Sci-Tech

Temperatures to fall in south on weekend
21/04/2009 05:00
Temperatures in southern Vietnam will fall in the next two days, Le Thi Xuan Lan deputy head of the Southern Regional Hydro-meteorological Forecast Center’s Forecast Department recently said. Many children go to swiming pools these days....
Waste treatment takes centre stage
20/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – In response to the fact that most landfills in Viet Nam fall short of meeting environmental standards, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked the Viet Nam Development Bank to develop a waste treatment project in the capital last week....
City urges contractors to clear sewers
20/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The management committee of the East-West Highway project in HCMC last Friday urged the contractors of the project to immediately unblock the sewers along the Tau Hu-Ben Nghe Canal to prevent severe flooding. 60% of the sewer system along...
Cat Tien National Park: Traps snare wild animals
20/04/2009 05:00
Gaurs killed at the Cat Tien National Park. Huge networks of traps are employed to catch wild animals, including gaurs, at the National Park of Cat Tien, which has been nominated as a world natural heritage site. Rangers say that they discovered more...
National report focuses on craft villages’ environment
20/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Many craft villages were seriously polluted, the latest national environmental report showed. Young volunteers clean up around Hoan Kiem Lake. The report, National Environmental Report 2008: Viet Nam Craft Village Environment, is part of...
HCM City to increase fees for rubbish collection next month
20/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Garbage collection fees in HCM City will go up from May 1, according to a senior official. Cleaners collect waste in inner HCM City. Nguyen Trung Tin, vice chairman of the city People’s Committee, announced the increase in a meeting last...
Nuclear power: Seven agencies allowed to offer training
19/04/2009 05:00
According to the scheme to train human resources for the nuclear power sector, seven agencies in Hanoi, HCM City and Lam Dam province are permitted to offer training activities. The total funding for this scheme is around VND2 trillion ($111.1 million). A...