A farmer works on a rice field next to the Satelite Control and Operation Center in Que Duong village, northern province of Ha Tay on April 18, 2008.
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Engineers and technicians at work in the main control room of the Hoa Binh Hydro Power Plant in the northern city of Hoa Binh.
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James Lu, 22, of Sydney, shows off his revolutionary "Oz" model bicycle which he designed as part of his Bachelor of Arts design course at a western Sydney university. Lu, born in Vietnam, says the bicycle is a break from the traditional two diamond shape frame. It is aerodynamic, has five gears in a built-in hub and is made of aluminium using car manufacturing technology. Lu is a good example of the kind of innovative thinker that Vietnam would like to entice to come back home and help teach young minds in Vietnam.
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A Vietnamese man talks on his mobile phone as he rides his bicycle on an old colonial-era iron bridge on the outskirts of Hanoi on Oct. 27, 2010.
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Youngsters take part to a quick innovation ability test at the IT Week show being held in Hanoi on Oct. 30, 2008. Computing and information technology is a flourishing business sector in Vietnam.
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IT students at Hanoi Polytechnic University listen to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' speech on April 22, 2006.
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates smiles upon arriving at Hanoi Polytechnical University as thousands of students welcome him April 22, 2006 in Hanoi.
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Students use computers at a multimedia room at RMIT International University Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City, Dec. 20, 2006. The facility was created in 2001 by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
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