The Journal of Science and Technology of the Da Nang University (JST-UD) has just been accepted to the ASEAN Citation Index (ACI) database system in 2021, announced the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST).

To be included in the ACI, JST-UD meets the standards asymptotic to the world's leading prestigious citation systems such as competent scholarly contribution to the field of research, clear journal concepts and policy, uniform journal formats the quality of the journal's website, journal website in English and/or local language and citations in national or/and international databases.

This is an opportunity for JST-UD to be widely known in Southeast Asia region and the world as a whole, thereby contributing to enhancing the international reputation of the University of Da Nang.

JST-UD is an independent peer-reviewed journal, applying international standards, inheriting the achievements of 40 years of scientific and technological information activities of Da Nang University and member institutions.

This journal publishes new and multi-disciplinary scientific and technological research works, reviews information on advances in science and technology for the teaching, research and study of lecturers and students, and publicise the guidelines and policies of the Party and the State in the fields of education, training as well as in scientific and technological researches.

Along with the aforementioned UD journal, other four Vietnamese scientific journals also made their way into the list, namely the Viet Nam Journal of Science and Technology Series B of the MoST, the Can Tho University Journal of Science, and the Ho Chi Minh Open University Journal of Science and the Transport and Communications Science Journal of the University of Transport

To date, 25 journals of Viet Nam have been accepted to the ACI database system.

Established in 2011, the ACI is a central regional database which was designed and set up to index all the bibliographic records and the citations of all quality ASEAN research outputs appeared in the ASEAN scholarly journals.

Reporting by NGOC HA  - Translating by A. THU