Vietnam wins 6 medals to finish 7th at int’l math contest (01/08/2013)
All six members of Vietnam’s team won medals – three golds and three silvers – at the 54th International Mathematical Olympiad for high school students held this year in Santa Marta, Colombia from July 18-28.
Vo Anh Duc, of Ha Tinh Province in central Vietnam, and Pham Tuan Huy and Can Tran Thanh Trung, of Ho Chi Minh City, won gold medals.
Urgent need for Vietnam to tackle its computer virus problem (01/08/2013)
Vietnam has a goal to become an IT outsourcing powerhouse within the next 10 years, according to the White Book that summarises the state of the nation’s ICT.
Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years (01/08/2013)
The planet is undergoing one of the largest changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct. But what might be even more troubling for humans, plants and animals is the speed of the change. Stanford climate scientists warn that the likely rate of change over the next century will be at least 10 times quicker than any climate shift in the past 65 million years.
Socio-economic performance in first half reviewed (27/07/2013)
The Government convened its regular meeting on Thursday to review the socio-economic picture in the first half of 2013. The Ministry of Planning and Investment noted that the economy was on the right track in the reviewed period.
IT service market still awaits policies to spring off (26/07/2013)
Vietnam is considered one of the six countries in Asia which have greatest potentials in providing information technology (IT) services. However, it still needs a push from the State to develop.
Google Voice Search comes to VN (26/07/2013)
Following the recent release of Voice Search in Vietnamese on Android devices, Google has announced the arrival of Vietnamese Voice Search on desktop computers via the Chrome browser.
Seven Nobel Prize winners to come to Vietnam (26/07/2013)
Hundreds of international scientists, including seven Nobel laureates will come to Vietnam to attend the 9th "Meet Vietnam" in the central province of Binh Dinh.
Gov’t debates education reform project (24/07/2013)
Participants to the meeting deliberated on the draft project on comprehensive education and training as well as the Council’s working program in the 2013-2015 period.
Addressing the event, PM said the State has promulgated a number of policies to create a favorable environment and ....
Experts urge legal framework for nuclear power plans (23/07/2013)
The Vietnamese government needs to set up a national nuclear regulatory agency right away, to ensure the country’s nuclear project gets underway as well as keeping in line with international rules and guidance that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) demands.
New foreign technologies to be displayed in HCM City (23/07/2013)
