The tech giant has also updated the app to automatically detect the language and translate directly back and forth between different languages instead of just from English to others and vice versa as before. Aside from Vietnamese, new languages supported in the update include Malay, Thai, Arabic, Greek, Hindi, Latin, Latvian, Mongolian, Nepali, Igbo, and Javanese. In all, the app now supports 88 languages. To use it, one only needs to point the camera at the text and take a photo, and the app will take care of the rest. The tool offers three options: instant translation, scanning, in which it scans the text and translates, and importing, in which it translates from a file already existing in the user’s device. The app is yet to support instant translation from Vietnamese. Instant translation shows text in the target language right when one points their camera over it. For now Google Translate offers the updated version only to limited users, but by this month most users will … [Read more...] about Google Translate adds Vietnamese to direct camera translation
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MoET affirms not to import curriculum, English textbooks
Some national assembly deputies questioned why the Ministry has not imported curriculum and textbooks in teaching English, Minister Nha explained that the expensive cost of textbook will prevent poor Vietnamese students from buying it. He suggested mobilizing Vietnamese experts to design curriculum and compile textbooks for Vietnamese students instead. Moreover, “imported” curriculum and textbooks include some improper with Vietnam, said Mr. Nha. He announced that curriculum and textbooks will be designed on the alignment with the Common European Framework of Reference for Language standards; accordingly, Vietnamese students’ English proficiency is equal to their European peers. The project “ Teaching and Learning foreign languages in schools in the period 2008-2020” was approved by the Prime Minister. It aims at implementing English teaching and learning program at all grade building capacity to increase students’ English proficiency by 2025. … [Read more...] about MoET affirms not to import curriculum, English textbooks
Tourism portal to be launched in December
Tourism portal to be launched in December By Van Ly The signing ceremony of a smart tourism information portal development project on October 23 - PHOTO: VAN LY HANOI – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, Vietnam Television, Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group and Nam Viet Corp on October 23 clinched a cooperation agreement to develop a smart tourism information portal, called VTV Travel. The portal is aimed at introducing Vietnam’s tourism sector to domestic and international tourists, helping them enjoy a variety of smart tourism experiences in the Industry 4.0 era. VTV Travel will be developed alongside a VTV Travel app, featuring a portal in both Vietnamese and English and a switchboard 1039 to support customers. VTV Travel, which is slated for launch in December, will provide tourists with images and videos of tourist destinations and information about specialties of each region and locality. In addition, tourists visiting the portal will … [Read more...] about Tourism portal to be launched in December
In Phu My Hung Midtown complex, the most luxurious apartments are about to go on market – VnExpress International
Back to English Comments Companies - October 24, 2018 | 09:00 am GMT+7 The Peak is the fourth and the final component of the Midtown complex. Located on Tan Phu road, the main road linking the Southside District, Midtown, and the International Financial and Commercial District, The Peak is built on a land area of over 27,725 square meters (sq.m), including two developments coded M8A and M8B. The M8B includes 338 apartments, 74 percent of which are two bedroom apartments of 70-97 sq.m; 25 percent are 3 bedroom apartments of 104-121 sq.m, and the remaining apartments have an area of 141 sq.m each. The Peak is expected to be on the market this November.Saving the best for the last, these final apartment buildings carry many improvements. As its name, The Peak, suggests, the developers have reached a high point in the Midtown complex, right from the planning details, the interior and exterior designs, construction materials, and utility areas.Tan Gek Meng – the … [Read more...] about In Phu My Hung Midtown complex, the most luxurious apartments are about to go on market – VnExpress International
Vietnamese bamboo ensemble with classical aspirations – VnExpress International
Back to English Comments Travel & Life - October 18, 2018 | 09:37 am GMT+7 An ensemble of folk bamboo instruments has set its sights on symphonizing traditional and folk Vietnamese music. It's a warm October night. Dong Quang Vinh, conductor at the Hanoi-based Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM), was surrounded by his ensemble, Suc Song Moi (New Life), and the Hanoi Voices Choir, rehearsing for the Tre Mua Thu (Autumn Bamboo) concert this weekend at L'espace.It was an unusual spectacle. A group of Vietnamese bamboo instrument players facing a classical choir, together practicing “Libertango” by Italian composer Astor Piazzolla.“Suc Song Moi is the only pure bamboo ensemble to play music in a symphonic style,” Vinh said with evident pride.Vinh was born to a family with a strong legacy in traditional music. His father is a bamboo instrument maker and a musician, and his mother is a zither player and teacher.Returning to Vietnam after a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese bamboo ensemble with classical aspirations – VnExpress International