Barefoot scientist wins lawsuit about copyright in Vietnam (20/06/2010)

Bridge - A farmer in the highlands province of Dak Lak won over VND400 million from a lawsuit about violation of copyright on June 17-18 in Vietnam

“Barefoot scientist” and the peanut peeling machine

Backyard inventors steal the show at Techmart 2007

Farmer Hoang Thinh, who was granted copyright certificate for his invention of  brick fabricating machine and called “barefoot scientist” as he had designed and built many products for farming works, sued Nguyen Dinh My, an owner of Viet My brick production company in Dak Lak’s district Krong Ana.

Young PhD graduates lauded for achievements (20/06/2010)

Bridge - The University of Natural Science’s youngest PhD holder, 27-year-old Nguyen Huy Tuan, received an “Excellent Researcher” certificate of merit on June 17.

Government to invest $241 mil in student accommodation

The university, which operates under Ho Chi Minh City’s Vietnam National University system, granted the certificate to the student in the Math-IT Faculty after Tuan published two research papers in international magazines recently.

His achievements and good study records helped move straight from his bachelor’s degree to a PhD program without ever studying for a master’s degree.

Acceptance of subject: “Quality of teacher in primary school of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, real situation and solution” (18/06/2010)

On 5th May, Department of Science & Technology organized a conference to accept provincial subject of educational scientific at provincial level “Quality of teacher staff in primary school of Ba RiaVung Tau Province, real situation and solution”, MA degree Nguyen Huu Le (Education colleague of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province) acts as subject chairman.

Accept draft of two projects under enterprise support program in renewing equipment and technology. (18/06/2010)

On 12th May, Department of Science & Technology organized a conference to accept draft of two projects under enterprise support program in renewing equipment and technology in 2010.

Acceptance for subject of expanding lighting protection model in Xuyen Moc and Dat Do District (18/06/2010)

On 20th May, Department of Science & Technology organized a conference to accept “Expanding lighting model to support for people under Moc Xuyen District and Dat Do in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province”, headed by PhD Nguyen Xuan Anh acting as project chairman and implemented by advanced science and Technology Centre.

Acceptance of subject: “Study and build prevention plan from radiation problem in Ba Ria – Vung Tau region” (18/06/2010)

On 6th May, Department of Science & Technology organized a conference to accept scientific subject “study and build prevention plan from radiation problem in Ba Ria – Vung Tau region”, headed by PhD. Dang Duc Nhuan (Belongs to Institute of Science and nuclear Technology).

Acceptance of subject “Looking for water source at water deficiency areas of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province by geo-radiation method” (16/06/2010)

On April 21st, 2010, Department of Science & Technology organized a conference to accept scientific subject “survey to look for underground water source at some water deficiency areas of Ba Ria- Vung Tau province by radiation geography method”, headed by Dr. Vu Van Bang (Belongs to Environment – Earth Rays research Joint Stock Company).
Main purpose of subject is to manufacture geo-radiation meter to look for underground water at Suoi Rao commune (Chau Duc district) and Con Son (Con Dao district),

Regional Workshop on Safety Requirements for Site Selection and Evaluation for NPPs (09/06/2010)

On June 7, 2010 in Hanoi the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS) in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organized the Regional Workshop on Safety Requirements for Site Selection and Evaluation for Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) under the framework of the Asian Nuclear Safety Network (ANSN). The Workshop will take place from 7-11 June 2010.

Sign the contract to export over 80% rubber production in 2010 (09/06/2010)

Mr.Vo Huu Hiep, Vice General Director of Ba Ria Rubber One Member company Ltd., said that, till now, the company has signed a long-term contract to export rubber latex with over 80% rubber product which be expected to expoit in 2010 (about 5,200 tons).
In May only, the company expoilted about 600 tons of rubber latex, reached 60% plan.

Open-Source Could Mean an Open Door for Hackers (09/06/2010)

                                 A new analysis suggests that attackers exploit open-source software flaws faster and more effectively.
The ability to access the code of open-source applications may give attackers an edge in developing exploits for the software, according to a paper analyzing two years' worth of attack data.
The paper, to be presented this week at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, correlated 400 million alerts from intrusion detection systems with known attributes of the targeted software and vulnerabilities.