PANO - VNPT Corporation, Vietnam Television and Dan Tri Online Newspaper launched Vietnam Talent Contest 2011 in Information Technology, Natural Science, and Medicine and Pharmacy, on May 11th in Hanoi.
According to the organising panel, individuals, including overseas Vietnamese, organisations and businesses from at home and abroad, regardless of age or occupation are invited to take part in the IT competition.
For IT, there are two prizes for applicable products and widely used products. For each category, there is one first, one second and one third prize, worth VND100 million, VND50 million and VND30 million, respectively, and many other prizes given by sponsors. Every product competing in the final round without winning one of above-prizes will get consolidation prizes, each worth VND5 million.
In natural science, there will be 6 prizes, worth VND 100 million each, for mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, earth and environment sciences, including sea science, and inter-sciences or multi-sciences of the above.
The Ministry of Information and Science will set up a jury to assess entries and present awards.
The deadline for entries is on August 31st, 2011. The awards ceremony will take place on November 20th, 2011. More information is available at http://www.nhantaidatviet.vnmedia.vn.
Translated by Thanh Thao