Sci-Tech

WWF calls for support to protect rare wild cattle from extinction
06/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The World Wildlife Fund for Nature Viet Nam, in co-operation with central provinces, recently launched a project to protect saola and other endemic hoofed mammals Saola , along with two species of small deer, are incredibly rare species that...
Vietnamese American professor wins UNESCO award
05/10/2009 05:00
UNESCO is to present its Kalinga Award for the Popularisation of Science 2009 to Vietnamese American professor of astronomy Trinh Xuan Thuan and Indian professor Yash Pal. Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan. UNESCO is to present its Kalinga Award for the...
HCM City’s new clean-up plan
01/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Every household in HCM City should be committed to direct participation in keeping the surrounding environment clean, city officials said yesterday, October 1. Residents grow trees and clean the pavements in a resettlement zone in Tan Thoi...
Vietnam only SEA participants in UN programme
30/09/2009 05:00
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been chosen as the only Vietnamese province participating in a UN project to reduce greenhouse gas caused by deforestation. Deforestation is among reasons causing the increase of greenhouse gas. VietNamNet...
Endangered birds threatened by Central Highlands development
28/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Mi Liang Biang, a bird indigenous to Vietnam and considered extremely endangered, has been discovered in three sites in Lam Dong province. This species of bird ( Crocias Langbianis ) has been found in Da Nhim, D’Ran and...
Unique orchids discovered in Vietnam
28/09/2009 05:00
Experts of the Wildlife At Risk and staff of the Phu Quoc national park have found six more species of orchid on the Phu Quoc island, Kien Giang province. They are Habenariarestellifera, peristylus lacertiferus, Gramatoplyllum speciosum,...
Vietnam elected to WIPO’s coordinating committee
28/09/2009 05:00
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan is attending at the 47th WIPO General Assembly session in Switzerland from September 22 to October 2. This is an annual meeting of the WIPO General Assembly but this is the first time the...