Sci-Tech

VinaPhone and MobiFone’s charges to may reduce 20%
05/07/2010 05:00
VNPT has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications for permission to slash mobile charges of VinaPhone and MobiFone from 10-20 percent under a plan submitted in early 2010. Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT)...
Police to check pre-paid mobile subscribers
05/07/2010 05:00
The Ministry of Information and Communications will cooperate with the Ministry of Public Security to verify the personal information of pre-paid mobile subscribers in big cities. The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) will cooperate with the...
IFC to finance sustainable renewable energy projects
04/07/2010 05:00
World Bank Group member IFC and Statkraft Norfund Power Invest AS (SN Power) have agreed to develop renewable energy alternatives to fix the gaps in Viet Nam’s electricity demand. World Bank Group member IFC and Statkraft Norfund Power Invest AS (SN Power) have...
22.8 million new phone subscribers in H1
02/07/2010 05:00
In the first half of 2010 Vietnam had an additional of 22.8 million phone subscribers, 12.2 percent up year on year, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Mobile phone users increase as fixed-line accounts...
Experts to join hands to research blood-sucking bugs
02/07/2010 05:00
A blood-sucking assassin bug collected by the Central Institute for Malaria – Parasitology – Entomology in Hanoi. The Central Institute for Malaria – Parasitology – Entomology has asked the Ministry of Health to conduct...
Scientific research investment is essential
02/07/2010 05:00
The objective of the strategy to develop the agricultural mechanical engineering sector is to meet about 45-50 percent of the domestic demand for agricultural machinery The objective of the strategy to develop the agricultural mechanical engineering sector to 2010...
Blood-sucking assassin bugs not very dangerous
01/07/2010 05:00
Vietnam has reported the bug break-out, but people should not be so worried about transmission of Chagas disease because the country has no sources of Chagas, asserted a senior scientist. A blood-sucking assassin bug collected in Hanoi....