A reception was held in Hyderabad on August 19 to congratulate Professor Ngo Bao Chau, who has just been awarded the Fields Medal, the most prestigious global award for mathematicians.

Laszlo Lovasz, president of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), Rajat Tandon, head of the Organising Committee of the 26th International Congress of Mathematicians, Bui Van Ga, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Education and Training, and Nguyen Hoanh Son, Minister Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in India, were among others at the event, jointly held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnamese Embassy in India.

Deputy Minister Bui Van Ga congratulated Prof. Chau and wished him further success in his research and contributions to development of the country’s mathematics.

Prof. Chau expressed his thanks for the Party and State’s due attention. He said he hoped the Fields Medal would offer him opportunities to call for support from mathematicians in the world for development of Vietnam’s mathematics./.