Sci-Tech

VN moves to protect biodiversity
08/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – With less than three months to go until the day Viet Nam’s new Law on Biodiversity comes into effect, Government officials and scientists across the country are preparing the ground for change. Staff of the H’Ra protective forest in Gia Lai...
New species of snake unveiled in Cao Bang
07/04/2009 05:00
Russian and Vietnamese scientists have announced their discovery of a new species of rattle-snake, which belongs to Protobothrops family, in the Trung Khanh National Park in the northern province of Cao Bang. The new species of rattle-snake. The...
HCM City to examine pollution-prone companies
07/04/2009 05:00
The Hao Duong Leather Tanning JS Company was caught red-handed to discharge waste water to the environment in October 2008. VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment will join hands with the local Environment...
Officials tout Vietnam as potential market for CNG
07/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Officials at a two-day forum beginning in HCMC on Monday stressed that Vietnam is poised to become a strong consumer of compressed natural gas (CNG) for the transport sector given the country’s availability of natural gas and the urgent need to use...
Ha Noi students start war on plastic bags
06/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Students who won US$2,000 for promoting environmental protection will spend the money to help stop people using plastic bags. Plastic bags are used in most supermarkets. Bans on them or campaigns to re-use them are important for environmental...
Seawater penetrates Mekong Delta up rivers, residents affected
05/04/2009 05:00
Saltwater has entered deep into most coastal provinces in the Mekong Delta, leading to a severe shortage of freshwater, the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting reports. Mekong River Delta Two farmers in Soc Trang Province pump...
National key laboratory system — in need of sci-tech breakthrough
03/04/2009 05:00
Vietnam has invested more than VND1.2 trillion ($70.6 million) in 19 key laboratories, but some labs say they lack a suitable operating mechanism while some others say they don’t have qualified human resources. Because of these shortages, some key laboratories work...