Polluted Dong Nai River basin needs co-ordinated clean-up by cities, provinces: experts
Concerted efforts are needed by HCM City and the 10 provinces in the Dong Nai River basin to improve management of water resources and protect the environment, experts have said.
Content debate piques local interest
Following the ongoing showdown between Australian lawmakers and Google and Facebook, Vietnam aims to devise similar plans and force global tech titans to share some of the profits they make for using and sharing local press articles.
Vietnamese doctor develops new surgical method
After two weeks of research, Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Sinh Hien has successfully developed a new technique for aortic valve repair and replacement.
iPhone 12 users in Vietnam can now use 5G services
iPhone 12 users now can experience the features that 5G can offer.
Award-winning female lecturer devotes whole life to science
Associate Professor Truong Thanh Huong, senior lecturer at the Hanoi Medical University and expert at the Vietnam National Heart Institute under Bach Mai Hospital, has been given Vietnam’s 2020 Kovalevskaya Award
Vietnam strictly controls vehicle emissions to improve air quality
The Ministry of Transport has implemented a series of measures to control the emission of pollutants from motor vehicles, Head of the ministry’s Department of Environment, Tran Anh Duong, has said.
Hanoi to relocate polluting factories from downtown in 2021-25
Hanoi has set up a list of 90 industrial establishments that have to be moved out of the inner city.
Female lecturer, scientists win Kovalevskaya Award 2020
The Kovalevskaya Award 2020 on March 5 was given to a female lecturer of the Hanoi-based Medical University and a group of female scientists of the Institute of Natural Product Chemistry who have gained great achievement in research works.
Da Nang City urges protection of endangered primate population
Authorities of Son Tra District, in co-operation with the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation and GreenViet, have started researching the protection of the rhesus macaque monkey to drive troupes of monkeys back to the Son Tra Nature Reserve, Da Nang.
Sci-tech strengthens Vietnam’s shield against pandemic
Vietnam got through 2020 as one of only a few to fulfil the dual goals of containing the COVID-19 pandemic and developing its economy.
Facebook, Google, YouTube likely obliged to pay taxes in Vietnam
Foreign tech giants like Facebook, Google, and YouTube will have to pay taxes in Vietnam under a draft circular, after years of invoicing their revenues out of the country.
Map for national innovative startup ecosystem makes debut
The Office for National Program No.844 – Initiative for Startup Ecosystem in Vietnam (ISEV) has just introduced the first map for the national innovative startup ecosystem 2021. This map is a collection of hundreds of organizations, agencies and businesses, both domestic and international, state
