Sci-Tech

Delta groundwater sources in grave danger
23/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Unscientific and wasteful exploitation of groundwater sources in the Mekong Delta region has sharply reduced underground water levels and severely polluted it, scientists say. Farmers in U Minh District of Ca Mau Province dig a well to supply...
VN successfully develops pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
23/04/2009 05:00
Local scientists have successfully researched pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of human embryos, announced Secretary General of the HCM City Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Association (HOSREM), Ho Manh Tuong. In the early 1990s, American...
Germany backs climate change project
22/04/2009 05:00
A US$2 million project to improve the ecology of coastal forests in the southern province of Bac Lieu and the lives of local residents depending on them - was launched here on Monday. A view of the Bac Lieu mangrove forest. A project improving the ecological...
Giant sea cucumber stumbled across
22/04/2009 05:00
The giant holothurian thelenota anax. A holothurian thelenota anax of 47.5cm, 3.98kg has been discovered in the sea of Binh Thuan province. The Deputy Director of the Aquaculture Research Institute, Vu Dinh Dap, said that the record holothurian was...
Lifespan of polluted craft villagers shorter
21/04/2009 05:00
The lifespan of people living in polluted craft villages in Vietnam is ten years shorter than the country’s average lifespan, according to a report of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MoNRE). A polluting kiln at a craft village in the...
First solar battery plant inaugurated next week
21/04/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s first solar battery factory will start running on April 27 in Duc Hoa Ha Industrial Complex, in Binh Tien hamlet, Duc Hoa Ha commune, Duc Hoa district, the southern province of Long An. The solar cell panel factory in Long An Province. The HCM...
Vietnam’s telecom market to open wide
21/04/2009 05:00
The draft Telecommunications Law, with six chapters and 66 articles, was put forward for discussion at the National Assembly Steering Committee on April 20. The Ordinance on Post and Telecommunications was issued in 2002 to open a legal corridor for...