Su Tu Den platform expects first oil in May 2010 (21/04/2010)
According to Petroleum Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), at present, PTSC Mechanical & Construction Company (PTSC M & C) and PTSC Offshore Services (POS) are promptly implementing the connection and trial run for the Su Tu Den platform (Black Lion). The oil rig expects to give the first oil in late May 2010.
Construction of a 25km ethane gas pipeline (06/04/2010)
In the morning of 25 March, the Ba Ria – Vung Tau People"s Committee had a meeting with PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PVGas) on building a 25 km- long ethane gas pipeline from the Dinh Co Gas Processing Plant to the LongSon Petrochemical complex (Long Son commune, Vung Tau City). Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Minh Sanh presided over the working session.
Odd kites at Vung Tau festival (27/03/2010)
At 8am, the kite artisans were present at Bien Dong resort to perform with their odd kites, attracting hundreds of tourists.
Hundreds of colorful kites in strange shapes filled the skies above Vung Tau in the second international kite festival held by the Department of the Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ba Ria – Vung Tau
Vietnam tops international LSI chipset design contest (26/03/2010)
Vietnam’s “Little Chickens” group defeated 26 international teams to win first prize in its first time at the prestigious chipset design contest in Japan called “Large Scale Integrated” (LSI).
Wind power plant to be built in Bac Lieu (17/03/2010)
Chairman of the southern
Vietnam attends int’l conference on nuclear power (15/03/2010)
A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong attended the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy in
Nation mulls plan to build nuclear power plants
Vietnam may have nuclear power by 2020
National Assembly deputies approve nuclear power project
2nd Nam Con Son gas pipeline to operate in 2014 (15/03/2010)
According to the leaders of Nam Con Son Gas Pipeline Company, the Government approved the adjustment on the development plan of Vietnam oil and gas industry in the period to 2015, and direction to 2025, including putting the 2nd Nam Con Son gas pipeline to into operation by 2014.
Baria-Vungtau hosts world gastronomy festival (12/03/2010)
World gastronomy festival 2010 will be held in the southern coastal
VN"s agricultural sector to go hi-tech (10/03/2010)
Viet Nam is set to phase out small-scale agriculture through the introduction of new technologies to agriculture that are expected to result in higher yields and more competitive farm produce.
The Government is heralding hi-tech farming as the path to reaching these targets while ensuring national food security in both the short and long terms. Total value of produce from the high-tech sub-sector has been targeted to reach 10-15 per cent of total agriculture production in the next five years, and 30-35 per cent by 2020.
Former HCMC university chief wins science prize (09/03/2010)
Dr Phan Thi Tuoi, a computer scientist and former rector of the HCM City University of Technology, has been named for last year' + char(39)+ N's Kovalevskaya Prize for her lifetime achievement.
Vietnam to attend international programming contest
Hanoi University of Technology to join ACM/ICPC 2008 finals
Hybrid rice strain fetches 500,000 USD
