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In May last year, amidst the complicated and unpredictable coronavirus pandemic situation, nine female scientists from the Influenza Laboratory of the Virus Department under the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) were honoured with the Kovalevskaia Award for the successful isolation of the new strain of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, making Vietnam one of the first four countries to successfully do so.
Vietnam Womenâs Union last week marked 35 years since establishment of the Kovalevskaia Award, Photo: Phuong Hoa
Lead by Associate Prof. Le Thi Quynh Mai, the successful team includes Dr. Hoang Vu Mai Phuong, Associate Prof. Nguyen Le Khanh Hang, MSc. Le Thi Thanh, MSc. Ung Thi Hong Trang, MSc. Nguyen Phuong Anh, MSc. Tran Thi Thu Huong, BSc. Pham Thi Hien, and BSc. Hoang Thu Huong.
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Hanoi (VNA) – A national online book festival
will be held on April 17, at book365.vn.
Through exchanges and workshops, the event aims to
promote activities of the Vietnam Book Day, and as well as the
Book lovers will have a chance to get an insight
into digital transformation in the publishing industry, as well as how to
access books in the context of the fourth Industrial Revolution.
The opening ceremony of the
Vietnam Book Day, the
eighth of its kind, will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on April 18.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued Decision
No.284/QD-TTg on February 24, 2014, designating April 21 as the Vietnam Book
Monday, March 08, 2021, 11:28 GMT+7
Dr. Lam Hoai Phuong (R), who has traveled over 50 countries in 31 years to provide charitable maxillofacial surgeries for underprivileged patients, in this supplied photo.
Monday, March 8, marks the worldwide series of events and celebrations highlighting women’s continuing struggle to achieve equality in society and the workplace.
Two themes are running this year. The first aims to point out the lack of female representation in government and senior business roles under the banner of ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World’ and ways to address the issue.
“Women have also been acknowledged as some of the most effective leaders during the pandemic, with female heads of government, including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, having been praised for their handling of the crisis,” the World Economic Forum said on its website.
Ao Dai Week honours Vietnamese traditional costume
Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) has long been a traditional costume and a typical cultural feature of Vietnam. Through ups and downs with constant changes, ao dai still honour the gracefulness and elegance of the Vietnamese women. Marking the 111st anniversary of International Women s Day (March 8), the Vietnam Women s Union launched Ao Dai Week 2021 from March 1 to 8. VNA
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Through thousands of years of changes in fashion, ao dai, the Vietnamese traditional long dress, has retained its proud position. Carrying the cultural traits through ages, ao dai has become a cultural symbol showing the Vietnamese identity. In the photo: Various ao dai designs at a fashion show. (Photo: VPN/VNA)
The
Science Film Festival 2021, organised by Germany’s Goethe Institute, is calling for submission until April 10. (Photo: goethe.de)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Science Film Festival 2021, organised by Germany’s Goethe
Institute, is calling for submission until April 10.
The festival will take place from October 1 to December 20 with the
theme “Better health through better
understanding” in the context of the ongoing global
Given the crisis, physical and mental
well-being are more important than ever, and this is why bringing these issues
out into the open, especially at this time, is so important, and why the
Science Film Festival has turned its focus to health and mental health this