Sci-Tech

Ha Noi builds new pumping stations for next rainy season
03/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Four additional pumping stations will be built to help clear floodwaters during the next rainy season. Workers carry out construction work for the Cat Linh underground sluice, which is expect to be completed by the end of this year. The...
Robot contest 2009 kicked off
02/04/2009 05:00
Robocon 2009 with the theme “Travel together for the victory drums” was kicked of on April 3. Up to 300 teams from universities and colleges throughout the country have gathered in the central city of Da Nang, HCM City and Hanoi to take part in the...
Red-headed cranes return to Tram Chim
02/04/2009 05:00
Red-headed cranes by Minh Loc. Tram Chim National Park in Tam Nong district, southern province of Dong Thap, said that nearly 80 red-headed cranes have returned to the park, mainly in A1 and A5 zones. The A1 and A5 zones were recently burnt or attacked...
Tourists discovered wild animals in cages
01/04/2009 05:00
A visitor called the Education for Nature to inform them about the Madagui Tourist Site in the central highlands province of Lam Dong that illegally caged many wild animals. Great hornbill and pig-tale monkey According to the Education for...
Inspectors close notorious river polluting factory
01/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A cassava starch processing factory, run by Taiwanese company Vedan in the north-central province of Ha Tinh, was shut down after inspectors found it was polluting the Rao Tro River. The inspection team had pointed out some violations of...
One more lizard species discovered in Vietnam
01/04/2009 05:00
Scientist Ngo Van Tri from the HCM City Tropical Biology Institute on April 2 told VietNamNet that one more species of lizard had been discovered at Nui Chua National Park in the central province of Ninh Thuan. The new species of lizard is named AaronBauer –...
Resident projects threaten wetlands
01/04/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A wetlands area in southern coastal Kien Giang Province that is a feeding ground for red-headed cranes is again in danger of being damaged, following years of efforts to protect the area by international and local organisations. Red-headed...