan for re-analysingvia VinaREN, download time is 5-7 days instead of 6 months if using Internet 5 Mbps VinaREN-based international satellite sensing information network has been created to facilitate access and exchange environmental data sets, satellite images for the weather forecast and climate change. Grid computing VinaRENfacilitates for R&E institutions in Vietnam to conduct the researches on the grid computing. Potential high-performance computing applications: nuclear physics, high energy physics, life science, earth sciences. Earth science against the impacts of climate change, prevent and mitigate damages caused by natural disasters. Data sharing Access to the more journal titles on science and technology in theInternet (Database ScienceDirect, Proquest, Database on S&T in Vietnameselanguage) Science and Technology Database (STD): S & T documents are published in thejournal and the proceedings of conferences and workshops in Vietnam. Thereare 156,000 records belonging to the 300 S & T Magazine and thousands ofscientific workshop proceedings in Vietnam Research result database: provide detailed information on the results ofscientific and technological tasks. There are over 12,500 records on the report ofthe research results at all levels registered and stored at theNational Agencyfor Science and Technology since 1975. Under Vietnam Library consortium, connects readers via VinaRENincluding: students and teachers in 29 universities and colleges; staffs in 9 research and development organizations, hospitals; readers in 11 provinces and cities across the country Video conference On-line workshop on credit training;
Interaction between the units (Korean family) Introduction on using the online databases managed by NASATI; Workshop on the common legal documents, the resolution of the Communist Party and Government; World Bank workshop on exchange of experience in building NREN; Online Techmart workshop to promote dissemination and transfer of advanced technologies; The activities on medical advice remotely. Monthly online meeting of MOST Workshops, conferences, online courses related to different fields of the organization in and out of MOST, between regions and countries. Cyber performance Cyber performance Research IPv6, MPLS Multicast (IPv4, IPv6) Video conferencing, IPTV
Network Administration Measurement of bandwith Grid Computing Cloud computing Telemedicine Meteorology, weather forecast, climate change, advanced network Human Resources Coorporated with HRD of TEIN3 for Training (fellowship of TEIN3) on network technology: Network Management, Network Security, IPv 6 and Multicast, Routing bedween networks Cooperate with InTERLab (AIT, Thailand) and NSRC (Oregon University, U.S.) to organize international training courses on "Campus Network Design and operation" and "Multicast hand-on" for 57 network technicians coming from 9 different countries in December 2011. Cooperate with InTERLab (AIT, Thailand) and APNIC to organize international training courses on Routing" for 27 network technicians of VinaREN members in June 2012 at Hanoi. Cooperate with InTERLab (AIT, Thailand) and NSRC (Oregon University, U.S.) to organize international training courses on "Campus Network Design Hosting TEIN3 internship program with participant from Bhutan, Cambodia in July 2012 Sending VinaREN staff to Malaysia for TEIN3 internship program in July 2012 Hosting workshop on Promote Cloud and applications in the TEIN4 network in December, 2012 Participating in Cloud Computing Workshop 2013 at Cambodia, August, 2013 Cooperate with Indiana University and NSRC to organize international training courses on "Campus Network Design at Hanoi, August, 2014 Future direction Maintain and develop VinaREN as a core element of the information infrastructure, national database and statistics on science and technology. Develop policies for sustainable development and promote efficiency in the period Promote the applicationsat VinaREN members, supporting and promoting the application of grid computing and cloud computing on VinaREN, exchange, share ,updatesinformation among VinaREN members Promote research, particularly on advanced network applications Train network operators to ensure stable operation for VinaREN, support for the implementation of research activities and training for the network members. Promote and coordinate activities among TEIN4 member s and with international partners in the relevant fields, especially in telemedicine, climate change, remote training and advanced network technology VinaREN/ TEIN4 CONNECTIVITY IN HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
24 International training programs
Videoconference withpartners (protect master'sthesis, online meetings):Marseill-French University,Troy University, LeibnizUniversity Hannover,Nagaoka University ofTechnology - Japan, VictoriaUniversity of Wellington(VUW) - New-Zealand, etc. Deploying applicationsbased on VinaREN :GridComputing, E-learning,AI3-SOI project Implementing e-learningsystem in the framework of project named Asian CyberUniversity (ACU) E-Learning Centers and Hub-Center
E-Learning Centers are ACUs member: Seoul Cyber University, Hanoi University ofScience and Technology, Myanmar University of technology, Cambodia ITC, Laos NUOL Connectivity via commercial line is difficult and non efficientso need to use TEIN4network to exchange:Video, audio, course, direct interaction E-learning based on VinaREN
Internet Students Multimedia Studio Content Development & Research Office Classroom e-Learning Server System Overseas Schools Administrator e-Learning Center Operation Office VINAREN IN TELEMEDICINE ACTIVITIES AT CHO RAY HOSPITAL Telemedicine activities
1998: First trial of video conference with International Medical centerof Japan. VTI supported a satellite connection. 2004: Presenting remotely to the conference on respiratory diseases inYokohama - Japan. Webcam / internet-modem. 2005: Khnh Ha provincial hospital presented remotely to the annualmeeting of the southern hospital director club (at Cho Ray hospital). 2005: Organized some teleconsultations with Khanh Hoa and KienGiang provincial hospital. Webcam/ADSL. 2008: Organized 6 lectures and discussions with NTUH-Taiwan.Webcam/ADSL 03/09: First time using VinaREN for the Symposium of Early diagnosisof gastric cancer(Kyushu, Shanghai, Siriraj, Ch Ry).VinaREN/DVTS. Telemedicine activities
6/2009: Live demonstration fron Kyushu University hospital.DVTS/VinaREN. : Many conferences and live demo between countries in theregion. VinaREN, DVTS, VC. 2011: Trial a teleradiology and telepathology with Oita University Japan. Not VinaREN/ discontinued. 2012-now: More often events. Program Sister hospitals on nephrology between Cho Ray and Kidneyschool Westmead, Australia. Weekly meeting of JICA between Bch Mai, Hue Central v Cho Rayhospital Many events with Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand Live demo of Laparoscopic surgery of stomach cancer Singapore, Kyushu, Shanghai, Cho Ray, 2009
Meeting on Early diagnosis of gastric cancer Kyushu, Shanghai, Siriraj, Cho Ray, 2009 Surgery in Metropolis - Thailand 2013 Demonstration on HD-DVTS in APAN33 - India, 2011 Conclusion Telemedicine is one of the solutions to share experiences, improve the quality of human resourcesand health services, reduce the overload situation of the hospitals in the big cities. With the advantages of VinaREN on network bandwidth and stability, VinaREN greatly assists to the health sector in Vietnam VinaREN/TEIN is efficiently used for international collaboration on research and education. Therefore, need: Develop more applications based on TEIN Connects High Performance Computing centers to have huge and efficient computing capacity as well as to solve big data and big computing tasks Sharing experimental equipments by using VinaREN/TEIN Thank you