By Bich Ngoc  August 23, 2018 | 09:59 am GMT+7 Vingroup's upcoming scientific fund will focus on fields such as machine learning or artificial intelligence. VinGroup has announced a research fund worth VND1 trillion ($44 million) for its Institute of Big Data to focus on fields like machine learning and artificial intelligence. To be set up next year, it will be helmed by Professor Vu Ha Van of Yale University in the U.S. for the first three years. Van said the fund would not only help train and educate scientists and students in applied science, but also support universities and scientific institutions in developing science projects for societal benefit. Van has been a member of the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics since 2011. He is regarded as one of the world’s leading mathematicians in probability and statistics and number theory. VinGroup is one of Vietnam’s largest conglomerates with interests in sectors like retail and real … [Read more...] about Billionaire’s firm to launch $44 mln fund for machine learning, AI in Vietnam
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Vingroup to launch $44 mln research fund for machine learning, AI
By Bich Ngoc  August 23, 2018 | 09:59 am GMT+7 Vingroup's upcoming scientific fund will focus on fields such as machine learning or artificial intelligence. VinGroup has announced a research fund worth VND1 trillion ($44 million) for its Institute of Big Data to focus on fields like machine learning and artificial intelligence. To be set up next year, it will be helmed by Professor Vu Ha Van of Yale University in the U.S. for the first three years. Van said the fund would not only help train and educate scientists and students in applied science, but also support universities and scientific institutions in developing science projects for societal benefit. Van has been a member of the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics since 2011. He is regarded as one of the world’s leading mathematicians in probability and statistics and number theory. VinGroup is one of Vietnam’s largest conglomerates with interests in sectors like retail and real … [Read more...] about Vingroup to launch $44 mln research fund for machine learning, AI
Southeast Asian centre for lifelong learning launches portal
Viet Nam News HCM CITY - The online portal of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation's Regional Centre for Lifelong Learning (SEAMEO CELL) has been launched. The website, www.SEA-LLLportal.org will be a forum for policy makers, researchers, scholars, teachers and other experts to discuss theories and practices related to lifelong learning in the region. It is part of the ongoing project called 'Towards an ASEAN Lifelong Learning Agenda' by the SEAMEO CELL and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning to provide assistance to SEAMEO member countries in establishing and implementing comprehensive policies about lifelong learning. Teerakiat Jareonsettasin, the Thai Minister of Education and chairman of SEAMEO, attended the launch ceremony on Monday and visited SEAMEO's regional training centre, which provides training in English, leadership and management. He also met Việt Nam's Minister of Education and Training Phùng Xuân Nhạ and discussed bilateral co-operation in … [Read more...] about Southeast Asian centre for lifelong learning launches portal
Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam calls for strengthening learning community
(VOVworld)- On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam praised the Vietnam Association for Education Promotion’s achievements over the past 20 years and its successful learning models at the communal level. Speaking at the 5th Congress of the Vietnam Association for Education Promotion, the Deputy Prime Minister asked the Association to further expand the learning model and make more recommendations to strengthen community learning centers: “We need to pay special attention to reforming vocational training in rural areas and develop more learning movements. The Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, and other ministries and sectors need to work closely together to help the Vietnam Association for Education Promotion fulfill its tasks”. … [Read more...] about Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam calls for strengthening learning community
Wheels turn for machine industry
Wheels turn for machine industry (17-11-2005) Workers of the 45-1 Machinery Installation Company lay a high-pressure pipeline for the Dai Ninh hydroelectric plant, located on the border of Binh Thuan and Lam Dong provinces. — VNA/VNS Photo Van Khanh HA NOI — Domestic machinery producers can meet 45-50 per cent of local market demand, even with 30 per cent of output by the year 2010 earmarked for exports, said Deputy Minister of Industry Do Huu Hao. In 2004, the value of machinery produced domestically stood at about US$4.8 billion, an increase of 38 per cent compared to 2002 figure and nearly 5.5 times greater than 1995, Hao said. A strategy for the development of Viet Nam's machine industry, approved by the Prime Minister in early 2002, gave impetus to the industry, enabling key manufacturers to expand production through preferential loan schemes. Engine manufacturers, for instance, have capacity to produce about 30,000 products a year, meeting 30 per cent of the … [Read more...] about Wheels turn for machine industry