The tech giant has also updated the app to automatically detect the language and translate directly back and forth between different languages instead of just from English to others and vice versa as before. Aside from Vietnamese, new languages supported in the update include Malay, Thai, Arabic, Greek, Hindi, Latin, Latvian, Mongolian, Nepali, Igbo, and Javanese. In all, the app now supports 88 languages. To use it, one only needs to point the camera at the text and take a photo, and the app will take care of the rest. The tool offers three options: instant translation, scanning, in which it scans the text and translates, and importing, in which it translates from a file already existing in the user’s device. The app is yet to support instant translation from Vietnamese. Instant translation shows text in the target language when one points their camera over it and presses the "instant" icon. For now Google Translate offers the updated version only to limited users, but by … [Read more...] about Google Translate adds Vietnamese to direct camera translation
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Seeking second Vietnamese to fly into space
A “seeking second Vietnamese to fly into space” programme was launched in Hanoi on April 15 by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Unilever Vietnam and Axe Brand. In Vietnam, candidates can register from April 15 to June 30 in Hanoi, Danang, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho or on www.axeapollo.com. One hundred Vietnamese candidates with the highest number of votes will undergo health and English tests and 15 of them will take part in reality shows. The most outstanding will represent Vietnam to join 107 others selected for training at AASA. Twenty-two of them, including one from Vietnam, will fly into space in January 2014. … [Read more...] about Seeking second Vietnamese to fly into space
New gateway to explore Hanoi launched
Tourists to the capital city of Hanoi, especially Hoan Kiem district, can now easily search for information and images about tourism spots through a newly launched information gateway called Hoankiem360 and an app of the same name. Young tourists from the northern province of Thai Nguyen is spending their weekend visiting Hanoi. To collect information for their trip, they use an application called Hoankiem360. The app is a collection of comprehensive tourism solutions, which helps saving time and provides information for visitors to the city. "We have to search information before going anywhere. There are many websites, but the hoankiem360 can provide us the most information with high fidelity," said Thanh Nga, a tourist from Thai Nguyen. Van Manh, another visitor from Thai Nguyen said that the app is easy to use and the images are nice and detailed. Hoankiem360 is run on both smart phones and website hoankiem360.vn. All the images are 3D ones, giving full images of each tourism … [Read more...] about New gateway to explore Hanoi launched
Book Festival 2018 to feature numerous interesting activities
Book Festival 2018 to feature numerous interesting activities A local book fair is crowded with visitors. The Book Festival 2018 will take place at the National Library of Vietnam from April 19 to 22, with numerous attractive programs - PHOTO: VNA The National Library of Vietnam under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold the Book Festival 2018 in Hanoi from April 19 to 22 to mark the Vietnam Book Day (April 21) and the World Book and Copyright Day (April 23). Themed “Books-Knowledge Creates the Future,” the festival aims to honor the role of books in society, and introduce readers to the authors and people engaging in the book publishing industry. The event is also aimed to encourage the spirit of reading among the community, according to news website Vietnamplus. As part of the festival, the “Books-Knowledge Creates the Future” exhibition will introduce documents on the significance of books, information about famous scientists and … [Read more...] about Book Festival 2018 to feature numerous interesting activities
Cantonese flee pricey realty to Hanoi
With their home only a two-hour flight away, investors of luxury apartments from Hong Kong are now looking to the emerging city of Hanoi, where accommodation is cheaper than elsewhere in the region. An increasing number of investors from Hong Kong are entering Hanoi’s real estate market due to high prices at home, Photo: Dung Minh Van Dang, a guide who speaks fluent Cantonese and English, has already taken more than 10 groups of visitors from Hong Kong to Hanoi this year. The 35-year-old guide told VIR that the number of Cantonese seeking realty in Hanoi has been “higher than ever in several years.” Speaking to VIR, Alan Kan, committee member of the Hong Kong Business Association Vietnam (HKBAV), stated that as the prices of Hong Kong properties have risen to unaffordable levels, many are turning to investing in cheaper cities, for example in Vietnam and Thailand. In the Global Property Guide, Hong Kong’s property market has been rated the least … [Read more...] about Cantonese flee pricey realty to Hanoi