Attracting overseas Vietnamese intellectuals back home is most important: Professoraback! A large crocodile was found sunbathing in a fishing pond.

HCM City: The policy to attract overseas Vietnamese (OV) intellectuals will be more successful when it has open mechanisms, clear regulations, and a favourable working environment for scientists to utilise their creativity, according to an OV professor. This idea was shared by Prof., Dr. Vo Van Toi, currently Assistant to the Board of Directors for the development of science, engineering and technology in health and life, at the International University within the Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City. In 2009, after more than 40 years of living and working in Switzerland and the US, Toi decided to return to Vietnam and establish the subject of biomedical engineering at the International University, with the desire to contribute more to the homeland. At that time, in Vietnam, biomedical engineering was not known to many people, and the development of this subject faced many difficulties. However, the faculty has to date gained a lot of achievements in training and research, thus helping the Vietn amese biomedical engineering sector to become known to the international community. From his story and practical experiences, Toi said that in order to succeed in attracting a contingent of OV intellectuals, it is important to have open mechanisms and clear regulations, and most importantly, the people implementing those policies and mechanisms must be dedicated and talented. When someone achieves success from those open mechanisms, they will be magnets attracting many others to return to the homeland, he stressed. According to the professor, Vietnam's sending of citizens to attend training courses abroad is a good policy. However, it is more important to attract and utilise 'brainpower' from abroad./. Source: Vietnam News Agency Chonburi, Shocked! A large crocodile, more than 2 meters long, was found sunbathing in a fishing pond in Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province. Rescuers helped to capture it with difficulty. Prepare to be transported to the Bang Lamung Wildlife Breeding Station. Clip recorded by the owner of the fishing pond. After finding a large crocodile, more than 2 meters long, lying down to sunbathe. Last noon (Feb. 4) Later, rescuers went to the area where the crocodile was found. It is a water storage weir next to the Na Bua fishing pond, Village No. 6, Huai Yai Subdistrict, Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province. When they arrived, they found this crocodile in the water. The officers tried to chase him down. But the crocodile swam away. Dive into the water and escape. It took 2 hours to hunt. Finally, it had to use electricity from a car battery to plunge it into the water. To make the crocodile unconscious before the crocodile floats to the surface of the water and can be brought up. It was found that this cro codile has a body length of 02.10 meters and a weight of 33 kilograms. Officials are preparing to transport it to the Bang Lamung Wildlife Breeding Station (Khao Chi On). As for the story, which farm did it come from? Officials will continue to investigate the facts. As for Mr. Beer (pseudonym), 45 years old, a villager who came to use the fishing pond said that while he was walking to find a fishing corner. At that moment, my eyes turned to see a crocodile relaxing in the sun. So he hurriedly ran to tell the owner of the fishing pond. and have the officers come and help catch them He comes here often but has never encountered it. Meanwhile, Uncle Tom, 56 years old, the owner of a fishing pond, said that in July 2023 he had encountered two loose crocodiles that came to chase ducks in the pond. At that time he caught one and another escaped. It is believed that it may have escaped from the crocodile farm at the back of the pond, about 200 meters away. Source: Thai News Agency