Sci-Tech

Mobile phone users increase as fixed-line accounts decline
09/05/2010 05:00
The number of mobile phone subscribers continued to rise in the first four months of this year while the number of new fixed telephone subscribers saw . . . decrease. The number of mobile phone subscribers continued to rise in the first four months of this...
Provinces want higher investment in science-technology
09/05/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Spending on science and technology throughout Vietnam’s provinces accounts for 0.5-0.7 percent of the total budget. Departments of Science and Technology have asked the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and provincial governments to...
Int’l study on software piracy in Vietnam incomplete
08/05/2010 05:00
Vietnamese experts Friday rejected a recent study on the country’s computer software copyright violations by two international organizations, saying it was incorrect and unconvincing. Software copyright purchase: no monopoly in Govt agencies...
Mobile operators spend $9 million on deluxe phones
07/05/2010 05:00
Around 14,500 Apple iPhone cell phones were imported over the last two months, contributing to the country’s trade deficit, according to the General Department of Customs. Vietnam swept up in iPhone craze? Ministry aims to slow iPhone imports...
Babies without teeth
07/05/2010 05:00
A family in HCM City has two boys who don’t have any teeth, like their maternal grandfather. Nguyen Trong Nhan, 6, and his cousin, Nguyen Khac Thong, 9 don’t have teeth. Mr. Nguyen Van Loi, 57, has five grandchildren, two...
Energy conservation in households
07/05/2010 05:00
Energy conservation has recently become not just a concern for industrial zones, office buildings and state administrative units but also for households. Energy conservation has recently become not just a concern for industrial zones, office buildings and state...
Rare fish presented to Vietnam Museum of Nature
07/05/2010 05:00
A man named Pham Xuan Thuy from the central province of Nghe An has presented a strange fish, which has been called a Moon fish, to the Vietnam Museum of Nature. Strange animals invade Vietnam’s land and water Strange creature in northern lake a...