HA NOI — Mathematician and Fields Medal-winner Ngo Bao Chau was among eleven persons presented with the title of Outstanding Ha Noi Citizen of 2010 by Ha Noi People's Committee Chairman Nguyen The Thao on Saturday.
Chau, 38, thanked the Party, authorities and people of Ha Noi for the honour and for their recognition.
He was awareded the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in India on August 19 for his work in the area of automorphic forms.
VN goods well received at Beijing charity fair
BEIJING — A Vietnamese booth displaying a number of the nation's specialities opened to a popular reception at an international charity fair for the disabled in Beijing on Saturday.
Drawing over 60 participants from the foreign diplomatic corps and international organisations, the event aimed to raise funds for the construction of community-based rehabilitation centres and improve the quality of life for the disabled in China's Gansu and He Bei provinces, the hardest hit by recent mudslides.
China Federation for the Disabled vice president Tang Xiao Quan expressed her gratitude to the participants for their thoughtfulness and assistance to China's estimated 83 million disabled.
Ha Noi approves plan to boost labourer jobs
HA NOI — Ha Noi People's Committee has approved plans to create jobs for 705,000 labours in the next five years, including sending 23,000 people to work abroad.
The city also planned to promote its labour export activity, develop policies to support disadvantaged poor people to work overseas and improve its management.
From 2006-09, the city sent about 3,120 people to work overseas each year, accounting for only two per cent of those who found jobs.
War museum marks 35th anniversary
HCM CITY — The War Remnants Museum in HCM City has seen 11.6 million visitors, including 4 million foreign visitors, since it opened 35 years ago.
Museum director Huynh Ngoc Van said the museum had become a centre for research as well as for collection and displays of artefacts documenting war crimes by Viet Nam's enemies.
The museum contains a collection of more than 15,000 items and photos collected from the north, the centre and Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta and from foreign countries.
It has also opened 10-12 mobile exhibitions every year to bring items to people in rural provinces and cities across the country. — VNS
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