Sci-Tech

VinaPhone to launch new prefix number
24/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The mobile phone network VinaPhone will officially launch a new prefix number 0125 on October 25. Vinaphone now has four prefix numbers - 091, 094, 0123 and 0125. Vinaphone now has four prefix numbers - 091, 094, 0123 and 0125....
Farming group leads way to greener future
23/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Farmers’ Association (VFA) had contributed to rural environmental protection by building waste-treatment models, improving access to clean water and educating farmers about environmentally-safe farming, Ba Be District...
Hospitals ordered to deal with waste
23/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu has ordered all hospitals to set up waste treatment systems to ensure their discharges meet environmental regulations. Hospitals that do not have a furnace to burn solid waste should use...
City pushes ahead with e-development
23/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – About VND226 billion (US$13.6 million) will be budgeted for a three-year IT application plan in state agencies throughout Ho Chi Minh City, says Le Manh Ha, director of the city’s Department of Information and Communications....
Mekong pollution poses risks to area’s prosperity
22/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has huge economic potential but failure to protect its environment from pollution could result in severe consequences, an expert has warned. cooking .jpg" width=200 > The delta has 197 IPs and industrial...
25 percent of adults in Vietnam have high blood pressure
21/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – 25 percent of mature Vietnamese are at risk of heart disease, a report read at a heart conference held in Vietnam revealed. A heart operation in Central Paediatric Hospital. (Photo: Central Paediatric Hospital) pressure, strokes, and...
Hepza to make public the names of polluters
21/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Anh Tuan, Deputy Head of the HCM City Management Board of Industrial Zones and Export Processing Zones (Hepza), said that Hepza will continue naming the names of polluters over the mass media in its fight against environmental pollution....