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Ngo Quy Dang, one of 10 promising young talents in 2020 (Photo: hsgs.edu.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Ngo Quy Dang, considered as the “golden student” in mathematics of the High School for the Gifted of Natural Sciences, the University of Natural Sciences, was selected as one of the 2020 ten promising young talents by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee. Outstanding achievements The year 2020 was special to Ngo Quy Dang (a student at the High School for the Gifted of Natural Sciences, the University of Natural Sciences, the Hanoi National University) when he became the first 10 th grader qualified to become a member of the selected team for the International Mathematics Olympiad, which is often for 12 th graders. “This has never happened before,” said Le Cong Loi, Principal of the High School for the Gifted of Natural Sciences. Ngo Quy Dang even won the gold medal. His achievement has created a milestone in the history of Vietnam’s Mathematic Olympiad. …

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Following complaints about the state of the pitch at Vietnam’s national stadium, Hai Phong FC is offering to host the next round of World Cup qualifier games. Hai Phong FC would like to host Vietnam’s matches team in the final round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers campaign at Lach Tray Stadium after international media complained about the grass quality at My Dinh Stadium. Photo courtesy of Hai Phong FC After the loss to Australia last week, the condition of the pitch at My Dinh was heavily criticised. Now Hai Phong FC president Tran Van Hoan, has written to the People's Committee and Department of Culture and Sports of Hai Phong, asking to work with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on the possibility of Lach Chay Stadium hosting the matches against Saudi Arabia on November 16 and China on February 1. In the proposal, the club says they believe that organising Vietnam’s matches on low quality grass surface such as My Dinh will affect the professional quality …

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Vietnam and Russia agreed to strengthen cooperation in the post-pandemic period, facilitate trade, investment, and major projects in priority fields. Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted bilateral cooperation in the Covid-19 response and expressed his commitment to continue supporting Vietnam in this regard. State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the phone talk. Source: VNA Such was the outcome of a phone talk between Vietnam’s State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin today [September 16]. For his part, State President Phuc said Vietnam gives priority to the long-standing friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, expecting closer linkage in all spheres for mutual benefits. Phuc expressed his thanks for Russian support to Vietnam during the pandemic, especially in vaccines and medical equipment, while calling for speeding up technology transfer in vaccine production for Vietnam. At the phone …

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New tactics in tow for sticky solar situation - Illustration photo The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is drafting a new regulation on a mechanism to develop renewable energies, including rooftop solar power. The new policy for this type of energy will no longer have feed-in tariffs and fixed preferential prices for the next 20 years. This was stated by Pham Nguyen Hung, deputy director of the MoIT’s Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority at an online talk on August 30, on removing difficulties for rooftop solar in industrial zones. “We are discussing the tariff of electricity,” Hung said, “and its selling price will follow the annual solar price bracket issued by the MoIT to ensure market closeness, the coverage of costs, and the recovery of investors’ capital, while also harmonising electricity purchases from Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).” One of the new points of this draft is that rooftop solar power projects are not limited to a capacity below one megawatt peak …

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Vietnam national team manager Park Hang-seo (right) will be without defender Doan Van Hau for the remainder of the qualifying campaign. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - National team defender Doan Van Hau has been ruled out of the remaining World Cup qualifiers through injury. His club, Hanoi FC, said he has had a recurrence of a knee injury and requires surgery. He is expected to be unavailable for the next five months. His team is currently applying for a visa to send him to the Republic of Korea for surgery. According to doctors specialising in musculoskeletal and joint problems, the full extent of Hau's injury was not accurately assessed in the past. "It is the failure to accurately detect the injury that has resulted in the injury not being treated completely and being prolonged,” said one of the doctors. “This is also the reason for the hasty mentality in using him in training and matches.” The 22-year-old left back has been injured since playing for the …

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While travelling, tourists not only want to relax and enjoy beautiful natural scenery and visit amusement parks, but also understand the true past of the destinations. The development of dark tourism with great potential Therefore, “dark tourism” (tourism associated with death or tragedy) has become a trend both domestically and around the world. The attraction of “dark tourism” “Dark tourism” has been known by different names such as “thana tourism”, “black tourism” or “grief tourism”. “Dark tourism” refers to visiting places where dark events related to death or tragedies of humanity took place. These events could have originated from natural causes such as earthquakes and tsunamis, or from human related events such as genocide, assassinations and terrorism. Destinations could also be also prisons, war scenes and so on. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of tourists around the world ventured to the most unlucky places on Earth, where devastating events, …

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A photo collection highlighting the hardships facing salt workers in the central province of Phu Yen has won the highest prize at the 2020 Heritage Journey Photography Contest. A photo in the award-wining collection Tuyet Diem (Baked Salt) by Nguyen Ngoc Hoa. Captured by photographer Nguyen Ngoc Hoa from the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, the photo collection depicts the process of making stewed salt – a kind of salt that requires baking grain salt at high temperatures until the grains turn into a smooth texture. The workers’ jobs, from collecting grain salt in the fields to loading heavy vases containing the salt into a kiln, and from firing up the kiln to straining and packaging the refined salt, have been presented vividly through the collection titled Muối Hầm Tuyết Diêm (Tuyet Diem Baked Salt). In the Collection Category, first prize was given to Khám Phá Hang Tiên (Discover the Fairy Cave) by Nguyen Hai. The collection portrays the amazing interior …

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Vietnamese students participate in the Bricsmath competition. (Photo: baobacgiang) Moscow (VNA) – The 5th BRICSMATH.COM International Online Math Olympiad will start on September 21 within the framework of the BRICS summit. Organisers said the competition, designed for students in grades 1-12, has drawn competitors from seven countries namely Russia, India, China, South Africa, Brazil, Indonesia and Vietnam. More than 3 million students are expected to take part in this competition . The objective of the competition is to develop the love for mathematics and the exact science s while developing important skills in the 21st century such as logical and spatial thinking, analytical ability and non-standard approach to problem solving. Interactive math problems given in the form of games make this one of the most popular international math competitions, bringing together millions of students. For teachers, BRICSMATH.COM can be considered an additional tool to …

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Two errors on the S1H branch of the AAE-1 submarine cable are scheduled to be fixed on November 2-14, a local Internet service provider (ISP) told VietNamNet. The errors on two submarine cables AAG and AAE-1 are expected to be fixed on September 26 and November 14, respectively. (Illustrative image) Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) is a 25,000km submarine cable from South East Asia to Europe across Egypt, connecting Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Greece, Italy and France. The AAE-1 cable system is designed with 100Gbps technology, with a designed trunk capacity of more than 40 Tbps on 5 fiber pairs. It has been put into operation since July 2017, with the role of improving quality towards Europe and the Middle East as well as providing additional capacity and redundancy towards the connection direction to Hong Kong (China), Singapore. On September 4 and …

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A decision on the city's urban planning until 2040 with vision until 2060, signed Tuesday by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, anticipates the city's population to increase to 13-14 million and estimates the area of land available for urban development at 100,000-110,000 ha. As Vietnam's economic powerhouse and technological frontrunner, HCMC plays an important role in the nation's urban development strategy. The plan envisages gradual completion of infrastructure that connects the metropolis with neighboring localities and the development of Thu Duc as an innovative city model that spearheads development of HCMC as well as the southern region. The decision mentions that the southern city would need to integrate urban development with transit-oriented development, including underground-based public transport solutions. Such a plan would effectively utilize its natural conditions and ecosystems to develop the city economically and socio-culturally while protecting the …

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