Sci-Tech

A professor devotes to the homeland
03/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Professor of physics Do Dinh Chieu is a prestigious scientist and a lecturer at Montpellier University in France. Over the past 30 years he has returned to Vietnam frequently. Prof. Do Dinh Chieu addresses the 33 rd National Theoretical...
Group helps VN with climate change
03/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The East Meets West Foundation recently introduced a model programme to help communities in the central areas of Viet Nam adapt to climate change. People in the coastal areas of Quang Nam Province’s Thang Binh District train each other to...
Southern hub in dire need of modern technology
02/05/2009 05:00
Enterprises with outdated technologies make up more than 50 percent of the total number of businesses in HCM City, according to a recent survey by the Municipal Department of Science and Technology. Enterprises with outdated technologies make up more than...
Flower power
01/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – You can’t walk on water, but you can stand on it. You can’t walk on water, but you can stand on it. That is, if you have a rare species of lotus that grows in a pond in front of the Phuoc Kieng Pagoda in Dong Thap...
A trip to find a comprehensive solution
01/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – On a trip to uncover a solution to the problem of improper disposal of household rubbish in urban areas, we were already aware of the fact that Vietnamese people consider rubbish as waste, not a natural resource. Wearing self-designed...
Bio-pesticide use encouraged
01/05/2009 05:00
Provinces in the Hong River Delta are providing the market of Hanoi and its environs a large amount of farm produce including fruits and vegetables of different kinds. About 75 percent of farmer households in these provinces/cities now use biological...
Overseas Vietnamese scientist in Canada honoured
30/04/2009 05:00
The Vietnamese embassy in Canada on April 29 presented a certificate of merit from the Vietnamese Foreign Minister to Professor Le Quoc Sinh in recognition of his great contribution to promoting scientific cooperation and friendship between the two countries. Dr....