Three astronomic phenomena in late April (16/04/2013)
Three astronomic events will take place in late April, including a meteor shower, a partial eclipse of the moon, and Saturn coming its closest to the Earth.
BR-VT: Build action plans for development of science and technology during the period 2013-2020 (16/04/2013)
On the afternoon of 09 April, PPC conference comments on the draft action plan for the implementation of Resolution No. 20 - NQ / TW 6 of the Central Conference, XI on development of science and technology for the industrialization and modernization in the context of market-oriented economic socialism and international integration, with 7 major tasks.
Vietnamese searching website nurtures the dream of outrunning Google (16/04/2013)
A lot of Vietnamese searching engines, namely xalo, monava, and timnhanh, once stated that they would outstrip Google, but they finally died young, or had to shift to other business.
VNREDSat-1 satellite launch delayed (16/04/2013)
The launch of the Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Small Satellite (VNREDSat-1) will be delayed until late April.
Growing stem cells – a new profitable business in Vietnam (15/04/2013)
Vietnam is really a potential market for stem cell services with the increasingly high number of people suffering from dangerous diseases and the people who can afford the expensive services.
Vietnam considers building nuclear science & technology center (11/04/2013)
The Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute has urged to build up a nuclear science & technology center, saying that this is an important link of the national program on developing nuclear power, a crucial testing for the capability of implementing the program.
Vung Tau recognized as first-grade city (04/04/2013)
The assessment council of the Ministry of Construction has agreed to recognize Vung Tau as a first-grade city of the southern coastal province of Ba Ria Vung Tau, as proposed by the local government.
Global DDoS attacks have not hit Vietnam yet (29/03/2013)
Mr. Nguyen Minh Duc, network security director of Vietnam’s leading network security company--Bkav, said that Bkav has not recorded any attack to Vietnam from the historical DDoS (denial of service) attacks that are happening in the world.
Domestic anti-virus software doesn’t have many opportunities on home market (26/03/2013)
Analysts believe that new domestic anti-virus products will not be able to compete with the existing products on the market, even if domestic firms can get the support from the State.
Proposal to permit foreign ships engaged (25/03/2013)
According to the regulations of the Ministry of Transport, from 01-01-2013, foreign-flagged vessels shall not be permitted shipping on domestic routes. However, on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2013, this Ministry have still authorized foreign vessels to transport on domestic routes and this will be reduced from 01 April.
