Sci-Tech

VND11,500bil needed to eliminate flooding in HCM City
21/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has found a solution to control the inundation of streets in the city during rainstorms: A system of water inlet sluices will be built from now to 2012, estimated to cost VND11,500bil. The government in 2007 assigned...
City calls for stricter water control
21/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has ordered the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to tighten restrictions and ban the exploitation of underground water resources, especially in areas where tap water is available. If...
PM gives nod to Phu Quoc environment protection plan
20/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan to protect the environment of Phu Quoc Island, a district in the southern province of Kien Giang. Investment priorities in Phu Quoc Island will be given to commercial projects...
Key laboratories rendezvous points for top scientists: MST
19/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Key national laboratories have been helping researchers in Vietnam achieve results never before seen in the country, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang affirms. Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran...
First business granted WHO’s GMP certificate in pharmaceutical materials
19/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Health Ministry on Oct. 18 presented the Good Manufacture Practice (GMP) of the World Health Organisation to the Sao Kim Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company. VietNamNet Bridge – The Health Ministry on Oct. 18...
The man with the DNA dream
19/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – With just a quick stick worth $0.01, physicians could correctly and quickly diagnosis patients’ illnesses and diseases, including cancer. This is the DNA/RNA reagent Viet Kieu scientist Vu Manh Huynh is hoping to produce in Vietnam....
Water cleaning method shown to be limited
19/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Three months after young scientists of Hoa Lac High Tech Park used LTH 100 to clean the water of Van Lake in Hanoi, scientists have raised doubts about the effectiveness of the chemical substance. The scientists affirm that the method...