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High school students visit the AI Centre-Software Technology Park in Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Tuoitrenews) HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City is planning to offer courses in artificial intelligence (AI) at all secondary and high schools, starting from the 2022-2023 academic year, according to the municipal Department of Education and Training. Deputy head of the department Nguyen Bao Quoc said that the sector is building a system to manage education, and organise teaching, learning and intelligence assessment in order to carry out the city’s smart education and lifelong learning project in the 2021-2030 period. Teaching AI at secondary and high schools is part of the important project, he added. Over the past three years, several schools in the city have been teaching AI for students, but the scale remains small and limited. In the 2022-23 academic year, Ho Chi Minh City will pilot including an AI teaching programme in the curricula at its … [Read more...] about HCM City’s students to access AI teaching next academic year

Phạm Văn Mách competing in the SEA Games 31 last month. He will take part in the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in mid-July in Maldives. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — SEA Games champion Phạm Văn Mách is targetting a gold medal in his return to the 54th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship next month in the Maldives. Mách is one of the best bodybuilders in Việt Nam, competing in the men's 55kg category and having won several national championships. The An Giang Province-born athlete grabbed five world championship gold medals in 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2017. He also triumphed in the continental competition eight times, taking seven titles in a row from 2004 to 2012, and another in 2014. At last month's SEA Games 31, the 46-year-old athlete overcame all other rivals to secure his second Games gold. The title was a strong push for him to train hard in preparing for the Asian event on July 15-21. A total of 51 events will be organised in … [Read more...] about Bodybuilder Mách aims to muscle his way to Asian gold

Pham Van Mach competing in the SEA Games 31 last month. He will take part in the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in mid-July in Maldives. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - SEA Games champion Pham Van Mach is targeting a gold medal in his return to the 54th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship next month in the Maldives. Mach is one of the best bodybuilder s in Vietnam, competing in the men's 55kg category and having won several national championships. The An Giang province-born athlete grabbed five world championship gold medals in 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2017. He also triumphed in the continental competition eight times, taking seven titles in a row from 2004 to 2012, and another in 2014. At last month's SEA Games 31, the 46-year-old athlete overcame all other rivals to secure his second Games gold. The title was a strong push for him to train hard in preparing for the Asian event on July 15-21. A total of 51 events will be … [Read more...] about Pham Van Mach to attend Asian bodybuilding competition next month

Students do research in a lab at the Việt Nam National University in HCM City. — Photo courtesy of the university HCM CITY — HCM City will need to promote the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the education sector as part of its effort to become a smart city by 2030, experts said. Education is among 10 key sectors on which the city has focused to develop its digital economy, in addition to healthcare, transportation, finance-banking, tourism, agriculture, logistics, environment, energy, and human resources. The city has assigned its Department of Education and Training to implement a project to develop human resources for AI through education and training, focusing on research and development of technologies using AI. The project will also enhance academic links with foreign AI professionals. The city hosts a number of universities and science research institutes, especially the Việt Nam National University, which focus on training and research in AI to build an … [Read more...] about HCM City to promote AI in education sector

The government has already made strong efforts to boost the domestic business environment, Le Toan With the National Assembly (NA) urging the government to quicken the implementation of the country’s Programme on Socioeconomic Recovery and Development (PSRD) backed by a monetary and fiscal policy worth $15 billion in a bid to provide more assistance to struggling enterprises and people, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has reported to the NA that the government will do its best to continue carrying out this great mission. “So far, the government has promulgated six decrees to implement many initiatives on the exemption, reduction, and extension of tax payment, land rental, and lending rate assistance,” Minh said. “The prime minister has also enacted decisions on providing support in the form of housing rental for labourers, providing concessional loans for pupils and students, and privately-owned nursery schools and primary schools.” The government has also announced an … [Read more...] about New principles deployed for policy funding

More and more universities have priortised or enrolled students who have international foreign language certificates. (Photo: Vietnam Plus) Hanoi (VNA) – University leaders have suggested students spend more time learning foreign languages to get good jobs after graduation. Foreign language certificate - a criterion in enrolment More and more universities have priortised or enrolled students who have international foreign language certificates, especially English, for the 2021-2022 academic year. The universities, both public and private, have set English as an admission criterion. Universities in the public security sector, for example, will for the first time admit new students based on their high school performance and English competency. Accordingly, applicants eligible for the universities’ enrolment plans must have IELTS Academic or TOEFL iBT or HSK certificates. The Hanoi Medical University said it will also include English as one of the criteria in its … [Read more...] about Universities’ foreign language requirements: a boost to foreign language teaching, learning ​

Jaylin Williams becomes the first player of Vietnamese descent to play in the NBA. — Photo usatoday.com HCM CITY — The National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Oklahoma Thunder selected Jaylin Williams, a 2.08-metre power forward from the University of Arkansas in the fourth pick of the second round of the draft on Friday (June 24). The 19-year-old is the first player of Vietnamese descent to play in the NBA. With the young team Oklahoma have, analysts expect Williams to get a lot of playing time next season. He held back tears as he watched the draft with fans, family and friends at his high school gym in Fort Smith, Arkansas. “This is just the beginning,” he said. His coach at the University of Arkansas, Eric Musselman, congratulated his former star player. “He’s going to be a great fit with the Thunder. He is a player that should be able to come in right away and contribute due to his high basketball I.Q, his ability to rebound and his play on … [Read more...] about NBA gets first Vietnamese-origin players

The Hoa Lo Prison relic site, an attraction in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The prejudice that young people have turned their backs on history has been around for a while. However, the huge interaction on the Facebook pages of Hoa Lo Prison relic site and of a 26-year-old video editor has proven a completely different fact, that is many young people do not turn away from history, but are naturally and effectively spreading their passion for and discovery of the core values from different periods in the nation's history among people of their generations. From contents imbued with imprints of Gen Z… Since the beginning of 2021, the Facebook page of the Hoa Lo Prison relic site – once the French Maison Centrale (meaning central prison), now a tourist attraction in downtown Hanoi – has regularly published posts that quickly went viral. Their contents cleverly blend the humour of the Generation Z (who born between the late 90s and early 2010s) and … [Read more...] about Young generations tell vivid historical stories

Chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le (2nd, L) meets voters in Hoc Mon District. (Photo: SGGP) The voters expressed their concern over the education sector’s problems of textbook management, regulating history as a compulsory subject in high schools; reduction of petrol price; preventing and fighting corruption; inspection and supervision of the selection and appointment of cadres; moral education for young people; land in the plan failure areas; and upgrading roads. Chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le speaks at the meeting. (Photo: SGGP) Chairwoman of the HCMC People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le extended her sincere thanks to citizens for their opinions and suggestions on the city’s development. She stressed that the approval for the construction project of Ring Road No.3 which will run through Hoc Mon with a section of 10 kilometers is not only a joy for the district, but also for HCMC and the country. If the project is implemented … [Read more...] about Ring Road 3 to benefit the whole region: HCMC leader

Football Defender Phan Tuấn Tài (right) is seen during the SEA Games 31 match between Việt Nam and Timore Leste in May. Việt Nam won 2-0. Photo of VFF Young star Phan Tuấn Tài will have the opportunity to shine in the national premier league after his outstanding performance at the recent 31st Southeast Asian Games and AFC U23 Asian Cup. Tài played a key role in Việt Nam's second SEA Games title, while he was one of the top assisting players at the continental event. The defender not only defended and assisted well but also scored the tournament's fastest goal. His coaches at the 2020 champions Viettel have decided to call him back to compete in V.League 1, although Tài's on-loan contract with the V.League 2 side Đắk Lắk FC is still valid. Despite being just 21, Tài is believed to have earned his slot in the Viettel's starting lineup from July 2. "The victories from the SEA Games and the achievement at the Asian Cup are strong pushes for me, and I'm … [Read more...] about Tài dreams of V.League after international success