January 16, 2012
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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January 15, 2012
Siphoned gasoline replaced by other liquids by unscrupulous tank truck drivers may be the cause of car and motorbike fires Two men pumping liquid into a tank truck after spiriting hundreds of liters of gasoline. Low quality fuel is now considered the prime suspect responsible for the many car and motorbike fires over the [...]
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December 14, 2011
A delegation of six Vietnamese students has won three silver and three bronze medals at an international science competition in South Africa, according to Hanoi’s education department. This is the highest achievement that Vietnamese students have made in the four times they attended the International Junior Science Olympiad, the Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training [...]
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November 6, 2011
Poster of the German Festival held in Hanoi on Nov 6. The German Festival was held at the Vietnamese German Center on the Hanoi University of Science and Technology campus on Nov 6. Initiated by the German Embassy in Hanoi and co-organized by the German Academic Exchange Service, the Goethe Institute and the Central Agency [...]
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October 21, 2011
A Google map wrongly following China's bogus claims to much of the East Sea, including Vietnamese territory and waters. Google’s web mapping service has again falsely depicted Vietnamese territory as belonging to China. In August 2010, Google Maps fixed errors that depicted parts of Vietnamese land territory as belonging to China, following a request from Vietnamese [...]
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September 1, 2011
Residents look at a map of the planned nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan Province’s Thuan Nam District. After scientists detected new faults near the site, experts have urged that the plans be deferred. Two fault lines hitherto uncovered have provoked myriad calls for Vietnam’s nuclear power plans to be deferred on safety considerations. Serious [...]
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July 16, 2011
Vietnamese and foreign scientists continue to disagree about the deity’s species and sex A giant soft-shell turtle considered a sacred symbol of Vietnamese independence being guided into a cage for a health check by handlers at Hoan Kiem Lake, in the heart of Hanoi, on April 3. The giant animal was released back to [...]
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July 9, 2011
Two officers of HCMC Preventive Health Center take water samples from the Saigon River for testing. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) Local scientists raised concern yet again over alarming levels of pollution in the Sai Gon River at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The conference, held by HCMC Department of Science and [...]
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May 17, 2011
Vu Mai Anh (L), a tenth-grader from Austin Texas and her cousin Nguyen Quoc Bao, a twelfth-grade student, won two awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Two Vietnamese-American students won a grand award at a major international scientific contest in the US on Friday.  Nguyen Quoc Bao, a twelfth-grade student, and his cousin, [...]
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April 11, 2011
Simulated image of anticipated nuclear fallout from Japan released by the Ministry of Science and Technology on Sunday (April 10) A plume from Japan’s quake-crippled nuclear power plant would enter Vietnam Saturday night, but wouldn’t pose risks to human health, Vietnamese scientists said.  According to a group in charge of handling information related to the [...]
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