Sci-Tech

PM to consider wind power development plan before May
02/02/2010 05:00
The government has instructed the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) to draft a project on wind power to submit to the government for consideration before May 2010. This project can be based in the southern province of Ninh Thuan or any appropriate...
May be no tigers left in Asia by next Year of Tiger
31/01/2010 05:00
Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70% in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong, with the region’s five countries containing only 350 tigers, according to a WWF report. Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70 percent in slightly more...
Rice husks may fuel Mekong Delta
30/01/2010 05:00
Farmers pack dehusked rice before export at a mill in southern Tien Giang Province. The Mekong Delta can supply an estimated 4 million tonnes of rice husk as fuel for thermoelectric plants with a potential capacity of 500MW, according to the Mekong Delta...
Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau to teach at Chicago University
28/01/2010 05:00
Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau, who was recently praised as making the most important scientific discovery of 2009 by The Time, has agreed to become a lecturer at Chicago University, USA. According to the Newswise, the Vietnamese mathematician accepted the...
Dolphin gives birth while performing
24/01/2010 05:00
A 17-year-old dolphin named Hindri gave birth to her first calf while performing at the Suoi Tien Tourist Area in Ho Chi Minh City on January 23. Jimmy Sukat, the dolphin’s Indonesian trainer, said Hindri was showing signs of fatigue and didn’t want...
66 technologies win national creativity prize
20/01/2010 05:00
The Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations honored 66 winners of its 10th competition for technical creativity at a function held at the Hanoi Opera House January 19. The awards ceremony for the 10th technical creativity competition was...
Jungle Beach man discovers Black-shanked Douc in Ninh Thuan
19/01/2010 05:00
Thanks to the protection of Sylvio Lamarche, a 54-year-old Canadian, the number of endangered doucs in Hon Heo mount, Ninh Thuan province has increased from 110 to 150. Lamarche in Hon Heo mountain (photo: Tuoi Tre). Since then, he has become the...