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The Hanoitimes - If the Covid-19 epidemic situation is put under control, students could return to schools before June 15 and 12th grade students will take the National High School Exam between August 8 and 11. If the Covid-19 pandemic situation is put under control, students in Vietnam could return to schools before June 15 and 12th grade students will take the National High School Exam between August 8 and 11, the Government Portal quoted Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Huu Do as saying. In the worst-case scenario where students cannot return to schools before June 15, the Ministry of Education and Training already has appropriate plans Do said at a meeting on April 10. Illustrative photo Due to the unpredictable Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Education and Training had rescheduled the events for the 2019-2020 school year. Accordingly, the 2019 -2020 academic year will end before July 15, the college and university admission will take place in the same frame as in the previous years. Thus, the next academic year of 2020-2021 will start on September 5, 2020 as usual. Besides, the education ministry has asked chairpersons of provincial people's committee to decide on the class resumption date based on the actual pandemic situation in their localities. According to Deputy Minister Nguyen Huu Do, during the time of forced school break, the ministry has streamlined the second semester curricula of the 2019-2020 school year. Reference materials related to the National High School Exam 2020 have also been issued, in line with the contents which have been streamlined. The Ministry of Education and Training has also instructed schools to teach via the Internet and television to regularly assess students' academic results. …

Three college seniors at Quy Nhon University in the south-central province of Binh Dinh are proudly celebrating bagging the grand prize at a local start up competition for their cleverly designed smart-lights. Vo Nguyen Duc Tri, Vo Thanh Nhan, and Nguyen Thi Diem Phuc’s voice-controlled invention was inspired by the need for a device to aid physically impaired Vietnamese in turning their lights on and off without the need for Bluetooth or an Internet connection. The trio, all finance and banking majors, spent over a hundred hours recording voice samples of Vietnamese dialects from around the country before inputting them into an algorithm that allows the device to independently process speech for the control of neon lighting strips. One of their invention’s major features is that it is not activated when words resembling the stored commands are recognized in regular conversation. In other words, operating commands must be made in isolation. All of the materials for the smart-light device are readily available in Vietnam which helped the group keep their total costs at just VND20,000 (under US$1) – far cheaper than other products with the same function currently sold in Vietnam, Tri said. Similar devices already sold in Vietnam can turn lights on and off by sensing human body temperature, motion, and hand clapping. There are other products that can recognize voice commands but they rely on coupling with a smartphone through Bluetooth or Internet connection. The student’s next goal is forming a company to mass-produce similar voice-controls for electric fans and sockets The judges at the competition were not shy to give their blessing, saying the device holds great promise for commercial success. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam! …

Vietnam students may return to schools by June 15

Vietnamese students create voice-controlled smart-lights