On the 23rd of July 2010, the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications issued the stamp set "Birth Centenary of Tạ Quang Bửu (23-07-1910 – 21-08-1986)" consisting of 1 value of 2,000 đ.
Professor Tạ Quang Bửu was born into a family of teachers on July 23rd, 1910 in Hoành Sơn village, Nam Hoành commune, Nam Đàn district, Nghệ An province. In 1922, he passed the entry exam into Quốc Học Huế (National High School) at the 11th rate. After that, he moved to Hanoi to study in Bưởi School. In 1929, he excellently graduated the first Degree of Mathematics in Vietnamese and French, he received a scholarship of the Oversea Student Association (Hội Như Tây Du học) of Nguyễn Hữu Bài going to France to study.
