VietNamNet Bridge - Returning to Vietnam to "seek failure" at the advice of his Japanese teacher six years ago, architect Vo Trong Nghia faced great difficulties at the beginning--to harvest stunning successes later. Since Nghia won the 2007 International Architecture Award (IAA) for his bamboo-made water and wind café in the southern province of Binh Duong, he has received around 30 international architecture awards. Among them are two gold medals of the Asian Architects' Association, five International Architecture Awards (US), four Green Good Design awards (US), two Asia FuturArc Green Leadership Award, etc. So far this year, he has won seven international prizes. Nghia was born in 1976 in a peasant family in the central province of Quang Binh. Graduating from the Hanoi Architecture University, he got a scholarship of the Japanese government in 1996 to study architecture at the Nagoya Technology Institute. He was the first laurette of the architecture faculty in 2002. During his … [Read more...] about Architect Vo Trong Nghia and his journey to “seek failure”
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1 American and 2 Japanese physicists share Nobel for work on LED lights
Three physicists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for revolutionizing the way the world is lighted. The 2014 physics award went to Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and Shuji Nakamura of the University of California, Santa Barbara, for “the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources.” From left, the researchers Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for “the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources.” Photo by AFP. The three scientists, working together and separately, found a way to produce blue light beams from semiconductors in the early 1990s. Others had produced red and green diodes, but without blue diodes, white light could not be produced, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday morning in its prize citation. “They succeeded where … [Read more...] about 1 American and 2 Japanese physicists share Nobel for work on LED lights
Social News 12/6
Quang Nam, RoK’s Gwangyang city ink cooperation deal Chairman of the People’s Committee of central Quang Nam province Dinh Van Thu and Mayor of Gwangyang city of the Republic of Korea Jeong Hyun Bok signed an agreement on bilateral cooperation on June 10. The two sides agreed to expand economic, investment, trade exchanges, share experience in managing and developing economic zones, and boost cooperation in seaport logistic services, tourism, and health care. The signing took place at a meeting between Quang Nam’s leaders and representatives from foreign localities and partners which have developed friendship with the province and accompanied it during the development process. It was part of the activities of the sixth Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2017. Thu affirmed that Quang Nam is keen to further international cooperation with foreign localities and partners. After 20 years, Quang Nam has been … [Read more...] about Social News 12/6
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/6
Vietnam eager to develop Lien Chieu deep seaport The government has been urging the authorities to appraise Lien Chieu Seaport, showing strong support and promising smoother sailing for the project. Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung recently urged the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) to appraise the capital sources and mobilisation methods of investment capital at Lien Chieu port. Besides, the DPM assigned the Danang People’s Committee to complete the pre-feasibility report for the project after the city studied MPI’ appraisal. Based on reports of MPI and Danang city, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) was asked to build the investment planning evaluation report to submit the prime minister for approval. The assignment of the DPM shows Vietnam’s eagerness to develop the Lien Chieu Seaport project, which is considered one of two key projects that aim to boost the central city as a main logistics centre in the ASEAN and the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/6
Social Highlights for November 22
Figure of vaccinated children drops in Da Lat Town The figure shows a sharp fall in vaccinations in children compared to previous times when 90 percent were vaccinated, due to adverse information that worried parents. The vaccine Quinvaxem had been earlier suspended due to post-vaccination reactions in children, but then again re-used after several months. Dr. Vinh said six toddlers who were hospitalized after vaccination from November 14 -16 have been discharged from hospitals. They were taken to Lam Dong General Hospital as they suffered side effects from the vaccine, such as fever and vomiting. One of them even turned blue and developed convulsion fits. In addition, 20 others were also taken to health centers in districts and communes for post vaccination side effects. 10 motorbikes seized from foreign caravan in Saigon At 8:30am on November 20, local traffic policemen found the motorbikes travelling on a banned road in district 9 near Suoi Tien Cultural Park and pulled … [Read more...] about Social Highlights for November 22