CASE Presidential Address

Dear CASE Members,

Ladies & Gentlemen. It is my great honor to be nominated and elected by Executive Board Members, on behalf of all Council of Asian Science Editors (CASE) members, to become the next President of CASE for the period 2016-2018.

As you know, having initiated since 2013 and formally established in July 2014, CASE have been the interesting meeting place for a growing number of science editors across the world. CASE, an institution with special vision, mission and goal to improve the publication quality in Asia, specially the science journals, in order to contribute to the total development of science and human well-being.

It is a great honor for me, which is also a great responsibility that I should take to deserve your trust in me and to continue the legacy of CASE which have been built gradually, whole-heartedly, with full diligence by all CASE members.

A similar to the other councils of science editors, the Vietnam Association of Science and Technology Editing (VASE) has been established in April, 2016. I have been elected as the President of VASE for the period 2016-2021. We do commitment to cooperate very closely with CASE for the developing our together goals.

I promise, as the new President of CASE in the period 2016-2018, to work with all my efforts, hand in hand with our leadership and all CASE member to further develop the Council of Asian Science Editors.

Thank you Prof. Jin – Honorary President, Prof. Ha – CASE Immediate past President, Prof. Kim – General Secretary, the Executive Board Members, the Nomination Committee and all CASE members to give full supports to get us to this stage for the next development of CASE, which, as the next president of CASE, I believe we will continue to work together with our common vision, common effort and passion.

Sincerely,

Professor Bahn Tien Long
President of Council of Asian Science Editors