Sci-Tech

Vote for the Earth!
19/11/2009 05:00
If you want to send a message to world leaders at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen from December 7-12, join the Vote for our Earth campaign at www.earthhour.org.vn. World leaders are set to discuss new ways to deal with climate change at...
Evidence of one-horn rhino in Vietnam
19/11/2009 05:00
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) used two dogs, brought to Vietnam from the US, to help seek the rare one-horn rhino in forests in southern Vietnam. After five days, the dogs found seven samples of rhino feces which can be examined for further...
Clean-up for ‘stinking’ rivers
17/11/2009 05:00
Work is to begin on a US$352 million clean-up of Ha Noi’s Nhue and To Lich rivers – the capital’s drainage system, whose stinking, polluted waters are damaging the environment. Workers unblock water flows on the To Lich River in Ha Noi. An US$352 million...
Air pollution reaches alarming level
17/11/2009 05:00
Air pollution in HCMC is at an alarming level as most air quality measurements recently taken at nine monitoring stations around the city show levels of dust, . . . Air pollution in HCMC is at an alarming level. (Photo: SGT) The latest results from the...
Freedom sought for bile-farm bears
17/11/2009 05:00
Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) has received more than 7,000 letters from around the world urging the Vietnamese Government to confiscate bears being held illegally. The letter-writing campaign was launched by the AAF after trying for two years to...
Surf, local residents destroy forests, erode embankments
17/11/2009 05:00
Several hundred metres of coastal forests have been destroyed by human activities and unusually strong waves in the southernmost province of Ca Mau over the last few years. A portion of a 92km-long dike passing through three districts in the southern province...
Vietnam to have largest meteor shower in 10 years
16/11/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese people are expecting a great meteor shower at about 3am on November 17 and 18. Nguyen Duc Phuong, a member of the Vietnam Astronomy Association, said that Vietnam has 10 meteor showers a year with some 100 meteors per hour. The...