Last updated: Thursday, September 1, 2011
Residents look at a map of the planned nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan Province’s Thuan Nam District. After scientists detected new faults near the site, experts have urged that the plans be deferred.
Two fault lines hitherto uncovered have provoked myriad calls for Vietnam’s nuclear power plans to be deferred...
Last updated: Saturday, July 9, 2011
Two officers of HCMC Preventive Health Center take water samples from the Saigon River for testing. (Photo: Tuoi Tre)
Local scientists raised concern yet again over alarming levels of pollution in the Sai Gon River at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.
The conference, held by HCMC Department...
Last updated: Monday, April 11, 2011
Simulated image of anticipated nuclear fallout from Japan released by the Ministry of Science and Technology on Sunday (April 10)
A plume from Japan’s quake-crippled nuclear power plant would enter Vietnam Saturday night, but wouldn’t pose risks to human health, Vietnamese scientists said.
According to a...
Last updated: Saturday, February 19, 2011
This picture taken in 2009 shows a masked worker in a lab coat sorting silicon wafers at the manufacturing centre of solar cell maker Trina Solar in Changzhou.
China has its eye on becoming the top science nation in the world, overtaking the United States and European nations, researchers at a US science conference said Friday.
After...
Last updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Vietnam provides electricity to Cambodia; Use of biofuels promoted for nation’s motor vehicles; Feasibility studies begin on inter-city express rail links
Vietnam provides electricity to Cambodia < />
Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) and the Electricity of Cambodia (EDC) on...
Last updated: Sunday, August 29, 2010
VnnNews – Hundreds of people came to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport Saturday to welcome home Professor Ngo Bao Chau, who won the Fields Medal – popularly known as the Nobel Prize for mathematics – in India on August 19.
Vietnamese Professor Ngo Bao Chau wins Fields Medal
Ngo Bao Chau accepts invitation to become...
Last updated: Sunday, August 29, 2010
VnnNews – Hundreds of people came to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport Saturday to welcome home Professor Ngo Bao Chau, who won the Fields Medal – popularly known as the Nobel Prize for mathematics – in India on August 19.
Vietnamese Professor Ngo Bao Chau wins Fields Medal
Ngo Bao Chau accepts invitation to become...
Last updated: Sunday, August 15, 2010
A new decree intended to encourage international investment in science-and-technology (S&T) research will become effective on Wednesday, September 1.
VnnNews – A new decree intended to encourage international investment in science-and-technology (S&T) research will become effective on Wednesday, September 1.
The Science and...
Last updated: Monday, May 10, 2010
Spending on science and technology throughout Vietnam’s provinces accounts for 0.5-0.7 percent of the total budget.
VietNamNet Bridge – Spending on science and technology throughout Vietnam’s provinces accounts for 0.5-0.7 percent of the total budget. Departments of Science and Technology have asked the Ministry of Science...
Last updated: Saturday, May 1, 2010
295 prisoners granted amnesty on national holidays; Khanh Hoa receives gifts of sovereignty from Truong Sa archipelago; Campaign against wildlife trafficking launched; ADB helps Vietnam reinforce irrigation system
Khanh Hoa receives gifts of sovereignty from Truong Sa archipelago The central province of Khanh Hoa held a ceremony...
