Two Vietnamese honoured as Young Global Leader
Both Chau and Jimmy Pham are among 200 individuals selected by WEF from 5,000 candidates from around the world.
Chau was recognised by the WEF for his contributions to the world’s mathematics.
Chau
was awarded the Field Medal, the world’s top mathematics prize, in 2010
for his proof of the Fundamental Lemma in the theory of automorphic
forms, by introducing new algebra-geometric methods.
A few days
ago, Chau, who is working for the University of Chicago, the US, was
appointed as Director of the Hanoi-based Institute for Advanced Study in
Mathematics.
Vietnamese-Australian Jimmy Pham, founder and CEO
of KOTO (Know One, Teach One) International, a not-for-profit
hospitality restaurant, has trained more than 300 street and
disadvantaged Vietnamese adolescents in its Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
training centres.
The KOTO 24-month programme includes both
front-of-house and kitchen, as well as English and life skills training
and provides trainees with accommodation, food and medical care, all
free of charge.
It has a restaurant in Hanoi where trainees work
to get practical experience and all profits are invested back into the
program. KOTO will open another restaurant in HCMC this year.
Bestowed
annually by the forum, the honor recognizes and acknowledges up to 200
outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional
accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to
shaping the future of the world. /.