Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo vừa thông báo tuyển sinh đi học theo diện hiệp định tại Hungary năm 2016. Chính phủ Hungary cấp khoảng 100 học bổng cho công dân Việt Nam đi đào tạo tại nước này theo trình độ đại học, thạc sĩ, tiến sĩ và thực tập ngắn hạn. Trong đó 60 học bổng đại học về khoa học xã hội, kinh tế, công nghệ, nông nghiệp, nghệ thuật, y khoa; 10 học bổng chuyên gia thạc sĩ về luật và y khoa; 20 học bổng tiến sĩ về các ngành phía Việt Nam có nhu cầu đào tạo.

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Four years in the making, “Odyssey,” which premieres at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 22-23, brings to stage the struggle of Vietnam’s boat people, the refugees who fled the country on small boats at the end of the war, making hazardous crossings across the ocean in the hopes of finding sanctuary on foreign shores.

Hội thảo được Vinschool phối hợp thực hiện cùng Cơ quan Giáo dục New Zealand với sự tham gia của đại diện Bộ GD&ĐT cùng hơn 100 chuyên gia giáo dục Việt Nam và đại diện Ban giám hiệu, giáo viên tới từ các trường Đại học và các trường phổ thông tại Hà Nội như ĐH Quốc gia, ĐH Kinh tế Quốc dân, Học viện Quản lý giáo dục, trường PTLC Vinschool, trường THPT Thăng Long, trường Đoàn Thị Điểm, trường Nguyễn Siêu, trường Olympia, trường Wellspring,…

Dr. Herbert L. Abrams, a radiologist at Stanford and Harvard universities and a founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for its work in publicizing the health consequences of atomic warfare, died on Jan. 20 at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 95.

Leila Alaoui, a French-Moroccan photographer whose hauntingly beautiful photographs explored themes of migration, cultural identity and displacement, died on Monday night from injuries sustained during a terrorist attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. She was 33.
Ms. Alaoui, whose work has been displayed around the world, was described as one of the most promising photographers of her generation by Jean-Luc Monterosso, director of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris.

Pierre Boulez, the French composer and conductor who helped blaze a radical new path for classical music in the 20th century, becoming one of its dominant figures in the decades after World War II, died on Tuesday at his home in Baden-Baden, Germany. He was 90.

Yvonne Chouteau, a former principal dancer of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo who emerged as one of a celebrated group of dancers known as the American Indian ballerinas of Oklahoma, died on Sunday at her home in Oklahoma City. She was 86.

Natalie Cole, a buoyantly jazzy singer who became a million-selling,Grammy Award-winning pop hitmaker with her 1975 debut album and went on to even greater popularity when she followed the example of her father, Nat King Cole, in interpreting pre-rock pop standards, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 65.

After devoting decades of her life to a cause — demonstrating for peace and against nuclear proliferation — Concepcion Picciotto has died. Persisting through cold and rough weather, she was a fixture outside the White House, where she was often called the president's closest neighbor.