Sci-Tech

Seeing British celebrities on Yoosk
02/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The website www.yoosk.vn/ukvn was officially launched on Tuesday as a bridge of information between Vietnam and famous people in the UK. website www.yoosk.vn/ukvn VietNamNet Bridge – The website www.yoosk.vn/ukvn was...
174 int’l scholars to join Vietnamese studies workshop
02/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A three-day international workshop on Vietnamese studies to be held at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi from December 5-7 will gather 513 scholars, including 174 researchers from 23 countries. The press conference about the...
Treatment of medical waste fails to protect environment
01/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Health has estimated that Viet Nam needs to invest between US$120 and $150 million in medical waste treatment systems as matter of urgency to reduce environmental pollution. A medical worker disposes of harmful waste at...
Chinese group helps bring light to 20,000 cataract patients
01/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Eye Hospital, with assistance of China ’s Mega Group, has conducted cataract surgery for more than 20,000 patients over the last 10 years. In 1998, Mega experts transferred the Phaco technique, the latest in cataract...
Deputy PM hails int’l scientific cooperation for people’s health
01/12/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - At the 8th International Society on Toxicology Asia-Pacific Meeting opened Tuesday, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan asserted that the event is a good chance for both Vietnamese and foreign scientists to share their experience for the top priority –...
Hanoi: polluted underground water and alarming depression
30/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The latest research by the Northern Water Resource Planning and Survey Federation shows that arsenic in Hanoi’s water resources reaches 40 times more than allowed level. Drilling and the overexploitation of water is the reason that...
Promoting IT through VN development gateways
30/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The gateways to development will provide information about development issues, hunger eradication and poverty alleviation, and advertise Vietnam to the world, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong....