HCM City prioritises hi-tech investment (27/03/2011)

Remarkable improvements in the investment and business environment have drawn more foreign and local hi-tech investors to Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in Vietnam.

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Vietnamese students to compete in ISEF 2011 in USA (27/03/2011)

Intel Vietnam Co. Ltd and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training (DOET) organized on March 26, an affiliate International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to select two of the best research projects for ISEF 2011 in Los Angeles.
This Intel science talent search encourages pre-college students to explore new and innovative ideas and develop solutions for many global challenges.

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Construction to promote green tech (26/03/2011)

The construction industry would be giving preferential treatment to investors in green technology, said Nguyen Tran Nam, deputy minister of construction.

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Opera Software scouts for Vietnam partners (25/03/2011)

Opera Software ASA on Wednesday said it is seeking Vietnamese partners to develop and localize mobile applications.
Phillip Gronvold, products manager of Norwegian company Opera Software, told the Daily on Wednesday that it is targeting local partners for mobile application development because Vietnam is a key market for the company.

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7.0 magnitude quake hits near Thailand, tremors felt in Hanoi (24/03/2011)

Two strong earthquakes struck northeastern Myanmar less than a minute apart Thursday night. They could be felt as far away as Hanoi, but a tsunami was not generated. 

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Overseas students go online with leaders (23/03/2011)

State policies to encourage overseas Vietnamese students to return to the country after graduation and the status of Vietnamese students in Japan received a great deal of concern during an online meeting yesterday in Hanoi.

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VN, Thailand vow to step up bilateral ties (23/03/2011)

Việt Nam and Thailand will continue to preserve and effectively develop bilateral mechanisms to deepen their cooperative relations.

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Work starts on solar cell plant in HCM City (23/03/2011)

The US-based First Solar Group began construction of a solar cell plant in Ho Chi Minh City at a cost of US$1 billion on March 22.
The plant will cover an area of 44.2 hectares in the South-East Industrial Zone in Cu Chi District and will produce thin-film solar power panels.

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Volunteers Report Radiation Levels Online (22/03/2011)

More than a week after a 46-foot tsunami devastated parts of northeast Japan, engineers are still working to regain control of a damaged nuclear reactor facility. Reports of higher-than-normal levels of radiation in milk and some vegetables are popping up in areas not far from the Fukushima reactor, and meteorologists have measured small levels of radiation wafting over the United States on very high altitude winds.

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Vietnam, Cambodia boost agricultural cooperation (21/03/2011)

Vietnam and Cambodia will jointly implement some 20 cooperative projects in agricultural science and technology, quarantine, forestry and seafood with a total investment of nearly VND365 billion (over US$17 million) from 2011-2020.

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