VN paves way for cloud computing (04/10/2013)
Viet Nam will need to develop policies for state agencies to enable the nation's shift to cloud computing, said Nguyen Tien Hung, an official at the Information Technology Section of the Ministry of Information and Communications has said.
More FDI flows into science-technology (03/10/2013)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in the January-September period has exceeded the year’s target and amounted to over US$15 billion, with a large amount seen flowing into science and technology.
Vietnam climbs IT software exports ladder (03/10/2013)
Viet Nam has surpassed India in software exports to Japan to rank second behind China and is also among the top 10 software exporting nations, according to the IT industry business group.
Scientists leave research institutes, farmers become engineers (03/10/2013)
More and more scientific agriculturalists leave research institutes for better-paid jobs. As a result, farmers have to become unwilling inventors.
Penumbral lunar eclipse to occur this month (03/10/2013)
Information from the Vietnam Youth Astronomy Association says that a penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on October 18, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2013.
Latest reactor generation for Ninh Thuan 1 (01/10/2013)
The Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM has been selected as the technology provider for Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power Plant. In an interview with the Vietnam Economic News Online, Director of Investment Programs at Rosatom S. A. Boyarkin said Generation III+ nuclear reactor was the leading safety technology.
Ten Vietnamese named ASEAN media, security officers (01/10/2013)
Ten Vietnamese executives received the titles of Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at the 9 th ASEAN CIO/CSO Awards presentation ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City last week.
Biotechnology prioritised in science, tech development (30/09/2013)
The programme "Research on Development and Application of Biotechnology" (Ministry of Science and Technology) and the Institute of Biotechnology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) on September 27 co-organised the National Workshop on Biotechnology.
VNPT’s $150 million sea cable project cancelled (30/09/2013)
The Prime Minister has agreed to stop the implementation of the North – South sea optic cable project invested by the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT), using VND3 trillion worth of capital from Japan’s ODA.
Vietnam sees great opportunity from semiconductor industry (30/09/2013)
Experts believe that it’s now the right time for Vietnam to join the global IC production chain, a golden opportunity to approach to high technologies.
