Sci-Tech

Gene-altered crops to become popular in VN by 2015
21/02/2009 05:00
Vietnam’s biologists have succeeded in creating some kinds of genetically-modified (GM) crops. Hence, Vietnam determines to put GM crops into mass production at the latest in 2015 for better national cooking security. Vietnam’s biologists have...
Precious ginseng produced in laboratory
21/02/2009 05:00
Scientists of the Vietnamese Military Medical Academy have successfully researched and applied cellular biomass technology to grow the world’s most precious Ngoc Linh ginseng in laboratory. Ngoc Linh ginseng. Scientists of the Vietnamese Military Medical...
HCM City: Fund for sci-tech unused
20/02/2009 05:00
In 2008, HCM City allocated 2% of its budget for science and technology development, including VND150 billion for administrative activities and VND350 billion for development investment. However, the VND350 billion for the latter purpose was not paid out....
VND5 billion for training in calculation technology
20/02/2009 05:00
This year the HCM City Calculation Science and Technology Institute will invest VND5 billion (more than $294,000) in human resources training. The launching ceremony of the HCM City Calculation Science - Technology Institute. This year the HCM City...
Farmer provides safe shelter for storks
20/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Three years ago, farmer Dinh Van Hoe of Giao Ha Village in Nam Dinh Province, 160km south of Ha Noi, woke up one morning to find the green leaves of his bonsai farm had been replaced by the white feathers of a thousand storks. Birds of a...
Da Nang inks a pact on natural disaster control
20/02/2009 05:00
Da Nang authorities, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET), and the Challenge to Change (CtC) signed the project on coping with natural calamities in Da Nang at a conference held yesterday in the city. Terrible flood caused by sea...
‘Green walls’ to fight rising seas
19/02/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Northern Hai Phong port city is intensifying efforts to expand plantation of submerged forests along its coastline in a bid to boost defences against storms and the rising sea level. A survey conducted by the Hai Phong...