Sci-Tech

Sea eco-system yields $80 million per year
23/07/2009 05:00
It is estimated that Vietnam gets $60 to 80 million from sea and coastal ecological systems per year, said the vice chief of the General Department of Sea and Islands of Vietnam Nguyen Chu Hoi. According to scientists, around 11,000 species of...
Ha Noi council commits $72mil to pollution reduction projects
23/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Ha Noi People’s Council have approved a VND1.3 trillion (US$72.2 million) project to cut pollution by next year. Nam Son, Ha Noi’s largest sewerage treatment plant. Deputy director of the Ha Noi Department of Natural Resources and...
Hanoi eco-group replaces plastic bags with banner-bags
22/07/2009 05:00
A group of young volunteers in Hanoi are improving the environment one bag at a time with an inventive form of recycling. Hanoi-based 3R club members and students of Hanoi University of Technology pose with eco-bags on the school’s campus. A group of...
Hanoi hosts 2009 World Information Technology Forum
22/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The 2009 World Information Technology Forum WITFOR will be held in Hanoi on August 26-28, drawing over 150 leaders of advanced information technology corporations from 70 countries around the world, On the sidelines of the forum, a series of...
Vietnamese researcher produces chipset tester
21/07/2009 05:00
A chipset which has not been tested is priced at $0.15. It is $350 after being tested successfully. Intel has said it will buy into the chipset tester designed by a researcher from the Sai Gon Technology University. Le Phuoc Lam introduces the chip tester....
Private firms invest in HCM City waste treatment, recycling
21/07/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The country’s biggest commercial hub is being flooded with a mountain of rubbish that is becoming increasingly costly to treat. Ten other companies have invested in waste treatment facilities in HCM City. Each day, 6,000 tonnes of...
Eur1 million for developing wind power in Vietnam
20/07/2009 05:00
The Ministry of Trade and Industry and German Technical Cooperation Organization (GTZ) on July 21 signed an agreement on wind power development cooperation worth Eur1 million. Under this agreement, the German government will provide Vietnam with Eur1...