Vietnam-UK team decode Vietnamese rice genomes (29/08/2013)

The outcomes of a joint Vietnam-UK research project on sequencing the genomes of a number of Vietnamese indigenous rice varieties were made public at a workshop in Hanoi on August 28. 

Vietnam pays attention to nuclear power human resources (27/08/2013)

Developing Vietnam’s human resources for its nuclear power sector dominated a seminar jointly held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Hanoi on August 27. 

Phishing increasing in Vietnam (26/08/2013)

Experts have continuously warned about the increased phishing in Vietnam, but Vietnamese have turned deaf ear on the warnings.

Viet Nam develops maths thinktank (25/08/2013)

The Viet Nam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) has successfully created a special academic environment where scientists and university lecturers conceive new ideas and train rising talent, according to its executive director.

10th ARBS annual conference opens in Phan Thiet City (25/08/2013)

The 10th Asian Reproductive Biotechnology Society Annual Conference is taking place in Sea Links Beach, in Phan Thiet City in the central from August 19 to 25.

The made-in-Vietnam mosquito catcher (24/08/2013)

A machine which can suck mosquitoes into the mouth and swallow the insects has been made by a Vietnamese scientist.

Da Nang opens IT infrastructure system (22/08/2013)

The central city of Da Nang has launched its information technology (IT) infrastructure system, which includes a Metropolian Area Network (MAN), wireless internet, data centre and a centre for human training and research on IT applications.

Standards for protein-free natural rubber to be established (21/08/2013)

Vietnamese and Japanese scientists introduced the outcome of their latest joint research on methods to remove proteins from natural rubber at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on August 21. 

Vietnam tops world server attack rankings (21/08/2013)

Viet Nam has the highest number of website server attacks in the world (394), leaving Russia (34 servers attacked) and India (19) far behind.

Chinese 1960s’ backward technologies still used in Vietnam (21/08/2013)

Vietnam’s power consumption per capita is lower than many other countries, but it leads the countries in terms of the electricity waste.