Highi tech education

Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park on Wednesday granted a license to HCM City Open University to build a research centre for high-tech education. — Photo Courtesy of HCM City Open University Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park on Wednesday granted an investment license to HCM City Open University to build a research centre specialising in education technologies in District 9. With total capital of VNĐ290 billion (US$12.7 million), the 8,985-sq m centre will include labs where researchers will create as many as 176 kinds of software for e-learning and learning management systems. The research centre for development of high-tech education will also offer e-learning and technical training, including for post-graduates, with the aim of serving 2,400 people each year. The centre’s first building is expected to open in 2019 and its second in 2020. — VNS … [Read more...] about Research centre on high-tech education to be built at Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park

Learning is fun: Kids at the Lùng Vai Kindergarten in northern mountainous Lào Cai Province during playtime. Experts advocate initiatives to draw resources from both the public and private sectors to promote equity in education and ensure access to learning opportunities for all children, regardless of their age, gender, residence, ethnicity, social status. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Hà Viet Nam News By Vy Vy When Minh Hạnh’s five-year-old daughter Mai told her she had a class presentation about her favourite pets later that week, Hạnh knew just what to do. She gathered all the photos and videos she had of little Mai with the animals her great grandparents have in Hải Phòng City, 100km from Hà Nội. There were photos of a cow, a dog and a mother pig with her herd of adorable newborns. After making them into a short clip, she used Google Photos to share it with Mai’s teacher. She asked the teacher to help screen the clip for the class when it was her daughter’s turn to present. … [Read more...] about Embracing tech in early childhood education

New Zealand’s Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor prepares a kiwi cheesecake at the Fonterra innovation and test kitchen in HCM City. — VNS Photo Thu Hằng Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City’s Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân on Tuesday met with Damien O’Connor, New Zealand’s Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth, to discuss the development of bilateral relations in trade, investment, education and high-tech agriculture. HCM City is shifting to urban farming with a priority in high-tech agriculture, according to Nhân. He said that HCM City and New Zealand had opportunities to improve co-operation and share experiences as well as technology transfer to develop clean agriculture, and improve productivity and the value of products. Nhân said that he hoped New Zealand would create favorable conditions for Vietnamese products to access the New Zealand market. O’Connor said that Việt Nam, particularly HCM City, has huge … [Read more...] about HCM City seeks high-tech agriculture cooperation with New Zealand

Sci-fi: An artist’s impression of Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park planned for Hà Nội’s Thăng Long Boulevard. Photo tapchitaichinh.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved updated plans for Hòa Lạc High-tech Park, to be completed by 2030 in Hà Nội’s outlying districts of Thạch Thất and Quốc Oai. The Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park, approved in 1998, is the first and the largest hi-tech facility in Việt Nam with total area of 1,586 ha. The park is located along Hà Nội’s Thăng Long Boulevard, convenient for transport links to Nội Bài International Airport and Hải Phòng deep-sea port. It is expected to become a model science city and a national hub for technology development and application. About 12,600 people are currently living and working in the park, and by 2030 the park’s population is expected to reach 229,000, half of which will be permanent residents. Core hi-tech fields to be developed in the park include information and technology, communication, … [Read more...] about Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park to get update

Tam Kỳ in Quảng Nam Province. The province plans to develop an international education city project in 2018.— VNS Photo Công Thành Viet Nam News QUẢNG NAM — The central province of Quảng Nam has agreed a pre-feasibility study for the development of an International Education City in Nam Hội An with proposed investment of VNĐ1.5 trillion (US$66.4 million). Chairman of the provincial people’s committee, Đinh Văn Thu, said the project would help train human resources and serve as a rendezvous for international education exchanges among worldwide universities. He said the project, which had been drawn up by Nguyễn Hoàng Group, would include international standard education programmes from kindergarten to post-graduation level for 12,000 students. The HCM City-based group plans to build the the project across 41ha in the communes of Bình Dương, Bình Minh and Bình Đà in Thăng Bình District. According to officials, construction was set to start in the third quarter this year … [Read more...] about Central province to develop International Education City

A survey of 1,100 IT workers in July by the human resources consultant Navigos Group reveals that up to 25 per cent of surveyed people have attempted to work abroad. — Photo aptechvietnam.vn HÀ NỘI — By the time they arrive at university, it is too late for students to start learning programming, according to Google Brain Research Scientist Lê Viết Quốc, who argues that coding should be taught at high schools and become a larger part of the curriculum. As artificial Intelligence (AI) is forecast to boom in the near future, leading Vietnamese experts in science and technology say the country has potential to thrive once human resources are improved Citing China ’s three-year action plan for AI, Quốc said that Việt Nam should accelerate investments into developing human resources, building an open database and creating connections among domestic universities and international academia. “Instead of studying computer science like before, we should focus on machine … [Read more...] about VN must prioritize computer programming education: experts

A customs official gives out flyers about women trafficking to ethnic women in the northern province of Lào Cai. — Photo thanhnien.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Human traffickers are getting more sophisticated – using high tech methods such as mobile phones and social media accounts to target young girls in remote mountainous areas leaving enforcements agencies with a mountain to climb to keep the girls safe. Colonel Tống Chính Phúc, head of the Lào Cai Province Border Guard’s Department of Drug and Crime Prevention and Control told Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper that human traffickers targeted teen girls between 15-16 years old who were not well-educated and had limited social awareness or under disadvantaged circumstances. They developed new techniques such as using mobile phones or social networks to approach the victims. As a result, victims were found in new areas such as Yên Bái, Hà Giang, Sơn La and Điện Biên and many were secondary and high school students, he … [Read more...] about Traffickers getting high-tech using phones to lure girls

S.Korean firms urged to invest in hi-tech sector By Ngo Kiem Representatives of the two countries at the workshop co-organized by ITPC and KOTRA in HCMC on August 7. HCMC has called on South Korean firms to invest in various fields, especially hi-tech transfers – PHOTO: NGO KIEM HCMC – HCMC has called on South Korean firms to invest in various fields, especially hi-tech transfers, in Vietnam as a way of executing a national program on the effective use of energy, heard attendees at a workshop on August 7. The city has attracted 30% of the country’s total foreign-invested projects. South Korea was the third biggest foreign investor in the city, with 1,700 projects worth US$5.1 billion in total. Speaking at the workshop, a representative of the HCMC Investment and Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) introduced to South Korean businesses several technology and hi-tech projects in need of investment. Apart from this, some projects in the infrastructure, traffic … [Read more...] about S.Korean firms urged to invest in hi-tech sector

Viet Nam, China boost hi-tech ties (19-05-2007) HA NOI — Viet Nam will do its utmost to raise the friendship and all-round co-operation with China to a new height, particularly in science and technology, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as he received the visiting director of the China Institute of Technology, Xu Jiang Ding, in Ha Noi yesterday. Dung stressed that Viet Nam would attach great importance to fostering the multifaceted co-operation with China under the motto "friendly neighbours comprehensive cooperation, long-term stability and looking towards the future," which was agreed upon by the leaders of the two Parties and nations. The Party and State of Viet Nam, he said, considered education and training and science and technology as a top priority in the country’s socio-economic development policy. Xu expressed China’s willingness to share experiences in developing science and technology with Viet Nam, helping to accelerate the country’s … [Read more...] about Viet Nam, China boost hi-tech ties

Police officers in the traffic signal control centre of Hà Nội. In the ’smart city’ future, a system of sensors and actuators would automatically handle the management of traffic signals based on current demands, without the need for human intervention. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Local Vietnamese tech companies “are fully capable of” providing the core components of a smart city, said Lê Ngọc Tuấn, head of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) division in one of the leading IT companies in the country, FPT. The vision of modern, urban Việt Nam is usually associated with foreign giants such as Microsoft or IBM, which have partnered with Đà Nẵng and Hà Nội to realise their smart city dreams. However, as it stands, several made-in-Việt Nam solutions for smart homes, meters and transportation fleet management, are ranked highly even in the global market, Tuấn said during a smart city talk held on Thursday in Hà Nội by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and … [Read more...] about Smart city solutions for Việt Nam can be home-grown: tech businesses