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Both geologically and geographically, the Tu Chinh-Vung May (Vanguard-Rifleman) banks belong to Vietnam's continental shelf, Associate Professor Nguyen Chu Hoi, former deputy head of the Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands, said at a conference in Hanoi Monday. The continental shelf refers to ledges projecting from the land into and under the sea, and the basic principle is that it is a continuation of land territory into the sea. As such, it is not geographically a part of Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands, Hoi said. He explained that geographically, there exists a large trench running along the northeast-southwest axis in the deep-water structure of the East Sea. Upon reaching the waters off Da Nang, it runs parallel to Vietnam's coast before running northeast toward Scarborough Shoal and into the Pacific Ocean. This trench therefore separates the Spratly Islands from Vietnam's continental shelf, where the Vanguard and Rifleman banks are, Hoi added. He added that the … [Read more...] about Vanguard Bank an extension of Vietnam’s land mass, beyond dispute: experts

Computer students will be able to test their skills at the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship-Vietnam 2020 competition. The Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship-Vietnam 2020 competition was launched at a ceremony held on Tuesday in Hanoi. — Photo petrotimes.vn The contest is for university and high school students and was launched on Tuesday at the Hanoi Foreign Trade University. At the launching ceremony, co-head of the MOS World Championship-Vietnam's organising committee, Doan Hong Nam said the contestants will test their skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint using the 2016 versions. Each exam will have one first prize, three second prizes, six third prizes, 15 consolation prizes, and one promising prize, other individual and collective prizes. The total prize value of the contest is expected to be billions of dong, according to Nam. The three national champions will represent Vietnam at the MOS World … [Read more...] about MOS World Championship-Vietnam 2020 launched

  HCM CITY — Renowned Vietnamese and foreign music producers, musicians, singers and bands will gather at the 1st HCM City International Music Festival from December 13-15. Hò dô (HOZO), the largest outdoor music show in HCM City, is organised by the city’s Department of Culture and Sports. Talented artists of HCM City will kick off HOZO, Huy Tuấn, the music and art director of the festival, said. Lê Thanh Tâm, one of the leading producers of the Vietnamese music scene, and the Saigon Pop Orchestra, along with singers Võ Hạ Trâm and Đức Tuấn and Oplus band, will open the festival, Tuấn said at a press meeting held on Monday (December 9). The event will feature performances in a variety of music genres, from jazz, pop and traditional music with high artistic quality, he added. City residents and tourists will enjoy an international music atmosphere with performances … [Read more...] about HCM City to host first international music festival

The fourth international conference on co-operation between Vietnam and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) opened in Hanoi on December 12. Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son speaks at the conference. (Photo: VNA) The event aimed to assess the cooperation between Vietnam and foreign NGOs since the third event took place in 2013 and set up orientations for enhancing their ties in the coming years. Speaking at the conference, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son spoke highly of foreign NGOs’ assistance for and friendship with the Vietnamese people. The cooperation has resulted in encouraging achievements, noting aside from contributing to local poverty reduction and sustainable development, foreign NGOs have also greatly helped promote relations between Vietnam and countries around the world, he noted. According to Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Vietnam has recorded many recent achievements in the renewal process. She attributed the country’s … [Read more...] about International conference on co-operation between Vietnam and foreign NGOs opens

Vietnamese Professor, Dr. Pham Hoang Hiep has been awarded with the 2019 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). Dr. Hiep, from the Institute of Mathematics under the Hanoi-based Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, received the award at the ICTP’s headquarters in Trieste, Italy, on December 10. The prize was awarded in recognition of the 37-year-old professor’s outstanding contributions to the field of complex analysis, and in particular to pluripotential theory, where he obtained an important result on the singularities of plurisubharmonic functions, as well as solving complex Monge-Ampère equations and log canonical thresholds, which have important applications in algebraic and complex Kahler geometry. It is also in recognition of Dr. Hiep’s important organisational role in the advancement of mathematics in Vietnam. He has been teaching and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese professor honoured with international prestigious math prize