Sci-Tech

Localities puzzled by tsunamis and earthquakes
30/06/2010 05:00
Leaders and residents at several provinces in Vietnam were embarrassed to discuss measures to deal with tsunamis and earthquakes at an online conference on natural disasters. Vietnam to build more earthquake warning stations Quake and tsunami...
MobiFone may not distribute iPhone
30/06/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – MobiFone official on June 30 told VNExpress online newspaper that the firm has not reached any agreement with Apple to distribute iPhone in Vietnam. iPhone 4G model appears in Vietnam iPhone sales fall after new version...
Intel assists IT expansion in Vietnam’s countryside
29/06/2010 05:00
Intel Vietnam will compile handbooks on how to use computers, the Internet and office software, to be distributed to people in isolated and rural areas from June 2010 till June 2015 under a memorandum of understanding signed with the Vietnam Public-Utility Telecom...
Foreign investors limited to 30 percent share in local telecom firms
29/06/2010 05:00
The operator of MobiFone, the Vietnam Mobile Service Company (VMS) will be restructured as a one-member limited liability company. A draft decree guiding implementation of the Telecommunications Law will limit foreign investors to...
Vietnamese students will attend Microsoft Office World Champs 2010
29/06/2010 05:00
Two students passed 350 contestants from 35 universities and colleges in Vietnam to win the tickets to the “Microsoft Office World Champion 2010″ in the USA this August. Vietnam, RoK sign IT cooperation document HCM City forges ahead in IT...
The first partial lunar eclipse in 2010
27/06/2010 05:00
Astronomers and young people on June 26 observed the first partial lunar eclipse in 2010 in Vietnam. Here are some pictures from VietNamNet and VNExpress: Astronomers and young people on June 26 observed the first partial lunar eclipse in 2010 in Vietnam. Here are...
Vietnam’s first heart-transplant patient recovers entirely
24/06/2010 05:00
Bui Van Nam, the first heart-transplant patient in Vietnam, could sit up on his bed to talk with Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu on June 24. Vietnam performs first independent liver transplant surgery The patient met...