(HBO) - On October 5, the Organizing Committee of the global DO YOUR :BIT contest announced the final results with 45 prizes for the most outstanding products, which have been selected from more than 1,000 contested products. Among the 18 teams that won the Winner prize (the champion award) divided among 6 regions around the world, the student team of Hoa Binh province excellently won the Winner award in the Asia-Pacific region. This is also the first Vietnamese student team to win and the highest prize at the DO YOUR :BIT contest.
(From left to right) They are Bui
Minh Nhat, Nguyen Duc Manh, Dang Hai Dang excellently won the Asia-Pacific
champion award, the global DO YOUR :BIT contest.
With the project "Healthcare
Support System for the Elderly”, 3 students from Cong Nghiep High School and
Provincial Boarding High School for the Ethnic Minorities excellently won the
Regional Champion award. In the Asia-Pacific region, including Dang Hai Dang,
Nguyen Duc Manh (Cong Nghiep High School), Bui Minh Nhat (the Provincial
Boarding High School for the Ethnic Minorities). This is a particularly
outstanding achievement of our provincial students when participating in the
playgrounds of scientific research and technological innovation experience of
international level. They are excellent faces, representing the students of Hoa
Binh province as well as the young generation of the country participating the
contest and winning the top prize.
DO YOUR :BIT contest is organized
by the Micro:Bit Education Foundation of the BBC Media Group. The competition
has a global scope for students from 8 to 18 years old from all over the world,
with the theme of applying technology to work towards 17 global goals initiated
by UNESCO. The contest has attracted nearly 1,000 entries from thousands of
young people and teenagers from many countries. In the end, the Organizing
Committee has chosen to award 45 prizes, including 18 champions, divided among
6 regions and 3 contents. The project of our provincial students is highly
appreciated, aiming at goal number 4: Health and happiness.
Evaluating the product of the
students of Hoa Binh province, the contest jury emphasized: "We are very
impressed by the uniqueness of the idea and implementation way. It is a closely
combined project and a lot of effort has been made. The idea of the project is
a big deal for the people all over the world. The project is well presented,
the problem is clearly defined and they solve it through a specific solution”.
Hoa Binh province’s Department of Education and Training on April 16 held a conference on the materialisation of the Prime Minister’s directive on the further implementation of the project on the application of population database, e-identification and e-authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030. The provincial Department of Education and Training signs cooperation agreements on cashless tuition fee collection with partners and businesses.
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Nguyen Thi Nu, a resident of Thach Ly sub-area in Da Bac township of Da Bac district, has been popular in the area as a simple woman that is rich in compassion. For nearly 10 years, she has spread her kindness through many charity activities to ease difficulties for the needy.
Voluntary blood donation (HMTN) is a noble and humane gesture. 24 years ago, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 43/2000/QD-TTg on mobilizing and encouraging Voluntary blood donation and designated April 7 every year as "All-People Voluntary blood donation Day”. This is an important milestone in the movement of voluntary blood donation, creating a strong change in the awareness and action at all levels of the government and people from all walks of life.
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