Sci-Tech

Rising sea levels erode Vietnam’s coastal areas
14/04/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The coastal northern province of Nam Dinh has suffered extensive damage from erosion as a result of climate change and rising sea levels. Within the past 10 years, the marine dyke in Hai Trieu commune, Hai Hau district, has...
VIFOTEC and WIPO 2008 prizes announced in Hanoi
13/04/2009 05:00
The Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced their prizes for outstanding students on April 13. Researching nano carbon at a laboratory in the HCM Hi-tech Park. 35 projects...
Nearly $100,000 for manufacturing satellite
13/04/2009 05:00
FPT Software’s Space Research Department is manufacturing a small satellite named F1. Fspace’s members. This project was kicked of on January 1, 2009 by Fspace group, led by engineer Vu Trong Thu. The team leader said F1 satellite is around 3kg in...
Irrigation woes for farmers as demand hits Red River
13/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Farmers wanting to irrigate vital winter-spring crops face severe water shortages as the Hong (Red) River level falls during dry weather. From late next month, rivers in the northern and central regions could have small floods, which would...
HCM City: Over 50% of enterprises pollute the environment
13/04/2009 05:00
HCM City will not supply electricity to companies that severely pollute the environment, said Ngo Anh Tuan, Deputy Head of the HCM City Management Board of Industrial Zones and Export Processing Zones (Hepza), on April 13. Some plants in Le Minh Xuan Industrial...
Environment policemen trained to fight wildlife crime
13/04/2009 05:00
Environment police officers from 28 provinces in the central and southern regions are participating in a 3-day training course held by the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network (TRAFFIC) in the central province of Thanh Hoa. In Vietnam, perhaps only zoos have...
We need more, better techies say officials
12/04/2009 05:00
The country’s high-tech work force is low in quantity and poor in quality, said the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Nguyen Van Lang. The country’s high-tech work force is low in quantity and poor in quality, said the Deputy Minister of...