Sci-Tech

Ministry plans tariff rise for fixed phones
13/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications said it was planning to 1 raise the intra province calling tariff on fixed telephone services, which are considered under the cost prices. The ministry said most fixed telephone service...
Information security ‘should be better’
13/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Most local businesses do not pay enough attention to the interest security of their information, according to Ngo Vi Dong, vice chairman of the Vietnam Information Security Association. The director of one commercial website had to...
Scientist trying to use herbs in alcohol detox
13/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese scientist believes that a product made of common herbs, including centella (Centella asiatica), green tea, plantain (Plantaginaceae Juss), ginger, tamarin and Hibicus Sabdariffa, can help alcoholics stop drinking....
The mysterious white snake
13/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Quang Dung in hamlet 4, Long Phu town, Long Phu district in the southern province of Soc Trang, is the owner of a unique all-white snake. Dung’s son with the white snake Local residents say they have never seen such a...
The culprit of DDOS attack is a student
12/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – On October 10, 2008, the police arrested a high school student in the central province of Quang Nam. He was discovered to be the culprit of the DDOS attack that has stirred up the IT community for the last few days. The decision to...
Newly discovered sources of pollution from power, water plants
12/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – A new kind of ‘garbage’ has been discovered in HCM City: Waste oil from transformers of the HCM City Electricity Company and water plants, very dangerous to the environment, is being stored in leaky drums. The polluted Thi Vai river...
Waste recycling needs rethink
10/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The city badly needs supportive policies to develop the 3Rs (reduce, recycle and re-use of waste) industry to deal with the increasing amount of waste generated, municipal officials say. HCM City should come up with a comprehensive...