The Hanoitimes -  Nearly 150 international and domestic scientists and students attended an international conference o­n information and communications technology (ICT) in Hanoi . The event was jointly held by the Hanoi University of Natural Science under the Vietnam National University, the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The scientists discussed the major issues of computational intelligence, communication and networking, model and reproduction, information and knowledge management, operation and optimisation, software technology and embedded systems, people-to-robot conversation and image processing. The event offered a chance for ICT students to approach new technologies which are of interest to the scientist community in the world. The participants were also presented with scientific reports by prestigious scientists such as Prof. David W.L. Cheung from the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Barry S. Perlman from the US Army Communications – Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Centre and Dr. Dang Tuan from the Electricity of France.