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Viet Nam News HCM CITY – National science contests for school students are attracting more and more competitors every year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training’s secondary education department. This year 481 projects by school students have been entered in the National science and Technology Contest, 3. 4 times the number entered in the contest’s first year, 2011-12. The figure was reported by Dr Vũ Đình Chuẩn, the department’s head, at a conference on scientific research by high school students in the south on Sunday. The science contests are held to develop students’capacity and knowledge through doing research, he said. Besides, entries are becoming more and more practical-oriented compared to the early years, according to the department. Last year for instance, students from HCM City’s Lê Hồng Phong High School for Gifted Students and Marie Curie High School won four first prizes, and … [Read more...] about Science contests attract more and more school students

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — It was a wet Sunday morning when Thành and his wife woke up at four and travelled more than 30km from Phố Hồ Commune in Bắc Ninh Province to Hà Nội to have their three-year-old daughter tested for pork tapeworm. At the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), after two hours of waiting, she still had not yet received the test. “We do not know whether our child is infected. How can she be treated if tapeworms invade her brain?” Thành said. Sitting next to Thành is Liên’s family. She has let her sons, who go to Đình Tổ Kindergarten in Thuận Thành District, stay at home for a week for monitoring. However, they can’t help feeling nervous. “Hương Thành Company supplies pork for 19 local schools. What if your children ate dirty food? Although they have not shown any symptoms, I have them tested anyway. All families in … [Read more...] about Bắc Ninh parents rush to Hà Nội for pig tapeworm tests

In most of the world, judges are supposed to be highly educated, even-handed and have unimpeachable character. But apparently in Việt Nam , they should also be catwalk models. Recently, the Việt Nam Court Academy issued admission criteria for the 2019 - 20 school year, with height and weight requirements. According to the academy, prospective female judges must be 1.55m tall at least and weigh from 45kg to 60kg, while males must be at least 1.6m tall and weigh between 48kg and 80kg. Immediately, the announcement was publicly slated for ruling out potential candidates in favour of those who meet an irrelevant specification. In addition, what if a prospective judge puts on weight while studying? Would that make them no longer suitable for the judiciary? The Court Academy also rules that candidates must be not more than 22 years old, for some unknown reason. These are nonsense regulations. In February, HCM City’s Teacher’s University changed its height … [Read more...] about Supermodel judges

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The markets had a good start on Monday, witnessed exciting movements among large stocks with cash pouring into most sectors. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange climbed 0.77 per cent to close at 1,011.86 points. The southern market index climbed 1.91 per cent last week to end at 1,004.12 points on Friday. More than 230.5 million shares were exchanged on the southern bourse, worth VNĐ5.35 trillion (US$229 million). Large-cap stocks performed well, boosting the blue-chip VN30 Index up 0.61 per cent to 932.75 points. Seven-teen of the 30 largest stocks by market capitalisation ended in positive territory while 10 slumped. The rest three were flat. Bank stocks increased by 1.54 per cent, led by the increase in VPB (3.2 per cent), CTG (3.1 per cent), and VCB (2.4 per cent). Oil and gas stocks went up 1.69 per cent as its large-cap stocks, including PetroVietnam Gas JSC (GAS), Viet Nam National … [Read more...] about Cash flow pushes shares up

Viet Nam News BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU – Steelmaker Hoa Sen Group (HSG) exported 15,000 tonnes of steel sheets to the UK, Germany and Italy late last week. The steel sheets were exported from Hoa Sen Phú Mỹ Plant in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu. The company also announced the opening of its new hot-dip galvanized steel pipe plant in the province. Developed by its member company, Hoa Sen Phú Mỹ Joint Stock Company, the plant was built on an area of 5.3ha in Phú Mỹ 1 Industrial Zone in the province with total capital of over VNĐ500 billion (US$22 million). The plant has eight production lines equipped with the most advanced technology in the world, with a total capacity of 85,000 tonnes per year. Hoa Sen said the opening of the new plant will help the company carry out its plan to diversify its products and meet increased domestic and foreign demand. According to the company, the hot-dip … [Read more...] about Hoa Sen exports 15,000 tonnes of steel sheets to EU