List of third round approval of basic research projects in Natural Science in 2011
On May 11 2011, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NAFOSTED approved the below list of basic research project in natural science starting from 2012 (Decision 24/QD-HDQLQ)
| Code | Project name | Principle Investigators | Host institutions | Duration |
| 105.04-2011.24 | Paleomagnetic study on the Permian basaltic formations from northwestern Vietnam; paleo-geographic reconstruction of the study area. | PhD. Cung Thượng Chí | IGSVN | 36 |