Hanoi: Seventy-two Vietnamese students won medals at the International Talent Mathematics Contest 2024 (ITMC 2024) organised in Thailand on February 24-27. The students brought home 34 gold and 25 silver medals and one merit prize, marking the best achievement that Vietnamese students have earned at this contest so far. The ITMC 2024 drew nearly 2,000 students from 10 countries and territories across the globe. It is a playground for excellent students to unleash their mathematics potential, and exchange experience and knowledge with each other. An awarding ceremony was held in Thailand on February 27./. Source: Vietnam News Agency Two opposition-led special investigation proposals, one of which involves allegations against first lady Kim Keon Hee, were scrapped Thursday in a revote after President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed them last month. The results have widely been expected as two-thirds support is required for vetoed bills to pass through the Assembly again, and the ruling People Power Party (PPP), which is against the measures, holds 113 seats in the 297-member parliament. The bills, which the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) railroaded through the Assembly in late December, call for an independent counsel probe into allegations the first lady was involved in the stock price manipulation of Deutsche Motors Inc., a BMW car dealer in South Korea, between 2009 to 2012. The other proposal is about allegations that six prominent people of the so-called 5 billion club were promised 5 billion won (US$3.8 million) each from an asset management firm involved in a corruption-ridden development project in the Daejang-dong district in Seon gnam, south of Seoul. The proposal on the independent counsel probe involving the first lady failed to pass with only 171 votes in favor out of 281 lawmakers present at the session. The latter failed to pass with 177 votes in favor. The DP had earlier refused to put the bills to a revote, demanding the PPP first agree to finalize the redistricting plan for the April general elections. The revote took place after the rival parties reached an agreement on the redistricting plan. Source: Yonhap News Agency