Sci-Tech

EVN Telecom to exploit Intra-Asia marine optical cable line
01/02/2009 05:00
EVN Telecom under the Electricity of Vietnam Group said it would exploit the Intra-Asia submarine optical cable system in the first quarter of this year, allowing the company to provide telecommunication connections to transit centres in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, the US...
Scientists develop stay-fresh coconut
01/02/2009 05:00
Coconuts are sold in Cho Gao District in the southern province of Tien Giang. Viet Nam has about 150,000ha under coconut cultivation, with an average yearly output of 720 million nuts. Lookatvietnam - Vietnamese scientists have developed a method that allows...
HCM City officials target improving quality of life
01/02/2009 05:00
Lookatvietnam – In order to create a higher quality of life in the urban environment, a long-term process is required to build up the consciousness of each resident and cultural level for each community, says Dr Truong Thi Hien, principal of the municipal Staff Training...
Cost of water must rise to fund water treatment infrastructure
01/02/2009 05:00
Lookatvietnam – The Ministry of Finance may soon double or triple water rates. Gia dinh va Xa hoi (Family and Society) newspaper asked Water Supply and Drainage Association president Nguyen Ton about the issue. The fee for a cubic metre of water is...
Scientific books uninteresting?
31/01/2009 05:00
Sales of scientific books are minimal, why? Some say Vietnamese people don’t like reading scientific books while others argue that the market for scientific books has potential but publishers fail to make them into attractive products. Scientific books for...
Father of Vietnam telecommunications: Le Hiep Tuyen
30/01/2009 05:00
There is an overseas Vietnamese who made has great contributions to Vietnam’s digital telecommunication industry. He is Professor Le Hiep Tuyen. Professor Le Hiep Tuyen, deputy rector of the Saigon Technology University, with students. The Vietnamese-German...
Aiko – the walking, talking face of the future
27/01/2009 05:00
Lookatvietnam – She has a face that women would love, can speak two languages, possesses excellent academic skills, loves to help and never complains. Although she sounds like the perfect woman, she is actually an ‘it’; a female robot named Aiko, Aiko can...