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The name of Oxford University's Linacre College, named after humanist and physician Thomas Linacre (1460-1524), is to be changed to Thao College in honour of a Vietnamese billionaire.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and witnessed a ceremony to sign 26 cooperation agreements between ministries, sectors and businesses of Vietnam and the UK on October 31 (London time) as part of his trip for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and a working visit to the UK.
It is asking the Privy Council for permission to change the school name from Linacre College to Thao College in recognition of this landmark gift
The name bears a deep history and should not be altered just because a major gift has been made
Thousandsnbsp;of workers in industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City havenbsp;received free COVID-19 rapid tests.