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HKUST professor charged with accepting $5,100 bribe amid Hong Kong's escalating admissions fraud crisis By

By Huyen Trang, Phan Anh March 21, 2026 | 06:01 am GMT+7 Liu Hongbin, former professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Photo courtesy of HKUST A former professor at one of Hong Kong's top-ranked universities has been charged with accepting a $5,100 bribe to help a student gain admission to a master's program, in the latest case to expose cracks in the city's higher education system as it aggressively recruits international students. Hong Kong

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Vietnamese inventor behind painless vaccine patches elected to US science academy

Associate Professor Nguyen Duc Thanh. Photo courtesy of University of Connecticut A Vietnamese inventor whose biomedical research has produced painless skin patches that can replace vaccine injections and implants that dissolve harmlessly inside the body has been elected to one of the oldest science academies in the U.S. Nguyen Duc Thanh, an associate professor at the University of Connecticut, was among 36 new members elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Enginee

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European Math Prize winner joins Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau in initiative to curb Vietnam brain drain

By Minh Nga March 21, 2026 | 05:42 pm GMT+7 Phan Thanh Nam, the first Vietnamese national to be awarded the European Mathematical Society (EMS) Prize, is among six world-class mathematicians who have committed to regularly returning to Vietnam to mentor doctoral students at the invitation of Professor Ngo Bao Chau. Nam, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, will join five other internationally renowned Vietnamese m

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Playing with dolls can help children develop imagination and social skills—UK study

Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London compared children given dolls with those given video games The study comes as controversy develops over the damaging effects of allowing children access to digital devices. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian Playing along with dolls can help boys and girls develop more sophisticated imaginations and better social skills, compared with children who play on electronic devices, according to research. Psychologist

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