Sci-Tech

City launches association for young scientists
25/06/2009 05:00
The HCM City Young Scientists Association was officially established yesterday with the aim of promoting the works of young and talented scientists and providing them with opportunities to exchange experiences. Young engineers design an Informatic Chip in...
Hanoi has to urgently move polluting facilities
24/06/2009 05:00
Industrial zones are killing many rivers in Hanoi and HCM City. VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked ministries to quickly finalise schemes to tackle seriously polluting facilities in Hanoi and HCM City....
19 provinces discuss pollution
24/06/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – About 100 delegates from 19 southern provinces gathered on Tuesday in southern Vung Tau city to review the State’s management of resources and the environment from 2006 through 2009. Workers collect waste from the seaside in Quy Nhon in Binh...
Vietnam to have law on energy conservation
24/06/2009 05:00
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has submitted to the government a draft law on the conservation of energy, said the MoIT’s office chief Nguyen Dinh Hiep. The seminar on energy saving in HCM City on June 24. The Ministry of Industry and Trade...
Plunder of central, southern nature reserves continues
23/06/2009 05:00
Ca Mau Cape biosphere reserve. Illegal logging in protective forests in the Central Highlands and a biosphere reserve in the southern province of Ca Mau have increased, park rangers said. Several cases of illegal logging in protective forests were...
Assault on the Mekong: ‘the worries are real’ says Thai activist
23/06/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The co-director of a Thai NGO, TERRA (Towards Ecological Recovery & Regional Alliance), Premrudee Daoroung, talked with Tuoi Tre Daily about dams on the Mekong River. TERRA is a lead organizer in the campaign to collect signatures for the “Save the...
Clouds of quarry dust fill air, lungs in town of Kien Khe
23/06/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Thousands of residents in the Red River delta province of Ha Nam have complained that dust from a limestone quarry is threatening their health. Dense dust over Dong Van - Ha Nam highway. Many residents of Ha Nam suffer from dust clouds caused...