Sci-Tech

Phone tariffs cut by up to 20%
27/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) last Friday said it would unify tariffs of several of its phone services in a bid to trigger demand. From next month, inter-provincial calls between VNPT’s fixed-phone subscribers...
Trucks full of dust pollute Ha Noi
27/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Capital city residents are being forced to suffer impacts from huge volumes of dust released by construction- site lorries that fall through regulatory cracks. Dust from uncovered lorries carrying construction material cause heavy...
National software institute launched
27/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese National Institute of Software and Digital Content was launched in Hanoi on Oct. 27. The institute was established under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 901/2007/QD-TTg and commenced operations in May 2008, The...
Sub-Mekong countries work on managing forests
27/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Experts from sub-Mekong river countries highlighted the role of civil society organisations, local people, mass media and non-governmental organisations in protecting forests from shrinking and degrading. The sub-Mekong river countries...
Safer standards for helmets
26/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Helmets without any quality endorsement will not be allowed in traffic, as of November 15, said the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology. A helmet shop in Ho Chi Minh City. (File Photo) ministry, last Thursday, with a new stamp on...
Saving Thi Vai River with waste programming
26/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Ten years ago, a scientist rang the alarm bell over the pollution of the Thi Vai River, while suggesting measures to rescue the river. Associate Prof Dr Doan Canh His name has been mentioned recently, since the story of Vedan...
Fixed phone numbers nationwide get an extra digit
26/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – All fixed phone numbers nationwide became longer by one digit as of mid night on Oct. 26. Following the lead of Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), which added an extra “3” to its fixed-line phone numbers on Oct. 5,...