Produce quality expected to improve with new controls (09/04/2011)
The quality of farm produce and agricultural products is expected to rise after stricter controls are imposed when the Food Safety Law takes effect on July 1.
Food safety inspections would be carried out from point of origin to final destination based on international standards, said Deputy Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Department of Agricultural, Forest and Aquatic Products Quality Control Department Phung Huu Hao.
New trends in FDI inflow (05/04/2011)
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Q1/2011 mainly flowed to processing and manufacturing, high-tech, and even research and development sectors.
US universities enhance education ties with VN (04/04/2011)
A trade mission comprising of representatives from around 60 universities, four-year colleges, community colleges and English-language programmes kicked off their trip to two of the fastest growing markets in Asia -
Rare turtle’s habitat discovered in Vietnam’s Central Highlands (04/04/2011)
A group of scientists have discovered that
Dr. Bryan Stuart from the US-based North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and scientists from Ho Chi Minh City University of Sciences, found eight southern Vietnamese box turtles (Cuora picturata) in the forests of Langbian plateau during a study conducted from July 2010 to January this year.
Deputy PM admonishes administration for sluggishness (03/04/2011)
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai stated at a national conference on April 2 that local administrations have remained sluggish in handling enterprises that are causing environmental pollution.
He said that since the issuance of Decision 64 by the Prime Minister in 2003, provinces and cities have had eight years to deal with polluters, but up until now, as many as 101 out of 423 polluters are still not dealt with. Four localities have not even completed the task of monitoring over 50 percent of the serious polluters in their area.
Gov’t still prioritizes inflation curbing and social welfare guarantee (30/03/2011)
Inflation curbing, macro-economic stabilization, social welfare guarantee, and public investment reduction are still the Government’s first priorities in coming time, according to the Government’s decision on Wednesday.
Nation on track with energy efficiency plans (29/03/2011)
Nam Dinh Water Supply Company's decision to invest VND700 million (US$42,000) in new pumping technologies in 2005 has paid off.
VN treasures ties with Laos (29/03/2011)
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Hackers target business secrets (28/03/2011)
Intellectual property and business secrets are fast becoming a target for cyber thieves, a study suggests.
Compiled by security firm McAfee, the research found that some hackers are starting to specialise in data stolen from corporate networks.
Vietnam has 25 scripts against tsunamis (28/03/2011)
To prepare for the rehearsal against tsunami, which is scheduled this year, Vietnamese scientists have built 25 scripts to give warnings to the people before tsunamis come.
Vietnam also lacks modern equipment and device to take initiative in measuring and giving warnings of quakes and tsunamis.
Scientists said that Vietnam should not be subjective with quakes and tsunamis because it is located in the position where probability of tsunamis is quite high.
A fault in western Philippines can cause quakes of 9 Richter scale and tsunamis. Within 2-3 hours, tsunamis can rush to Vietnam and destroy its central coast.
