Sci-Tech

Hi-tech park hosts 32 projects, worth $700m
16/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The new Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park has so far granted investment licences to 32 projects with a total registered capital of about US$700 million. VietNamNet Bridge - The new Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park has so far granted investment licences to 32...
Dangerous exotic tree attacks HCM City
16/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Mai duong ( mimosa pigra ), listed among the 100 most invasive species in the world by the IUCN, is growing in 44h of land in 11 districts of HCM City. Mimosa pigra. The Chief of the HCM City Plant Protection Agency,...
Military-run telecom invests in foreign countries
16/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - After testing telecommunications services successfully in Cambodia, Viettel is considering and carrying out projects for setting foot in other foreign markets like Laos, Myanmar, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Cuba and Venezuela....
Moving from made to designed in Vietnam
16/01/2009 05:00
Microsoft Vietnam’s general manager, Christophe Desriac, talks to VIR’s Tuan Anh about IT’s special role in this critical period. Microsoft Vietnam’s general manager, Christophe Desriac There is no doubt that the current economic situation presents...
E-govt to be a bright spot in 2009
16/01/2009 05:00
The Vietnamese government is taking concrete steps this year to speed up the development of e-government and the local IT industry. The government office last week approved a new ambitious project to renovate and improve its IT infrastructure, in a bid to...
Vietnam’s int’l call charges are region’s lowest
16/01/2009 05:00
Thanks to the 50 percent discount offered by the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) last September, international call charges from Vietnam are lower than any other country in the region. The group’s 2008 revenue increased 19 percent...
Agency urges mangrove forest conservation
15/01/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Sea and Islands General Department has called for measures to preserve and develop mangrove forests in order to prevent environmental pollution. Can Gio mangrove forest. Nguyen Chu Hoi, deputy head of the general...