On the path to quantum computers: Ultra-strong interaction between light and matter realized (31/07/2010)
This is an impression of the interaction between a superconducting electrical circuit and a microwave photon. Credit: Dr. A. Marx, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Gov’t chief okays three ODA projects (31/07/2010)
The Government chief recently ratified a project on agricultural development and two others on sewage treatment in the Northwestern region and the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu respectively.
(A corner of a seawage treatment plant – Illustration photo )
Economic restructuring from FDI leverage (31/07/2010)
Since Vietnam joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), the flow of investment capital has strongly runs into Ba Ria - Vung Tau, created an economic restructuring of the province towards reducing the proportion of exploitation industry, increasing the proportion of processing industries and services.
Viettel to cut mobile phone tariffs (31/07/2010)
HA NOI — The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has approved a proposal from military-run mobile phone service provider Viettel to reduce phone tariffs by 10-15 per cent, starting a new charge reduction race among providers.
The reduction will be applied to its post-paid subscribers with charges set for a basic package of VND890 per minute for internal-network and VND990 for internal-network calls, VND100 lower than previous levels.
Nano 'pin art': NIST arrays are step toward mass production of nanowires (30/07/2010)
This is a colorized micrograph of semiconductor nanowires grown at NIST in a precisely controlled array of sizes and locations. Credit: K. Bertness, NIST
NIST researchers grow nanowires made of semiconductors -- gallium nitride alloys -- by depositing atoms layer-by-layer on a silicon crystal under high vacuum. NIST has the unusual capability to produce these nanowires without using metal catalysts, thereby enhancing luminescence and reducing defects. NIST nanowires also have excellent mechanical quality factors.
Vietnam enters top 20 Internet usage rankings (30/07/2010)
Vietnam
With 24.3 million Internet users,
There are a total of 1.8 billion Internet users in the world and the top 20 countries account for nearly 82 percent of the figure, it said.
Largest freshwater fish on verge of extinction (29/07/2010)
The population of the Mekong giant catfish has plummeted 90 percent in just two decades and the species are at risk of extinction, says a new WWF report.
According to the report titled River of Giants: Giant Fish of the Mekong, the world's biggest freshwater fish and four out of the top 10 giant freshwater fish species can be found in the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
But their existence has been threatened by a combination of infrastructure development, habitat destruction and overharvesting, the WWF said.
Through the master plan for Con Dao’s social - economic development to 2020 (26/07/2010)
As per the master plan of social - economic development until 2020, Con Dao will be developed under the regime of special territory, become the sustainable, high-quality service and tourism economic zone , and in the long run as an ecotourism, historical and cultural tourism urban area; Con Dao will be formed to commensurate with the position of the outpost, contributing positively in the process of opening, international economic integration, national order, security and defense, closely link with the development of the Southeast of Vietnam. The planning sets out the targets to 2015 that is to attract 64,000 visitors /year and increase to 150,000 visitors/year by 2020. Preserve and promote biodiversity, exploitation and use of natural resources rationally and increase the value of national forests. Orient development of industries and sectors mainly in tourism and other services...
World Food Festival opens in Ba Ria-Vung Tau (23/07/2010)
Thousands of local people and tourists are gathering at the 2010 World Food Festival which officially opened in Vung Tau City in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on July 21. 500 different dishes are displayed on a 3-km session of Thuy Van Street under the banners “Taste the World”. Artists from 31 countries and 31 Vietnamese cities and provinces will perform more than 350 pieces of traditional music, dance and theatre.
Barriers for growth must be removed, says PM (21/07/2010)
Bridge - PM Nguyen Tan Dung just introduces an article titled "Rapid and sustainable development - The kernel in
