Sci-Tech

Four-legged baby in Soc Trang
11/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A two-week baby girl in the southern province of Soc Trang has had a successful operation to cut off two legs that were growing out of her back. When she was born on October 26, the baby had a tumor on her back. Two legs with two...
Ministry to use new method to count mobile subscribers
11/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) will apply a new method to calculate the number of subscribers to mobile networks in Vietnam to put an end to the vague situation in which all networks see themselves as being the top in the...
Vietnam still ranks first in “sex” searching
11/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – In 2008, more searches containing the keyword “sex” have come from IP addresses in Vietnam than from addresses in any other country, keeping Vietnam in the top position in this category. India , Indonesia and Egypt ,...
Vietnam urged to pay more attention to information security
10/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has made public results of its survey on global state of information security in 2008, in which PwC suggesting that Vietnamese companies should pay more attention in the field. Vietnamese enterprises...
First wind power plant to be built on Con Dao Island
09/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – On Tuesday, the authorities of Con Dao Island District, in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, signed a principle contract on power purchasing with a foreign investor who is building a wind power plant on Con Dao. Tourists...
Vietnamese scientist receives int’l awards for rice varieties
09/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The International Rice Research Institute on December 3 presented its Dharmawansa Senadhira Award to Vietnamese professor, Doctor Bui Chi Buu, to recognize his outstanding contribution to rice variety research. Professor Bui Chi Buu....
Rising seas put mangrove forests at risk
09/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Bangladesh are the two countries which have suffered the worst effects of rising sea levels, says Prof Nguyen Hoang Nghia of the Viet Nam Institute of Forest Science. Safe haven: Ca Mau Province has established a 60ha...