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Authored by Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh, the book is divided in five chapters providing a brief introduction to Vietnam and Russia; President Ho Chi Minh, who laid the foundation for the establishment of the bilateral ties; the relations between Vietnam and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in the 1950-1990 period; the Vietnam – Russia ties during the 1991-2011 period; and from 2011 until now. The publication features more than 700 photos and documents on the bilateral cooperation across the vast fields of politics, economics, defence-security, culture, education, science-technology, and people-to-people diplomacy. The book also quotes opinions and memories of leaders, researchers, and historical witnesses from the two countries. Speaking at the ceremony, Ambassador Ngo Duc Manh said that he came up with the idea of penning a book on the great friendship between Vietnam and Russia quite a long time ago, with the aim of further promoting the special bilateral relationship. He expressed his thanks to leaders, archives, press agencies, individuals and friends from the two countries for their enthusiastic support and comments in compiling the publication. In the introduction of the book, Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stated that with an abundance of information and data, the book chronicles the 70-year history of Vietnam – Russia ties as well as the effective, comprehensive and deep cooperation between the two countries in various fields. For her part, Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council V. Matviyenko appreciated that Ambassador Manh’s book includes many notable documents on the establishment and development of Russia – Vietnam cooperation. She also reaffirmed that Russia and Vietnam are determined to further develop the bilateral ties under the spirit of friendship, mutual trust, and respect for each other’s interests. Book chronicling 70 years of Vietnam-Russia …

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Three conditions are needed to make online teaching more common in Vietnam: parents’ support, teachers’ capability of shifting to new teaching methods and students’ readiness for a new style of interaction. Phuong Hoai Nga, MA in Psychology, from The Olympia Schools, said that parents are worrief about online teaching because they don’t have confidence in the teaching method. In fact, any form of teaching would be ineffective if three subjects of the process – students, parents and teachers – don’t have common purposes. Parents think their children cannot concentrate during online lessons. But in fact, they may lose concentration even in offline classes. Nga, though understanding parents’ worries, still believes that it is necessary to popularize online teaching, which is a growing tendency in the world, instead of discontinuing it when the pandemic is contained. “Why don’t we teach and study online if parents have necessary conditions to support their children, teachers are capable of shifting to the new teaching method, and students are used to the new style of interactions,” she said. Teachers need training Chu Cam Tho from the Vietnam Academy of Education Science said that to teach/study online effectively, students need to be more responsible, while teachers need to be trained so that they can use technology and also change the way of organizing and providing documents. Studies recommend that the content for online teaching needs to be designed to fit students’ ability to absorb knowledge and their learning style. It is necessary to provide reasonable doses of knowledge. There should not be interactions lasting more than 15 minutes on computer for each dose, and one online lesson should not last more than 90 minutes. Online teaching: long-term solution Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Huu Do said Vietnam organized online teaching as a temporary solution during the pandemic, but with the outstanding advantages of …

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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 3 new COVID-19 infections over the past 12 hours to 6pm on March 7, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The new cases included 2 imported who were quarantined in Bac Ninh province right after their arrival, and one in Hai Duong province. The new patients brought the total count in the country to 2,512, including 1,585 domestically-transmitted cases. The Treatment Subcommittee reported that a total of 1,920 patients had been given the all-clear from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 so far, and the fatalities remained at 35. Among the active patients undergoing treatment, 65 tested negative to the virus once, 57 twice and 137 thrice. As many as 45,219 people who had close contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined across the country, including 506 in hospitals, 14,266 in other establishments, and 30,446 at home./. VNA …

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