Seeing biotechnology as a key solution to build a comprehensively developed and sustainable agriculture, thousands of farmers in Hai Duong Province have applied biotechnological achievements in agricultural activities over the past ten years, with agricultural productivity and output increasing year on year.
Associate Professor, Doctor. Pham Anh Tuan, the Director of Vietnam National Satellite Center when speaking about the importance of the Vietnam Universe Center project which has been kicked off at the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi said Vietnam needed to act on its own initiative concerning satellite technology. Vietnam Economic News' Tien Dung summarized some of his opinions and those of Nagase Toshio about the event.
Glass may be a beautiful material, but it is very delicate and fragile. Therefore, people have desired to overcome its material characteristics in order to more widely apply it in daily life. Many countries have been able to do this in practice. In Vietnam, super-strong glass has remained a major challenge. However, the National Institute of Mining-Metallurgy Science and Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Trade officially said that super-strong glass technology had been perfected to create heat-resistant bowls, tumblers, bottles and jars.
The 5th Vietnam International Electrical Technology and Equipment Exhibition 2012 (Vietnam ETE 2012) and the Greenergy Expo 2012 opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 25.
The launch of the F-1 cubesat, manufactured by FPT University, from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre on July 21 marks a new milestone in the history of Vietnam’s space industry.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan, is attending a United Nations meeting on science and technology for development in Geneva, Switzerland from May 21-25.
A seminar on financial strategies for preventing desertification in four main regions was held in Hanoi on April 16 by the General Department of Forestry and the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (GM-UNCCD).
"Revenue of the Hydraulic Construction Institute as well as many other institutes may double or triple if receiving funding support. Sci-tech organizations' management innovation under Decree 115/ND-CP just means a new way of management, further facilitating scientists," said Director of Hydraulic Construction Institute Nguyen Quoc Dung.
This year, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) intends to develop high-tech projects, support industries and information technology as part of its socioeconomic development. With this objective, HCMC has continued investing in the technology sector; encouraging enterprises to donate to technological development funds; called for businesses to expand the market for hi-tech products and efficiently exploited the domestic market.
Vietnam will host and chair the 14th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology (AMMST-14) and the 62nd Meeting of ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology ( COST-62) in southern Ho Chi Minh City from Nov. 21 to 26, reported local Vietnam News on Thursday.
Strengthening orders of scientific and technological projects and investment in key projects in Ho Chi Minh has helped bring science and technology into production and generate economic income worth million of US dollars.
