Communicator Awards win for PassedOn Tuong Vi By Tuong Vi in HCMC The social website PassedOn has just been awarded one of the Communicator Awards 2013 by the International Academy of Visual Arts (IAVA) after competing with over 6,000 nominees worldwide. The awards aim to honor excellent creative works in the fields of media, communications, advertising and marketing. They are judged by IAVA members which include executives from organizations such as AirType Studio, Condè Nast, Disney, Keller Crescent, Lockheed Martin, Monster.com, MTV, rabble+rouser, Time Inc., Tribal DDB, Yahoo!. PassedOn, launched six months ago in Vietnam, is an online page allowing users to share and cherish certain feelings and wishes from loved ones. The site has 17 languages and attracts over 110,000 members from over 102 nations. It was the only award-winner from Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Communicator Awards win for PassedOn
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Vietnam kindergarten wins int’l architecture award
The Farming Kindergarten in southern Vietnam has won the Educational Architecture category of the 2015 Building of the Year Awards given away by architecture website www.archdaily.com. Designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects, an award-winning Vietnamese company, the nursery was built on the concept of a "Farming Kindergarten" with an evergreen roof that provides food and agriculture experience for Vietnamese children, as well as safe outdoor playgrounds, according to the company’s website. "The building [located in Dong Nai Province] is made of a continuous narrow strip with two side operable windows which maximize the cross ventilation and natural lighting," ArchDaily said when introducing the kindergarten capable of teaching 500 preschool children. "Additionally, architectural and mechanical energy-saving methods are comprehensively applied including but not limited to: green roof as insulation, green facade as shading and solar water heating," the architecture website … [Read more...] about Vietnam kindergarten wins int’l architecture award
Love of nature helps Ha Noi boy win IT contest
Love of nature helps Ha Noi boy win IT contest (09-08-2005) Truong Ngoc Dai (wearing T-shirt) won first prize in a youth IT competition with his animal website. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Tran HA NOI — "The earth, water and air protect every living thing, including men, women, flowers and vegetables, and more than one thousand categories of animal," reads a website created by Truong Ngoc Dai, a primary school student and winner of the first prize at the 11th Youth IT Contest. The fifth-grade student from Bach Mai Primary School in Ha Noi wrote in his website that "understanding of the world of animals will help us love our natural environment and raise awareness on protecting the valuable assets that nature has awarded us." The website, titled The World of Animals, includes 10 elements and six chapters that describe in detail the characteristics, appearances, and natural habitats of various categories of animals. Pictures of each type of animal are present in each part … [Read more...] about Love of nature helps Ha Noi boy win IT contest
VN News wins award for service
Politburo member Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) hands over the Independence Order, third class, to the board of editors of the Viet Nam News. The award was granted by President Nguyen Minh Triet for the newspaper's contributions to the country's information service for foreigners.—VNS Photo Truong Vi HA NOI — Viet Nam's only national English language daily, the Viet Nam News, was awarded the Independence Order, third class, yesterday for its contributions to the country's information service for foreigners. The noble award granted by the President of Viet Nam is a huge source of pride for more than 150 staff at the newspaper on the occasion of its 20th birthday today. Addressing a ceremony organised in Ha Noi to mark the newspaper's anniversary, Politburo member and Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the Viet Nam News had been "one of the nation's effective channels of information for foreign readers" since its launch on June 17, 1991. "During the … [Read more...] about VN News wins award for service
20-year-old national English daily awarded Independence Order
HA NOI — Viet Nam's only national English language daily, the Viet Nam News, has been awarded the Independence Order, third-class, today for its contributions to the country's information service for foreigners. The noble award granted by the President of Viet Nam is a huge source of pride for more than 150 staff at the newspaper on the occasion of its 20th birthday (which falls on June 17). Addressing a ceremony organised in Ha Noi to mark the newspaper's anniversary, Politburo member and Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Phuc, said the Viet Nam News had been "one of the nation's effective channels of information for foreign readers" since its launch in June, 1991. "During the past 20 years, the Viet Nam News has performed its function of disseminating the Party and State's policies well. It has provided timely and comprehensive information on the political, economic and social situation of Viet Nam and its people," said the Government official. With the … [Read more...] about 20-year-old national English daily awarded Independence Order