Sci-Tech

Logging threatens red pines
13/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Illegal logging is threatening the survival of Viet Nam’s thong do (red pine) trees in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Red pine (photo: nea.gov.vn) Belonging to the thanh tung (Tuxaceue) family, red pine (Taxus Wallichiaiw...
Urgent action needed to curb wildlife traffic
12/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Stricter enforcement of laws is needed to curb the increasing exploitation of wild animals in the Cat Tien National Park in the Tay Nguyen province of Lam Dong, For serious violations such the killing and transportation of rare and precious...
Talk probes on-line management of waste
11/10/2009 05:00
An online waste management system that closely tracks the discharge, transport and treatment of waste was the topic of a training seminar held on October 9 Hosted by National Administration of Environment, the seminar was attended by staff from the central...
HCM City’s hi-tech businesses express difficulties
09/10/2009 05:00
Businesses located at Sai Gon Hi-Tech Park October 8 said they have recruitment difficulties, electricity cuts, incomplete infrastructure and problematic customs procedures. Workers at Nidec Company in Sai Gon Hi-Tech part (Photo: SGGP) The comments...
Restaurants go green in Vietnam
08/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Don’t eat endangered animals and don’t serve them either – that’s the message from the World Wildlife Fund as it announces its Green Restaurant launch. WWF’s volunteers at a restaurant. Restaurants joining the campaign...
President Ho Chi Minh to be preserved with “special suit”
08/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese scientists have been instructed to come up with a “special suit” aimed at preserving the body of former President Ho Chi Minh. President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum in Hanoi His body has been preserved for viewing in a...
Eight companies suspended from production for air pollution
07/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – HCMC’s Binh Chanh district has forced eight enterprises in Le Minh Xuan Industrial Park to stop production activities for their discharge of harmful industrial smoke. “Many of the enterprises discharging harmful industrial smoke are...