Sci-Tech

VDC launches online IT training sites
19/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC) officially launched its ‘Mega E-learning’ IT training websites on Nov. 19. The two websites will initially present lectures on a number of mainstream subjects before providing lessons...
Yahoo opens resources for Vietnamese programmers
19/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Yahoo on Wednesday introduced more than 250,000 application programming interfaces (API) for the community of Vietnamese programmers. Chang Sau Sheong, Technical Director of Yahoo Southeast Asia, said the opening of resources is a...
VN academic honoured for mangrove work
19/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Phan Nguyen Hong from the National University of Education here has won the international Cosmos Prize for his contribution to saving mangrove forests. “The most significant fact is that Hong’s work has helped revive many...
Authorities helpless as green laws found full of loopholes
19/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Environmental police discover hundreds of violations every year including dumping of untreated effluents, poaching and illegal trade in wildlife, but are unable to follow through fully because of legal loopholes, a senior government official has...
Two new species of fish found in Vietnam
19/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have discovered in the Central Highlands and the central province of Quang Nam two new species of Glyptothorax, raising the number to 12 in Vietnam and 73 in the world. Glyptothorax strabonis n. sp. Ng & Freyhof, 2008...
Mobile use going through the roof
19/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese telecommunications industry has seen such remarkable expansion over the last few years, that it has been ranked as one of the fastest countries in the world to develop that sector. The country now has 70.4 million...
Investors move to foster agricultural growth
18/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Measures to harmonise the cooperation and assistance policies of donors and foreign investors in Vietnam’s agricultural and rural development were tabled for discussion at the annual meeting of the International Support Group (ISG) in Hanoi on...