January 4, 2012
Illegal poaching and deforestation have narrowed the wild tiger population in Vietnam to below 50, scattered at national parks and reserves, experts said at a conference Friday. Dr. Le Xuan Canh, head of the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, said at the Vietnam Forest Management Department conference that the number of wild tigers [...]
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December 30, 2011
A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]
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December 28, 2011
A foreign language class at Nong Lam University in Ho Chi Minh City Education officers admitted at a Friday conference that foreign language teaching in Vietnam has been a “failure,” as many college students cannot use the languages. Experts at the conference over a national foreign language project said that incorrect understanding of the subject has [...]
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December 14, 2011
Vietnam’s Party Secretary made national interests a top priority at a diplomatic conference that began in Hanoi on Monday. Nguyen Phu Trong said at Vietnam’s 27th diplomatic conference that national interests will always have the top position in the country’s diplomatic policies. Trong said diplomatic agencies need to follow independent, cooperative and peaceful policies, [...]
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October 27, 2011
Qatari Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) and Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil (L) attend the “Friends of Libya” group meeting held in Doha, Qatar. Libya’s interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Wednesday urged NATO to continue its Libya campaign until year’s end, saying loyalists of slain despot Moamer [...]
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October 10, 2011
The Tay Son (1778-1802) Dynasty's coin which was unearthed from a Nguyen Dynasty's high-ranking official. Over 400 archaeological researches have been carried out nationwide in Vietnam this year, according to reports at the national conference on archaeological discoveries held in Hanoi on Sep 29-30. Â In addition to the submission of 430 reports and announcements, [...]
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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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July 7, 2011
The Red River Delta has critical levels of toxic arsenic experts said at a Wednesday conference in Hanoi. Â Research presented at the conference showed arsenic poisoning from naturally occurring arsenic compounds in underground water in many places around the country, especially the Red River Delta provinces of Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Nam Dinh, [...]
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July 4, 2011
Professor Bui Ngoc Chau introduces a project to produce Vietnam's first microchip plant in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday. The first microchip plant of Vietnam will be the first step in turning Ho Chi Minh City into a semiconductor hub in the country and the region, experts said at a recent conference. Â Officials [...]
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July 3, 2011
A Vietnamese scholar who returned from a maritime security conference in the US last month said the East Sea disputes need to be controlled so they don’t affect the region’s security and peace.  Strengthening frameworks, including a code of conduct in the East Sea, makes related countries more responsible to their commitments and signed [...]
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