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Vietnamese scientist introduces water-powered generator 

January 21, 2012
Vietnamese scientist introduces water-powered generator 

  A Vietnamese scientist and his colleagues in Ho Chi Minh City have introduced a generator powered by water with the application of nanotechnology. The generator,which is said to be a first in Vietnam, if not the world, was introduced by Dr. Nguyen Chanh Khe, deputy director of the Research and Development Center, at the Saigon Hi-tech Park, [...]

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Raffles Hanoi ordered to suspend several courses 

January 21, 2012
Raffles Hanoi ordered to suspend several courses 

  The Raffles International Training Center Hanoi has been fined and ordered to suspend its illegal diploma and bachelor courses, more than two weeks after similar action was taken against its sister organization in for the same violations. According to its registration license, the center can open short vocational courses in English, Marketing, Business Administration, [...]

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Vietnamese student’s iPhone app book published by US firm 

January 18, 2012
Vietnamese student’s iPhone app book published by US firm 

Vo Duy Khang (L) and his friends at Carnegie Mellon University, Australia A 22-year-old Vietnamese student has authored a book on how to build better iPhone applications published by a US-based publishing house. Last November, Vo Duy Khang made his debut as a writer with the book Pro iOS Apps Performance Optimization, published by Apress.  Written [...]

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US professor passes, ending years of dedication to Vietnam's healthcare 

January 17, 2012
US professor passes, ending years of dedication to Vietnam's healthcare 

  A US professor and an honored advocate for increased healthcare services for Vietnam’s rural communities died from a stroke Friday at 74. Before she died, Judith Ladinsky expressed her wish that her ashes be spread in Vietnam, the country she supported unceasingly since 1980. As a professor at the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University [...]

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Overseas Vietnamese warn about brain drain due to indifference to science 

January 16, 2012
Overseas Vietnamese warn about brain drain due to indifference to science 

  Many overseas Vietnamese scientists have been returning to the country in recent years to work in education and research, and they are troubled by the indifference shown towards both pure science and their return. Educational institutions needed to be more enthusiastic about pure science or the country would suffer a severe brain drain that could last for a [...]

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Endangered chimpanzees come to Vietnam zoo 

January 16, 2012
Endangered chimpanzees come to Vietnam zoo 

Chimpanzees at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Tuoi Tre). Two chimpanzees were placed on display at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The endangered primates came to Vietnam from from a Japanese zoo, with the male weighing 70 [...]

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Vietnamese wins second prize at int’l PC case modification contest 

January 16, 2012
Vietnamese wins second prize at int’l PC case modification contest 

    A Vietnamese has won second prize in an international online computer-case modifying contest, VnExpress reported Thursday. According to the newswire, Nguyen Dinh Ban received 273 out of 4,000 votes cast in the contest held by world-famous forum bit-tech.net and sponsored by Intel and Lamptron as well as others. Ban’s ROG Rampage received only [...]

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Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

January 14, 2012
Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

  One of the pleasures, and risks, of attending the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show is seeing a bunch of new products that look incredibly cool. Why a risk? Because things that look incredibly cool under carefully controlled conditions in Las Vegas sometimes turn out to be less than stellar successes by the time they hit [...]

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Education institutions fined for unauthorized courses 

January 11, 2012
Education institutions fined for unauthorized courses 

  The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has hauled up four educational institutions, including a Singaporean one, and fined some of them for illicitly offering degree and higher-level courses though they are not licensed to do so. Raffles in Vietnam, a member of the Singaporean-owned Education Corporation, is permitted by the Ho Chi Minh [...]

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Precious dolphins spotted in southern Vietnam 

January 11, 2012
Precious dolphins spotted in southern Vietnam 

An Irrawaddy dolphin   A group of the precious dolphin species Irrawaddy has been spotted at Kien Giang biosphere reserve in southern Vietnam. The group of around 20 dolphins were found around the Ba Lua islands, completely separated from other Irrawady groups at Thailand’s coastal lake Songkhla and in the Mekong River upstream, news website VietNamNet [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...