Sci-Tech

Price race toughens market for local telecom firms
06/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The competition between the domestic mobile telecom service companies is getting tighter as they adopt a pricing strategy to strengthen their positions. MobiFone offers many promotion in pricing to attract new customers. The...
Mobile sector explodes
05/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s mobile industries have outstripped growth forecasts by regional experts despite a year of economic turmoil. Roger Barlow, chairman and CEO of RJB Consultants Limited, said some analysts predicted that growth would slow after 2007....
Central province calls for investment in wastes treatment
05/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Nghe An has called for an estimated 90 billion VND in investment in medical waste treatment to virtually solve its environmental pollution caused by hospital wastes by 2012. Under the provincial calculation,...
Vietnam to add one more digit to landline phone numbers
05/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is going to add another digit to the existing landline phone numbers in October to increase subscribers, according to a request by the Ministry of Information and Communcations (MIC). VNPT subscribers were added the number 3 in...
BKIS’ website hacked
05/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The website of Bach Khoa Internet Security Centre (BKIS), the leading Internet security centre in Vietnam, was hacked on October 5. The website has been operating normally since this morning. According to Vietnam Security...
Emissions tax suggested
05/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Research has shown that if Vietnam collects an emissions fee of VND316 per litre of fuel it will be able to limit pollution. Collecting an emissions tax is one of the suggestions of authors of scientific research on exhaust fume...
Gov’t to get tough with polluting firms
05/10/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) will make no concessions to polluting companies for any economic considerations, deputy minister Tran Hong Ha said last Friday. Cassava is grown on 3,200ha in the central...