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HCM City (VNA) – The 41st anniversary of the victory over the Pol Pot genocidal regime in Cambodia was marked at a get-together in Ho Chi Minh City on January 7. The event, held by the HCM City Union of Friendship Organisations in coordination with Cambodia’s General Consulate in the city, also celebrated the 40th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association of HCM City. Addressing participants who include former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts in Cambodia and Cambodian students in HCM City, Cambodian Consul General Sok Dareth expressed deep gratitude to the Party, Government, former experts and volunteer soldiers of Vietnam for their selfless sacrifice to help liberate Cambodia from the Pol Pot genocidal regime on January 7, 1979. The Cambodian people always bear in mind that January 7 is the second birthday of the Cambodian nation, and there would not be the present Cambodia without the January 7 victory, he said. The diplomat … [Read more...] about Get-together marks 41st anniversary of victory over genocidal regime in Cambodia

HCM City (VNA) - The third International Conference on Information Technology Outsourcing in Vietnam will be held in Ho Chi Minh City in October. Vietnam ITO conference will seek to promote the potential of the country’s IT industry as an emerging destination for innovation and offer a business matching platform for local and international buyers and Vietnamese vendors. Themed “Vietnam – The Emerged Destination for Innovation,” the conference would underscore Vietnam's long-term goal of becoming Southeast Asia's leading innovation centre, Tran Phuc Hong, vice president of the Vietnam Information Technology Outsourcing Alliance (VN ITO Alliance), one of the event’s organisers, said. It would feature an international conference with more than 500 participants, business-matching sessions to connect Vietnamese software companies and local and foreign buyers, a technology exhibition, and visits to top IT companies and software parks among others, he said. … [Read more...] about HCM City to host int’l conference on IT outsourcing in Vietnam

Among those whose research is making waves in the field are Ton That Vinh and Hoang Trung Hieu, two recent graduates of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Science (HCMUS) who are hoping their proposals to apply AI in medical situations can change the way local doctors approach healthcare. … [Read more...] about Young Vietnamese bring AI to local medical practices

Hanoi (VNA) – A workshop was held in Hanoi on July 16 to launch a regional project to improve cooperation in policy research, implementation and advocacy in agriculture and rural development in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. The project “Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think-tanks for Countries in Mekong sub-region” (NARDT) is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and implemented by the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The NARDT objectives are to improve cooperation through the establishment of researcher networks to share policy experience and information toward sustainable agriculture and rural development; identify regional opportunities, challenges and key issues for agriculture and rural development; implement joint policy actions including joint policy research, formulation, implementation and advocacy; and … [Read more...] about Project to improve agricultural development policy in Mekong subregion

Hanoi (VNA) – As of September 2019, nearly 75,000 people had registered with a software managing information of people with disabilities in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Binh Dinh. The figures were released at a workshop held in Hanoi on January 7 by the Social Sponsor Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam. The software has been launched across all 318 communes in the two provinces. Of the total disabled people, more than 12 percent are bomb and mine victims, most of whom are between 60 and 79 years old. Women account for 46 percent and children under 15 years old, 7 percent.   Most victims need support in orthopedic surgery, functional rehabilitation, psychological consultancy, job generation, occupational training and access to social welfare. Speaking at the workshop, Sitara Syed, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Vietnam, said the building and … [Read more...] about Software launched to better support disabled people