Thai researcher on Viet kieu receives award (30-03-2006) by Le Huong BANGKOK — Chulalongkorn University awarded Dr Thanyathip Sripana's academic research on overseasVietnamese in Thailand, the best social science research in 2005 last Friday. Sripana, who works at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand's most prestigious university, spent three years compiling information for her extensive document entitled The Vietnamese in Thailand: A Go-between Thai and Vietnamese Culture. Her 300-page oeuvre covers the movement of Vietnamese immigrants into Siam in the late 19th century, their nationalist movement in Thailand together with Ho Chi Minh's activities in Viet Nam in 1928-29, the Thai government's policy towards Vietnamese immigrants past and present, the lives of those who return to the motherland from Thailand or who settle down in that country as well as their vital role in the relationship between the two countries. Sripana concludes that Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Thai researcher on Viet kieu receives award
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Dentistry college receives award
Dentistry college receives award (01-03-2006) HA NOI — The first 40 MSc students in dentistry have graduated from the Dento-Maxillo-Facial College, with some working in France under a co-operation programme. On the occasion of celebrating the Viet Nam Doctors' Day (February 27), the college has been selected for the Labour Order award by the State for its outstanding achievements in education and training. Established in 2002, the college provides various internationally-recognised educational programmes. It has admitted over 500 students and collaborated with the Dental College of France for providing a graduate-level dento-maxillo-facial programme. Dr Tran Van Truong, Rector of the college, President of the Viet Nam Dento-Maxillo-Facial Association and Director of the Dento-Maxillo-Facial Institute, was recently selected as one of the 500 outstanding intellectuals of the 21st Century by the American Biographical Institute (ABI). Truong has made outstanding contributions to … [Read more...] about Dentistry college receives award
HCM City Youth Union receives award
Domestic Press Highlights (27-03-2008) HCM City Youth Union receives award HCM City's Communist Youth Union received the Labour Hero Award for its accomplishments at a ceremony last Tuesday to celebrate its 77th founding anniversary, March 26. Le Thanh Hai, politburo member and secretary of the city Party Committee, said the union had been outstanding in fulfilling many youth projects, including the Green Summer Campaign. The campaign encourages students to do charity and environmental work during summer holidays. Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) India finances Da Nang English language centre The Viet Nam-India English Language Training Centre opened in Da Nang on Tuesday with a funding of US$460,000 from the Indian Government, according to Luong Minh Sam, director of Da Nang's Foreign Affairs Department. The centre seeks to provide English training, chiefly to local students and state officials. Lao Dong (Labour) Petrol price hike hits rice, food prices Higher petrol prices have … [Read more...] about HCM City Youth Union receives award
Economics students receive awards for excellence
Economics students receive awards for excellence (13-09-2007) Ha Noi — Top students at National Economics University in Ha Noi and University of Economics Da Nang will receive the prestigious 2007 BTEC Higher National Student Prizes sponsored by the International Edexcel United Kingdom. Students Dang Ngoc Nga and Tran Thi Chau Giang were nominated for the awards by their lecturers who judged them to be the respective universities' most outstanding BTEC Higher National Diploma students. The students will receive cheques for US$1,000 each from Edexcel at an awards ceremony next week. The ceremony will also be attended by Edexcel Regional Director and Management Boards of the universities. The annual awards are open to all BTEC Higher National Diploma students at local universities partnered with Edexcel in delivering the BTEC Higher National Diploma. Ross Hall, Edexcel International Director said, "I am delighted to award the BTEC Higher National Student Prizes to these students in … [Read more...] about Economics students receive awards for excellence
Scientific and Technological Achievements Receive Awards
(VEN) - Thirty-eight scientific and technological inventions been received awards from the Viet Nam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC), eleven businesses received the Vietnamese Intellectual Property Golden Cup and six individuals and units have been awarded by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). These achievements not only confirm improved levels of research by Vietnamese scientists but also are a foundation to drive Vietnamese scientific advances to the world. The VIFOTEC awards were presented for new innovations in mechanical engineering- automation; material technology; information technology- electronics- telecommunications; biotechnology; environmentally friendly technology and technology of efficient using natural resources, energy saving and using new kinds of energy. The most outstanding project focusing on a process of maintenance and repair of 500kV transformer was the result of work by engineer Nguyen Tien Dung and his colleagues of … [Read more...] about Scientific and Technological Achievements Receive Awards