The Education Services and Investment (ESI) Joint Stock Company announced Thursday that it would develop a new area in e-Learning thanks to an undisclosed funding amount from IDG Ventures Vietnam. IDG's investment will support the local firm to build infrastructure, improve brand recognition, and research and develop e-Learning, according to the director of ESI Nguyen Giang Lam. The company runs the www.hocmai.vn website that offersan online study platform for thousands of students who use it to conduct research. The website has attracted more than 320,000 subscribers after a year of operation. Founded in 2004, IDG Vietnam, the first American technology venture fund in the country, manages US$100 million in investment capital. To date, IDG has invested in a diverse portfolio of leading technology firms including VinaGame, VinaPay, and iSphere, among others. Reported by Vinh Bao … [Read more...] about IDG Ventures Vietnam to invest in online study website
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PM Dung to enter chatrooms, answer public questions online
Outlook (09-02-2007) PM Dung to enter chatrooms, answer public questions online by Pham Thanh Long Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will today spend two and a half hours chatting online with the public for the first time. The event, which has attracted the attention of the public and the media both inside and outside the country, is being jointly organised by Bao Dien Tu Dang Cong San Viet Nam (the online newspaper of the Viet Nam Communist Party), the Government website, Viet Nam Television and the online VietnamNet e-paper. The organisers said that they had received nearly 16,000 questions. According to the organisers, the PM would answer some 113 questions selected by them while the rest would be answered later because of the time limit. Other than the public, the online chat has attracted the attention of the global media, including news agencies such as the BBC and AFP. The event shows the active desire of the country's leaders to interact with the people and engage … [Read more...] about PM Dung to enter chatrooms, answer public questions online
Prof Ngo Bao Chau talks online with Tuoi Tre readers
Professor Ngo Bao Chau, winner of the Fields Medal, the world's top mathematics prize, has had an online talk with Tuoi Tre readers today at the newspaper’s headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City. The online chat was covered on Tuoi Tre’s online edition, tuoitre.vn, from 10am – 12pm. Photo: Tuoi Tre Chau became the pride of local youths after winning the Fields medal in 2010. A lover of books and writing, the young mathematician is also the co-author of the bestselling "Ai va Ky o xu so cua nhung con so tang hinh" (Ai and Ky in the Land of the Invisible Numbers), along with writer Nguyen Phuong Van. The book is considered the first "math-fiction" release in Vietnam. "Ai and Ky is a beginners book about math philosophy," said Professor Ha Huy Khoai about the book, which sold 10,000 copies within a week of its debut at the Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival. Poet Tran Dang Khoa meanwhile sees the book as "being so simple that everybody, even those who know nothing … [Read more...] about Prof Ngo Bao Chau talks online with Tuoi Tre readers
Prof Ngo Bao Chau to talk online with Tuoi Tre readers
Professor Ngo Bao Chau, winner of the world's top mathematics prize Fields Medal, will talk online with Tuoi Tre readers today at the newspaper’s headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City. The online chat will be covered on Tuoi Tre online edition, tuoitre.vn, from 10am – 12am. Chau has become the pride of local youths as he won the Fields medal in 2010. Photo: Tuoi Tre A book and writing lover, the young mathematician is also the co-author of the bestselling "Ai va Ky o xu so cua nhung con so tang hinh" (Ai and Ky at the Land of the Invisible Numbers) with writer Nguyen Phuong Van. The book is considered the first "math-fiction" in Vietnam. "Ai and Ky is a beginning book about the math philosophy," commented Professor Ha Huy Khoai on the book that sold 10,000 copies within a week of its debut at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Book Festival. Poem Tran Dang Khoa meanwhile sees the book as "being so simple that everybody, even those who know nothing about math, can read." The … [Read more...] about Prof Ngo Bao Chau to talk online with Tuoi Tre readers
Online markets bustling on Tet season
Pre-Tet days are not only the profitable season for traditional retailers, but also for online supermarkets. The markets have been mushrooming to satisfy the demand of the busy people, who do not have time to go to traditional markets to do their shopping. According to Le Thanh Canh, Business Director of G.O.L, the owner of the online market www.golmart.com.vn, despite a lot of difficulties and the increases in the prices of consumer goods, the demand for online purchases is 15-20 percent higher than in 2009. she believes that the demand may increase by 30 percent in the next days, or days just before Tet. The best sellers these days are processed food for Tet parties, such as sweets, breweries and drinks, and pork pies. Canh says that baskets of Tet gifts have been selling Especially, well. The products have been ordered to be used as the Tet gifts for the companies’ staff or their partners. Clients can select items for the baskets, or order the baskets already … [Read more...] about Online markets bustling on Tet season