Thursday, March 17, 2011

Teacher is the most important factor to decide the stature of education


Although science and technology is more and more growing, education is also strengthening equipped with modern and advanced equipments, teachers are still the most decisive factor to the magnitude of the school and the Education sector.
 
Minister Pham Vu Luan awarded certificates to People’ Teachers
    Pham Vu Luan, Minister of Education and Training confirmed in celebration of 28 years of "Vietnamese Teacher’s day" and meeting with representatives of People's Teachers, Meritorious Teachers awarded by the State in the Second XI in 2010 held this morning (18/11).
    Attending at  the ceremony were Mr Nguyen Van Ngang - Vice Chairman of Vietnam General Confederation of Labour,  Nguyen Thi Nghia - Deputy Minister of Education and Training, president of trade union of Education and Traning Vietnam Tran Cong Phong with 250 People's Teachers, Meritorious Teachers, representing to the People's Teachers, Meritorious Teachers awarded in 2010.
    At the ceremony, the participants reviewed the glorious tradition of education as well as a number of important historical marks of Vietnamese Teachers' Day – November, 20th.
    In 1958, Teacher’s Day was first held in the northern region and the following years and in the liberated areas in the south. On September 28th, 1982, the Council of Ministers, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Government has decided to take the date of November, 20th annual to be Vietnamese Teacher’s Day. This is an opportunity for local authorities and unions to consider the activities of teachers in local units; review work have done and works out what to continue in order to motivate teachers to promote the fine tradition of Vietnam's teacher training qualifications, competence, to be an example for students to follow. Vietnamese Teachers' Day is an opportunity for teachers to be active and abundant, essential to raise awareness about honor and responsibility of the teachers...
Minister Pham Vu Luan awarded certificates to People’ Teachers
     Last 65 years, generations of Vietnamese teachers have been promoting the tradition of patriotism, job loving , closely associated with other classes of people, kindness, selflessness, dedication to the Education and Training ... through response and successful implementation of the patriotic movement and the campaign, Vietnamese teachers has made great contribution in developing the Education and Training, improving people's knowledge, personnel training, detection and fostering talents for the country, contributing significantly to the victory of the wars and the cause of reform.
    Vietnam teachers from just a few thousand primary school teachers and secondary school in August after the Revolution, the 2009-2010 school years, there are 1,088,081 teachers in the national education system. In particular, there are 195.852 teachers in preschool, 804,183 teachers in general school, 17.488 professional secondary teachers and 70.558 teachers in universities, colleges with 277 Professors, 1.925 associated professors, 7.104 Drs, 26.715 MAs.
    In recent years, the movement of patriotic emulation and extensive campaign developed in whole Education and Training. School facilities, classrooms, public service teachers’ house, educational equipment, laboratories, libraries continue to be invested more and more solid and modern. Training and retraining the contingent of teachers and educational administrators is in sufficient of quantity, reasonable, synchronous in structure, quality of political, ethical, professional qualifications more and higher. Quality education and training continue to be enhancing, contributing significantly to the cause of reform, economic development - social, maintaining national security of the country. These achievements had been recorded by Ho Chi Minh Medal award Second times, the Movement awarded for Education and Training on the last November, 20th.
    Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of Trade Union of Vietnamese Education Tran Cong Phong  has congratulated People's Teachers and Meritorious Teachers who had just been awarded in 2010, and requested teachers continue to thoroughly understand and implement best political tasks in the sector for new stage,  boosting patriotic emulation movements and large movements in promoting internal strength of the construction of teachers and administrators with the task level the same time, take care life and spiritual for teachers, especially teachers who have been struggling in the flood zone central, regional and remote areas, marine Islands and the difficult economic..
Souvenir photograph of Delegates
    Pham Vu Luan, At the ceremony, the Minister of Education and Training congratulated the teachers who always devoted to their jobs and contributed to the cultivation of the nation, He also asserted that the hospitality traditional of our people from past to present, as well as educational achievements Vietnam has made great contributions to the class teachers used their knowledge to forge.
    Although science and technology is developing more and more, the Education is also strengthening equipped with modern and advanced equipment, the teacher is still the most important factor to decide the stature of the schools in particular and education in general.
    Ministers hope that, despite of many difficulties, the teachers had kept their talent and virtue, became the shining example for all generation of students, continue to contribute in building up a common policy for education development, contributing to training, developing and improving the quality of human resources, especially high-quality human resources.

Former President Bill Clinton talked to students in Hanoi


Over 600 students of Foreign Trade University and Institute for International Relations were honored to attend the meeting with former President Clinton.
 
Former President Bill Clinton during a talk with the students in Hanoi
    On the occasion of the visit to Vietnam and 15th anniversary of Vietnam-US relations, this morning (14/11), former U.S. President William J. Clinton was in Hanoi to attend the meeting with the students of Foreign Trade University and Institute for International Relation.

Former President Clinton is shaking hands with Vietnamese students
    During the meeting, the former US President shared his thoughts about the future of the Vietnam – US relationship and the potential for the relationship, saying that he hoped citizens of the two countries, especially young people, would contribute to making the relationship more beautiful.
    Bill Clinton was born in 1946, was U.S 42nd president from 1993 to 2001. He was considered the one who laid the foundation for the normalization of Vietnam - the U.S relation for the last 15 years. On March 2rd 1994, the administration of President Bill Clinton decided to lift the embargo towards Vietnam and on 11 July 1995, the two countries formally normalized relations.
    In November 2000, Bill Clinton was the first U.S. president to visit Vietnam since the war between the two countries ended. This event was considered a milestone in promoting bilateral relations, closed painful past between the two nations. In Hanoi, Mr. Clinton declared: "The past just comes before but cannot decide the future".
    This trip to Hanoi was his second one since Clinton resigned in 2001. The last visit was in 2005 when he went to Vietnam to promote the activities of the Clinton Foundation.

Students can borrow up to 900.000/month


The Prime Minister has decided to adjust the level of student loan. Accordingly, on 20th November 2010, the maximum loan for each student is 900,000 VND / month, 40,000 VND more than the current one.

Students are doing procedure for loan (source from Internet)

    This is the 3rd consecutive year; the Government implements preferential credit policies for students all over the country. As a result, by September 2010, over 1.9 million students of the 1.7 million households having difficulties have borrowed 24,000 billion loans under the program.
    It is known that since the implementation (September 2007 to December 2009), the State has allocated 18,000 billion for the credit program for students, according to the Decision 157/QD-TTg dated on September 27th 2010. Social Policy Bank (implementing agency for lending students) has lent over 17,400 billion VND.
Student loan has been being done by the method of lending to household. Representatives of households are directly responsible for borrowing and repaying to the Social Policy Bank

Hai Phong education innovates to develop


It was assertion of Mr Do The Hung - Director of Hai Phong Education and Training - with reporters of Education Times in short exchange at the side of 55 years of traditional celebration of Hai Phong Education and Training, 28 years of Vietnamese Teacher’s Day held by the of Haiphong Education and Training Department on November 13th, 2010.
    This is also the occasion to honor and praised 246 typical teachers who have more dedication, contributions to build education and training in Hai Phong since the city was released. The celebration was attended by leaders of the Party Committee of City, People's Committee and numerous teachers and students who come from leading schools of education and training in Haiphong in recent years.
55 years of construction and development of the city, from just a few schools with dozens of teachers, limited degree, up to now, size of school, grade, and staff, teachers increase fast in  quantity and quality. The city has made literacy and universal primary education, secondary schools decades ago and has basically universal secondary education and training. Hai Phong Pupil won many prizes in public contests for outstanding national and international.
Leadership of Education & Training Department received Picture of Hai Phong city awarded in order to  honor education and training throughout the last 55 years

    Hai Phong is the only locality in the country continuously for 15 years there has pupil won pupil International Olympic. Speaking in the anniversary program, Nguyen Van Thuan  - Secretary of Haiphong - recognize the achievements of Education branch of City achieved in 55 years, welcome the launch of the movement , praised the teachers represented in the movement "two good", those who have made significant contributions to the industry area Education City and also pointed out some limitations and weaknesses of the industry today, such as the national standard rate is low, the quality of staff, teachers may be uneven, the collection status of regulations, tutoring classes is widespread.
    He suggested that officials, teachers, the sector continues to implement campaigns, cultivating incessantly, striving, maintaining professional ethics, a good example for students, the sector should focus on renewing management, teaching, boosting the emulation movement "two good", to further improve the quality of education and training to meet the increasing demand of society.
On this occasion, the People's Committee of Hai Phong has presented Education & Training of city the words "55 years of innovation, creativity, emulate good teaching, good learning, contributing to economic development - the social city."
10 teachers of Hai Phong Education and Training awarded Teacher of Merit in 2010 by the State Customs Department

   The joy of the anniversary has been multiplied when 246 teachers next typical honored and praised, Hai Phong has 10 teachers were awarded Teacher of Merit by the Government, 14 teams and individuals who were awarded Labor Medal, Prime Minister donated Emulating Flag to Chu Van An Primary School (Ngo Quyen) awarded certificates of merit to 30 collective and individual; Ministry of Education awarded certificates of merit 51collective and individuals.

    The awards and certificates of merit were awarded at the anniversary program is only part of the fun. The important, ceremony  is an opportunity for generations of teachers to exchange experience time together or with typical pupil - the Next Generation has made fame for career education and training city .
The typical pupils of city gave flowers to congratulate the leadership of Haiphong
Education and Training in anniversary and honor ceremony

    "Today's achievements of Hai Phong Education and Training is due to the efforts of teachers generations, pupils during the past 55 years, besides the close attention of city leaders as well as the Education and Training, to maintain this achievement, we identified only one direction is constantly innovating, active application of information technology in management education as well as in teaching and learning activities. Th objectives of Haiphong Education and Training not only keep the top in our country  but onlso rise to match the Education and Training in the region as well as access to world education” Director of Hai Phong Education and Training, Do The Hung affirmed to us in the sidelines of ceremony.

Vietnamese students in France exchange with Prof. Ngo Bao Chau


In Nov. 20, Vietnamese Student Association in France, Vietnamese scientists and experts held a ceremony to meet, honor and interact with Professor Ngo Bao Chau, who recently received awards Fields 2010. Answer student's questions about the point to achieve success in his study and research, Professor Ngo Bao Chau said to be successful people needs to have profound passion in science. Each person needs to have their own appropriate research methodology and the feel for scientific discovery.

Prof. Ngo Bao Chau.

    According to Professor Ngo Bao Chau, It is necessary to inspire the early passion in science for primary school pupils and attach the special importance to primary education development.
    About the projects in the future, Professor Ngo Bao Chau said he will continue to study math, prepare for the implementation of mathematics development programs for 10 years and establish an advanced mathematics research institute in Vietnam, in order to attract more researchers from Vietnam and abroad encourage collaborative research projects between Vietnam and foreign countries and fund to support young talent. Professor encouraged students and researchers to work in Vietnam after completing their studies.
    Ms. Corinne Makowski, Foreign Vice General Director of SPF, praised Professor Ngo Bao Chau as a luminary in mathematics in both Vietnam and France, having won the Clay awards together with Professor Gérard Laumon and the 2010 Fields.  He has been cited as an inspiration and motivation for young scientists to pursue a career in scientific research. 
    In the ceremony, Mr Hoang Nang Thang, UEVF Chairman, on behalf of Vietnamese students community, trainees in France, expressed his profound acknowledgement to teachers, professors of both Vietnam and France for mentoring generations of successful students.

Deputy Prime Mnister Nguyen Thien Nhan visited and wished longevity to general Vo Nguyen Giap on occasion of Vietnamese Teacher's Day 20-11


This morning (16/11), Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan visited and wished longevity and good health to General Vo Nguyen Giap on occasion of Vietnamese Teachers' Day 20-11. Going with Deputy Prime Minister was Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan and representatives of several agencies of the Ministry.
    During the visit, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, on behalf of more than 1 million teachers, and over 23 million students all over the country, expressed respect for the teacher, the prominent General of the nation.
 
General Vo Nguyen Giap - the master of thousands of military officers, teachers and students in Vietnam
    Deputy Prime Minister emphasized: “General Vo Nguyen Giap is the master of thousands of military officers, teachers and students in our country. The entire Vietnamese people are proud of a teacher, a talented and brilliant general, always standing by them in two wars of the nation”.
    The image of General Vo Nguyen Giap is always in each Vietnamese’s heart. The General is the good example for all people to follow, which helps them overcome difficulties and challenges in life.
Deputy Prime Minister affirmed that: “today's and future generations remember and vow to learn morals, manners, the revolutionary spirit, the loyalty to the Party, the Fatherland and the people of General Vo Nguyen Giap and together follow the previous generations in building, maintaining and protecting the stability and prosperousness of the country”.
    Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan wished longevity to General Vo Nguyen Giap to continue contributing to the building of the country.

Delegation of ISO and Quality Assurance Department attend TUV Nord Vietnam’ s customer conference


Starting from the viewpoint “the highest value that customers hope is service quality”, TUV Nord Vietnam, the unit that issued the ISO 9001:2008 certificate for Haiphong Private University, held its customer conference on November 26th, 2010 with the theme “Enhancing value for the customers through assessment”

Road project expressways car Hanoi-Haiphong: high to attempt to traffic engineering in 2013



Under the leadership of the Corporation and the Infrastructure Development Finance Investment of Vietnam (VIDIFI), 2013, the categories of automobiles road projects Ha Noi-Hai Phong completed and allow communication vehicle technology. June 2014, the entire route duong103 km from Hanoi to Hai Phong-Dinh Vu Dam completed and put into operation. Progress will require the contractor made efforts of key countries and site clearance work more expeditiously.
13 construction of resettlement areasWith the focus directed aggressive, proactive problem solving and problems of local authorities and specialized agencies of Hai Phong city, until now, the clearance of key projects this country has changed markedly. The province of Hai Phong 361/381, 9 hectares of land to complete clearance, delivery to investors, 95%. The remaining area of ​​15.2 ha 20.9 ha of agricultural land, land of 7.5 hectares of land held and mainly residential district in diameter. Whole project has moved nearly three thousand graves, building 13 resettlement projects for site clearance. Some areas are complete electrical, water and land were handed over to resettle households. Moving technical infrastructure 0,4-35-110 KV power lines in the area Kien Thuy essentially complete; the other technical infrastructure are in progress.
Construction package EX9 highway Ha Noi-Hai Phong Kien Thuy district in the province. Photo: Duy Hearing

General director Dao Van Chien said VIDIFI: Along with good results from the work of site clearance, based on reality, allowing the government to revise some important items on the route, such as adjusting the planning, design intersections Quang Thanh. According to previous designs, the highway from Hanoi to Hai Phong City connected at the intersection of highway 10 Quang Thanh (An Lao) with the other bridges, on highways, past Highway 10. Now, the design of highway 10 overpass on the highway. Implementation plan for this adjustment will reduce the load capacity investment levels for highway construction, and shorten construction time by 10 small-scale highway than the size of the highway. Chien also said the way high-speed car Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway projects in Vietnam was first designed according to international standards, including six lanes, including two emergency stopping lane 100% of the bid is the winning overseas construction, the average value of 1 km of road cars Ha Noi-Hai Phong about $ 10 million. Therefore, this work can expect the best quality ever.
   
What should be done soonAccording to technical experts, to target projects on schedule, it is important to have 100% new premises at the same time ensuring quality construction. Because, the process of building a highway to loading in a while. If clearance is not uniform, construction faults, the bad loading will affect the quality of works on the entire route and is very difficult to handle later.At a check on project implementation and the road clearance car Ha Noi-Hai Phong recently, Chairman of City People's Committee Duong Anh Dien direct: No matter what difficulty, to 31-3 - 2011, must complete 100% clearance and delivery to the contractor. Definitely focus on solving land tenure 81 households in Duong Kinh district, urgently moving power lines, other technical works out of the ground projects. Most projects are moving obstacles in the implementation of records, premises construction, construction plans, so should work closely with the main contractor of construction of the highway. Especially the 220 KV high voltage line in An Lao, the plan is adjusted using the column to column KEMMA temporary but not complete records, to halt construction. KV and 10KV some routes near the intersection of County 353 diameter (not yet constructed but strings removed and the status column). In addition to quickly complete the resettlement areas for receiving households are eligible to live long-term stability. Investors may direct the contractor to remedy difficulties for households near the site of cultivation due to lack of water production and transport difficult when the interior is divided by a highway project under construction have reinforced the status quo higher ground.
Automobiles road projects Ha Noi - Hai Phong by the Corporation and the Infrastructure Development Finance Investment invested, more than 105 km long, is located on the first belt 3 in Hanoi (the Thanh Tri bridge abutment 1.025 km north of Ban Thach ward, Long Bien District), at the end of the dam Dinh Vu (Hai An District, Hai Phong), passes through two provinces of Hung Yen and Hai Duong. Section running through Hai Phong 33 km long with 4 packages, the ¾ package has been started, EX 8 packages - Package-final will start in second quarter this year.
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First quarter economic growth momentum remained, but slowing


City People's Committee in the evaluation of such a meeting (online) 1-2011 quarter, assessment of socio-economic city in March and first quarter, second quarter filled tasks - 2011.


 Two workers in the May Company chain embroidered shirts exporters
Photo: Wei Lan


Chairman Duong Anh Dien city hosted the conference, attended with the Vice Chairman of the city.


In the opinion of the delegates, the city economic joy mixed quarter 1-2011 worry. Pleased by the city continued economic stability and development. Indicators such as total exports, freight, state budget next month ... always higher than the previous month. However, compared with GDP growth of 9.63% 1-2010 quarter, GDP growth slowed this year's first quarter, only 9.51%. The value of industrial production growth does not meet the proposed plan, reaching 12.75% - the lowest increase in 5 years (not to mention industrial production in 2009 was the impact of global recession bridge) - lower than the rate the national average (14.3%).


Cause the value of industrial production did not reach a quarter of the plan by some major industrial projects have problems, lack of stable operation. Specifically, Chinfon cement plant shutdown for maintenance, so 24 days was only 92.1% yield over the same period last year. Hai Phong thermoelectric power plant running at design capacity. If in January, the two units supplying electricity output reached 331 million kWh, then in February, and 3, fall into a "run alternately," the power output reached 160-180 million kwh. Besides, the recovery of the shipbuilding industry is not as expected (down 5.8% over the same period), manufacturing machinery, electrical equipment to reduce or not increase significantly. Along with fluctuations in exchange rates, raw material price increases affect the situation of production and business activities of enterprises ... In the context of such difficulties, the industrial growth rate reached 12, 75% is also positive. However, cities and industries related to appraising real growth, taking into account problems such as economic recession, shrinking markets ..., which make predictions on the next quarter and years as well as additional measures aimed at adapting the plan outlined in 2011.


Regarding the administration of the municipal People's Committee, the city specified by the Government Resolution 11 proposed by the plan to cut public investment of about 58 billion. Total savings of 10% recurrent cost budget of 9 months left in 2011 was 32.5 billion expected. Besides, the units do not stop buying new cars and other equipment is not really necessary to make lists of projects temporarily suspended, delayed expansion in 2011, includes 13 projects with a capital reduction more than 153.6 billion; strive to increase state budget revenue reached 7200 billion ...


Closing statement, Chairman of City People's Committee Duong Anh Dien confirmed, although in the context of the impact due to the country's economic problems, but focus on guiding the city aggressively to ensure economic development, ensure social security. He asked at all levels, sectors and units related capacity building, calm, transparent policies, programs and actions of city government. Immediately, in the second quarter of implementation of 13 measures to promptly remove the obstacles and difficulties of enterprises in the area to create conditions for these units to boost production, export, increase and improve higher trade promotion activities, search market, plans to regulate and supply electricity to ensure reasonable economic development and people's lives, focus on improving investment efficiency, increased revenues and expenditure; actively review and assign priorities to appropriate funds for capital projects can be completed in 2011. High concentration for the clearance of the VSIP project, Trang Due ..., particularly, prior to handing over finished 31-3 on the highway project in Ha Noi-Hai Phong; centralized deployment work for the election of deputies to the National Assembly and 13 representatives of the Council for 2011-2016 term, according to the content and schedule