Famous Vietnamese mathematician Prof. Ngo Bao Chau has been elected to be a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. Among the newly elected members are US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, director Clint Eastwood and musician Sir Paul McCartney. Prof. Chau, who teaches at the University of Chicago won the Fields Medal, the mathematics version of the Nobel Prize, in 2010. Since the [...]

Vietnam is having trouble finding good staff for its planned nuclear power plants and their construction should be delayed by a couple of years for the sake of safety, an official has said. Dr Nguyen Quan, Minister of Science and Technology, told news website VnExpress in a Friday report that the construction of nuclear power plants depends largely on the human factor, which Vietnam is having difficulties with. As Vietnam’s education sector provides little nuclear [...]

Vietnam is planning to produce an unmanned aircraft in collaboration with various partners, the Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted a Vietnam Aerospace Association official as saying Monday. Nguyen Duc Cuong, chairman of the association, said the civilian aircraft will weigh less than 100 kilograms and will be used for remote observation and surveillance to prevent illegal logging and detect forest fires. It will also help customs departments detect smuggling at sea and over borders, be used [...]

An insurance package costing US$20 million will be taken on Vietnam’s second satellite, scheduled for launching next year, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Monday. A joint-venture between the Post & Telecommunication Joint Stock Insurance Corp (PTI) and Bao Viet Holdings will be the satellite’s insurers, the report said, adding that the companies signed an agreement to this effect on Saturday with the investor, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunication Group. US-owned Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., meanwhile, [...]

Learning, as opposed to studying, can improve your results in your academic career, professional career and your life. It’s a powerful approach to information and the world that can make your life experience and learning build on themselves – a cycle of improvement. So, what is the difference between the verbs ‘learn’ and ‘study’? Rather than boring you with definitions, think about the last time you read a book, listened to someone speak or wrote [...]

Police said they have identified the hackers who recently attacked the website of Vietnam’s top internet security firm, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Company (Bkav), Vietnam News Agency reported Monday. However, details about police’s actions against the suspects of the attack on the site http://forum.bkav.com.vn/ were yet to be released. “We will take bold measures to investigate and suppress this kind of criminal,” said General Tran Van Hoa, deputy chief of the Ministry of Public Security’s [...]

With the slogan “I and you take the same action,” Earth Hour 2012 will start from 20h00 to 21h30 Saturday 31/3 at Opera House Square, Hanoi. In response to this campaign, within 1 hour from 20h30 to 21h30 on 03.31.2012, the lighting in public areas of the city lights will respond. These areas include the agency headquarters office, the area around Hoan Kiem Lake, Opera House area, the area of ​​My Dinh Stadium, the National [...]

Three teenagers from central Vietnam won top prize at the Asia Student Film Festival in Japan with a short film that sends a message against HIV/AIDS discrimination. Seventh graders Phan Thi Thuy Dung and Trinh Lan Phuong, and eighth grader Vo Tuan Quang made the three-minute film with help from their literature teacher Pham Thi Phong at Tay Son Secondary School in Da Nang, news website Dan Tri said in a Monday report. Phuong played [...]

Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has issued a ban on the breeding of leeches after large numbers of the carnivorous worms began scaring residents in Ho Chi Minh City, as well as many places in the central and northern regions. A similar ban also applies to the invasive channel apple-snails (Pomacea canaliculata), as their increasing population is threatening the local ecosystem, said Nguyen Huy Dien, a senior aquaculture official with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. [...]

Viet kieu musician sets traditional Vietnamese songs in eclectic traditions “Thank you so much. Cam on qua!” The Vietnamese was not perfect (it should have been cam on nhieu), but it added to the applause because Nguyen Le’s music had transcended spatial boundaries while remaining rooted in Vietnam. Critics praised his Que nha (Motherland) concert, held earlier this week at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, as a “perfect music party,” but he had [...]