Sci-Tech

Sci-Tech Ministry proposes to put Viet Kieu in charge at research institutions
13/07/2009 05:00
The Ministry of Science and Technology has proposed that the Government allow Viet Kieu experts to hold key positions in state-owned research institutions, and be well-paid for their work, said Deputy Minister Nguyen Quan in an interview with Dat Viet newspaper....
Ha Noi rivers, lakes to get $56 mil clean-up
13/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The municipal authority has planned to spend VND1 trillion (US$56.5 million) from the State’s budget to alleviate the severe pollution the city’s rivers, lakes and ponds are facing. To Lich River. Ha Noi’s surface water quality is...
Titanium mines threaten forests
12/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Protective forest coverage in the central province of Binh Dinh is at risk of being wiped out by titanium mining in the province. A worker controls titanium processing machine. Mining titanium is threatening protective forest coverage in...
Climate change may displace millions in Mekong Delta: report
11/07/2009 05:00
Farmers in the Mekong Delta’s Vinh Long Province harvested their rice crop earlier this year. Climate change impacts will force the displacement and migration of large populations in Vietnam, particularly the Mekong Delta, international experts reckon....
Vietnam’s first environmental education park to promote 3Rs
10/07/2009 05:00
Hanoi will launch a park themed on re-using, reducing and recycling (3Rs) of garbage next Wednesday. Set up by the Hanoi Urban Environment Company in cooperation with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), this will be Vietnam’s first...
Vietnam a major destination for rhino horns: report
10/07/2009 05:00
Demand for rhinoceros horns in Asia in general, and Vietnam in particular, has driven poaching to a 15-year-high and pushed the animals perilously close to extinction, major conversation groups have warned. One of the last Javan Rhinos of Cat Tien...
In Dong Nai basin, forest dwellers rewarded for good environmental practices
09/07/2009 05:00
Turning back the tide of environmental degradation that often accompanies development may sound like a tall order. But offering rural inhabitants economic incentives to conserve ecologically sensitive areas could be the answer. The Dai Ninh hydropower plant....