Sci-Tech

Contest picks green projects
06/04/2010 05:00
Fifteen environmental protection projects have been short-listed in Toyota Viet Nam (TMV)’s Green Ideas contest, organisers announced yesterday in Ha Noi. Children of Go Green Club perform to celebrate the launch of the Green Idea Contest 2009 in Hanoi. -...
Vietnamese scientist shares stem cell technology with neighbors
05/04/2010 05:00
Phan Toan Thang, a Vietnamese lecturer at the National University of Singapore, has transferred his umbilical cord membrane stem cell technology to companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Scientists of Taiwan’s StemCyte study Dr. Thang’s technology in Singapore....
Delta needs $12 mil to fight the drought
04/04/2010 05:00
Provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have petitioned the Government to allocate VND220 billion for pumping fresh water from various sources to mitigate . . . A resident in Dong Xoai Town of Binh Phuoc Province uses water from drying up Suoi Cam lake for...
Millions to be hit by drought
03/04/2010 05:00
The lives of tens of millions of Vietnamese people living in river basins will be affected by the increasing scarcity of water resources resulting from climate change. Summer 2010 to be very hot Global warming, El Nino make VN hotter, says...
Ministry probes clam stock destruction
03/04/2010 05:00
Farmers harvest clams on the Mekong River. Commercially bred clams in Tien Giang’s Go Cong Dong District have died en masse for reasons yet to be determined. Authorities in Tien Giang Province’s Go Cong Dong District are trying to find what is wiping...
Low carbon answer Head
02/04/2010 05:00
Vietnam is in critical need of international help to develop a low carbon economy to cope with looming climate change aftermaths. New rice variety seeks recognition for climate change survival Nearly 100 int’l scientists discuss...
Red River sand exploitation still a threat to local residents
01/04/2010 05:00
The illegal extraction of sand that has taken place since the beginning of March is threatening the Thuy Phu dyke corridor that runs alongside the Hong (Red) River . . . Illegal sand exploitation along the Red River is posing an increasing threat to local...