Educational PC ViOlympic debuts
By Van Oanh - The Saigon Times Daily
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| Representatives of Elead Joint Stock Co., ViOlympic project and BKIS Center clinch the cooperation deal for the debut of the ViOlympic PC model - Photo: Van Oanh |
HANOI, HCMC – Elead Joint Stock Co. has joined forces with the management board of the ViOlympic project and BKIS Center to debut the educational personal computer (PC) model named ViOlympic.
The new PC is developed for the program jointly carried out by Intel Corp. and the Ministry of Education and Training to provide one million PCs at 
favorable prices for students and teachers nationwide. It is also the response to the math contest via the internet bearing the same name, ViOlympic, held by the ministry.
ViOlympic is the sole model in the domestic market that is exclusively installed with ViOlympic software used as a trainer for the contest, which is offered by FPT Visky Joint Stock Co. The application for ViOlympic includes Myeqtext software allowing users to type mathematical formulas conveniently to learn math more effectively and be well-prepared for the contest.
The PC is also unique for what BKIS Center has developed for it: the licensed antivirus software BkavPro 2009 with an additional firewall system named Parental Control. The firewall system can help parents monitor their children while they are surfing the net and keep them away from unwholesome websites by setting up a password for unhealthy internet access, said BKIS director Nguyen Tu Quang.
The new model is available in both desktop and laptop versions with prices at VND4.6 million, VND7 million and VND8.9 million for desktops and VND9.8 million and VND11.4 million for laptops.
Authorized distributors of ViOlympic are those under the Education Publishing House including Nation Books Joint Stock Co., Danang Education Books Joint Stock Co. and HCMC Education Books Joint Stock Co. who will be responsible for sales in the Northern, Central and Southern regions respectively.