HA NOI — Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has invited renowned mathematician Professor Ngo Bao Chau to return and work in Viet Nam.
The professor who, at 33, was the first Vietnamese to win the prestigious Clay Mathematics Institute's yearly award in 2004 and proved what Time magazine described as one of the 10 most important scientific discoveries of 2009, is in Ha Noi to visit his family.
The invitation was for him to return to his homeland and participate in the Government's programme to make Viet Nam a nation recognised for its mathematics by 2020 with a vision to 2030, Nhan said.
It was made on behalf of the Government and the State Council for Professor Title.
Nhan, who is also the council Chairman, said the Party and State had and would always respect talented Vietnamese scientists and intellectuals who studied or worked abroad.
The Government would create the most favourable working and living conditions for talented mathematicians such as Professor Chau and reinforce their abilities and help Viet Nam match the best of modern science.
In response, Professor Chau and his family said they were willing to contribute to national construction and development.
Chau was born in Ha Noi in 1972.
His father was former Viet Nam Institute of Mechanics Chairman Professor Dr Ngo Huy Can and his mother, Associate Professor Tran Luu Van Hien.
The scholar won two gold medals at the international mathematics Olympiads when he was a high school student.
He has worked as a professor since he won his PhD from the Universite Paris Sud in 1997 and this includes the University of Advanced Study, Princeton.
Professor Chau has been invited to give report to the World Mathematics Conference in India next week and will give lectures at the University of Chicago in early September.
The State Council for Professor Title was established by a prime ministerial decision in 2001 to advise the prime minister on relevant policies. — VNS
by http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/
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