Sci-Tech

Experts urge plan to save rivers
01/11/2009 05:00
Water is not an endless resource and we have to save it for future generations as well as to protect rivers nationwide from dams and pollution from industrialisation. The Thi Vai River in the southern province of Dong Nai is one of many rivers heavily polluted...
Landslides threaten 1,000 homes
28/10/2009 05:00
More than 1,000 households along Gianh River in central Quang Binh Province risk being swept away in landslides due to strong tides and rising water. Soldiers help residents of Quang Phuc Commune in the central province of Quang Binh to reinforce dikes along...
New species of frog and gecko unveiled in Vietnam
27/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese and foreign scientists have announced discoveries of three new species of frog and gecko in Vietnam. The new species of toad discovered in Quang Nam (Photo: Nguyen Quang Truong) The first is a new species of...
Vietnam launches first atomic energy research center
26/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The country’s first atomic energy research facility was inaugurated in Hanoi on October 26. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (R) takes a tour October 26 of the country’s first atomic energy research facility at Hanoi’s Army Central...
VEA to hold series of debates on “Golden Air Route”
26/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Vietnam Economics Association said the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam did not object to a debate of the proposed Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City “Golden Air Route.” Tuan (1st, R) presents the project at the meeting with CAAV on July...
Capital to get four waste-treatment centres
25/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The capital’s 19 suburban districts will all have access to rubbish dumps by 2015. A worker levels waste before burying at Nam Son Waste Treatment area, Soc Son district, Ha Noi. The city is planning to build new waste treatment areas to...
Park chases off primate poachers
20/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Rangers in Chu Yang Sin National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac have intercepted four armed poachers hunting doucs. The patrol team of five rangers, armed with just an airgun, stumbled across the poachers in the centre of...