Stair climber challenge

Although Ho Chi Minh City Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong ordered competent authorities to assertively deal with loud karaoke noise, leaders at district level have bemoaned the difficulty in measuring noise levels. Many residents in the metropolis have pinned high hopes on the authority’s recent efforts to put an end to the noisy karaoke singing, which has been said to bring terror and nightmare to many people. T., who resides in Hoa Thanh Ward, Tan Phu District, said he had been bothered by karaoke noise from a nearby beer parlor for quite a long time. “They were still singing even at 11:00 pm. We have reported it to ward-level police but nothing has changed,” T. recalled. “I had to take sleeping pills on some occasions but was still unable to sleep.” Le Thi Ngoc Chau, a resident in Binh Tan District, said many men at her neighborhood often drank beer and sang karaoke almost every night. However, they have not organized this kind of entertainment following the Lunar New Year holiday. “Maybe they fear the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the city’s authorities have recently announced to take assertive measures to deal with the situation,” Chau elaborated. Chau hoped that the peacefulness would last for a long time so that children can focus on their homework and the elderly can take a rest. Minh, who lives at an apartment complex in District 1, also hoped that competent authorities will continue taking bold actions to eliminate noise pollution caused by karaoke singing. Noise measurement almost impossible According to Nguyen Thi Thu Nga, chairwoman of District 10 People’s Committee, local officers have fined many people for making loud karaoke noise. Officers would first issue warnings following reports from residents, and a fine would be imposed if violators repeated the wrongdoing, Nga elaborated. Most of the violators have stopped their noisy activities after being warned, the chairwoman added. Do Anh Khang, vice-chairman of Go Vap …

[Read more...] about Measuring karaoke noise remains a challenge: Ho Chi Minh City officials

The national football squad’s South Korean chief coach Park Hang Seo has returned to his work after quarantine. The coach faces challenges and great expectations. Although the remaining matches in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers have not yet taken place, the sideline information about the preparation of the opponents may worry the Korean football expert. The first rival of the Vietnamese team will be Malaysia. Their game is scheduled on June 11. Malaysia has recently employed Brazilian-origin striker De Paula. This is the 8th foreign football player nationalized in Malaysia. Meanwhile, members of the Vietnamese team are familiar faces who have been used by coach Park for the last 2-3 football seasons. However, the V-League 2021 will return this month and coach Park will have opportunities to find out new talents. According to Mr. Park, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may be the host of the remaining matches of Group G of the second-round World Cup 2022 qualifiers in Asia. During their first meeting this year, coach Park Hang Seo, his assistants and officials of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) discussed the key tasks of Vietnamese football in 2021. This year, Vietnam aims to win the card of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, and defend the AFF Cup championship, while the U23 team is set to enter the U23 Asian Championships 2022 and the U22 team to defend its championship at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. Among these missions, coach Park Hang Seo is particularly interested in the 2022 World Cup qualifying. According to schedule, the Vietnamese team will face Indonesia on June 7, then Malaysia on June 11 and finally the UAE on June 15. Coach Park Hang Seo said: "I am ready to start preparation for it. First is to find out and update information about the Indonesian, Malaysian, and the UAE teams and then information on weather conditions in the UAE, the country that is likely to host the remaining matches of Group G." Park asked …

[Read more...] about Park Hang-seo back to work, faces challenges for VN national football team

Problems have arisen in mass application of online teaching in Vietnam during the social distancing time. Experts believe that the schools which first applied distance training appeared in 1870s in the US and early 1890s in the UK. In Vietnam, distance training modes were first applied in 1990s and they became more common after 2000s thanks to the internet and education market development. The appearance and popularity of internet, digitized data and software technology recently have given a strong push to the development of distance education. This mode of learning can be applied within schools, but also at other institutions and many different fields, with no limitation in boundaries, space and time. The obvious advantages of distance education and training are flexibility, convenience and economy, which satisfies the learning demand of high numbers of students at the same time. However, a lot of problems arose when Vietnam began organizing online teaching on a large scale during social distancing. The most obvious problem is the lack of facilities for online teaching and learning. Not all students and teachers have laptops or smartphones, and not all families have members with proficiency in technological skills. The problem is more serious in remote and difficult areas. Online teaching requires learners to look intently at a screen. It becomes a boring one-way interaction between teachers and learners. Experts have recently mentioned a problem in Vietnam which has existed for a long time that during lessons: teachers just talk and students just write down. And the problem may become even more serious with online teaching if teachers cannot design their lessons well. Because of age characteristics, primary school children find it difficult to concentrate on lessons and they are easily distracted. The common problems of Vietnamese students, including critical thinking skills, team discussion and opinion presentation have also been exposed …

[Read more...] about Challenges in teaching online in Vietnam