Sci-Tech

Poaching of endangered primates continues in Khanh Hoa
24/05/2009 05:00
The five primates found dead two weeks ago in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa are black-shanked douc langurs, an endangered species. These five dead animals confiscated on May 11 in Khanh Hoa Province’s Ninh Hoa District were confirmed as...
Ha Noi to host green biz expo
23/05/2009 05:00
A two-day exhibition and conference on environmentally friendly technology from Europe will be held in Ha Noi on September 17-18. A two-day exhibition and conference on environmentally friendly technology from Europe will be held in Ha Noi on September...
Move to preserve medicinal plants
22/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Rare medicinal plants are under threat of becoming extinct despite efforts to preserve their genes and seedlings in recent years, according to health officials. Scientists at the Medicine Institute are trying to grow rare medicinal plants....
Made-in-Vietnam industrial robots in action by 2010
22/05/2009 05:00
HCM City will launch locally produced industrial robots into the market by 2010 after several years of implementing trial projects, says Tran Duc Dat, head of the Science and Technique Center Mobile welders on display at the Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2008 in...
Vegetable seedlings: a healthy food
22/05/2009 05:00
Vegetables are indispensable in people’s daily meals. However, people nowadays have a growing concern about the fact that many vegetable growers use chemicals in their cultivation practice. Some chemicals help vegetables to manage abnormal growth, and...
US$280 million for the city of science
21/05/2009 05:00
The Hanoi-based Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park on May 20 granted investment certificates to two projects of FPT University and the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), worth nearly $280 million. The sketch of Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park. VietNamNet Bridge...
Southern economic zone needs common toxic waste site
21/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The authorities of export processing and industrial zones in 10 provinces of the key southern economic zone have asked the ministries of natural resources-environment and construction to build a common complex for treating hazardous industrial waste....