Sci-Tech

Mekong River seen facing heavy aquaculture losses
16/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Aquatic products output from the Mekong River will be halved to 200,000 tons a year in the coming time due to the impacts of climate change . . . Photo: www.enjoytravelvietnam.com The 4,900-kilometer river flowing through China,...
Polluted lakes to receive much needed treatment
13/12/2009 05:00
Environmental treatment to clean up 26 polluted lakes in Hanoi will be completed by the end of next year, said the municipal Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Truc Bach is one of 26 contaminated lakes in Ha Noi which will be cleaned by 2010...
Gov’t to spend $54mil to upgrade, repair dikes
13/12/2009 05:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to fund more than VND1 trillion for 51 provinces to upgrade their dike and embankment systems to combat future floods. Farmers build a 500 metre dike and embankment to combat anticipated floods in Tuy Phuoc District,...
Endangered pheasant encountered in central Vietnam
13/12/2009 05:00
The Forest Protection Agency in Thua Thien – Hue city has discovered a rare pheasant – Lophura Ewadsi – listed in the IUCN Red List Category. A railwayman saw a strange “chicken” crowned by a white comb in a cage near the Hai Van Pass...
HCM City’s canals heavily polluted
10/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Around 70 per cent of the canals in HCM City are heavily polluted, according to the latest report from the city’s Environmental Protection Department. Around 70% of the canals in HCM City are heavily polluted. The pollution has spread...
Council’s members doubt HCM City’s environment targets
10/12/2009 05:00
Many members of the HCMC People’s Council raised suspicion over targets to contain environment pollution as presented by the municipal government, . . . “The city government reported very round figures, but there remains a fact that over 30 rivers and...
VN’s mathematician in top ten scientific discoveries for Time Magazine
10/12/2009 05:00
Time Magazine on December 9 announced its top ten lists for 2009, and includes Vietnamese Professor Ngo Bao Chau’s solving of the “fundamental lemma”. Prof. Ngo Bao Chau (second from the left) at the awards ceremony of the Oberwofach Mathematics...