The Vietnamese Talent Awards 2010 were launched in Danang yesterday, May 20. It is the first time the awards have expanded to the fields of "Education" and "Promoting Education", under guidelines set forth by Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan.
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Mr. Pham Huy Hoan - Executive Member of the Central Committee of Vietnam Association for Promoting Education, Editor in Chief of Dan Tri online newspaper, and Chief Organiser of the awards, gives a speech at the press conference to open the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2010 in Central Vietnam. |
During the press conference, many questions were raised about the scale of the awards, the impact and application of the products that had previously won the award, as well as plans for the awards to be expanded into other fields and become even larger in the future.
Dr. Nguyen Long, the Chairman of the Award's Jury on Information Technology (IT) expressed his hopes that the awards this year will discover many IT talents in Danang as well as other provinces in Central Vietnam.
The Vietnamese Talent Awards 2010, in the field of IT, is a contest for both Vietnamese in the country and overseas, of any age, with an interest in IT, who create IT products (including hardware, software, internet solutions and integrated technology).
Different from previous years, this year's Vietnamese Talent Awards 2010 candidates will be divided into 2 regions: North region (from the North to Danang City) and South region (from Quang Nam to the South).
The Preliminary Judge Council of both regions will evaluate and nominate 3 - 5 products under each category to the Final Round in order for the best products to be chosen.
The IT prize system will be maintained with two sets of prizes for potential market products and existing market products, each contains one first prize worth VND100 million ($5,200), one second prize worth VND50 million ($2,600) and one third prize worth VND30 million ($1,600).
The Natural Science prize system will include six prizes worth VND100 million ($5,200) each, to be awarded to outstanding scientists in Mathematics, Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, Living Sciences, Earth (including marine) and Environmental Sciences, and Combined Sciences.
Under guideline from Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, this year Awards will be expanded into a new field of Education.
The new awards will be granted to teachers, education researchers, teaching groups and those who took part in educational activities and promoting education, who have gained excellent achievements and contributed to the development of Vietnamese education. They will be nominated by the Department of Emulation & Appraisal under the Ministry of Education & Training; Division of Emulation & Appraisal under the Central Committee of the Association for Promoting Education. The new award will include one first prize worth VND100 million ($5,200), two second prizes worth VND50 million ($2,600) each and three third prizes worth VND30 million ($1,600) each.
The organisers will continue to launch the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2010 in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25 and in Can Tho City on May 27.
The deadline for IT candidates to submit their products to the organisers is August 31, 2010. The judging will take place from September 1, 2010 to November 19, 2010. The award ceremony will be held in Hanoi at 8 pm on November 20, 2010, broadcasted live on Vietnamese Television channel.
Representative Organiser, Representative Sponsor and Representative of the Judging Council of Vietnamese Talent Awards 2010, answering questions during a press conference.