Surgeons successfully perform heart surgery on babies

LookAtVietnam Bridge - Doctors from the Hanoi Heart Hospital and the Ho Chi Minh City Heart Hospital have successfully performed surgery on three babies 6-19 months old, who suffered from ventricular septal defect.

Scientists breed rare Mekong River fish

LookAtVietnam Bridge - Scientists from the National Centre for Freshwater Fish Breeding of Southern Vietnam have successfully bred several rare species of fish indigenous to the Mekong River, saving them from the threat of extinction.

Vietnamese professor wins prestigious US maths prize

LookAtVietnam Bridge - A Vietnamese mathematician is to be awarded the George Polya prize by the US Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in San Diego, California, for his work in combinatorial theory.

Fierce competition benefits cell phone users

LookAtVietnam BridgeIn a context of high inflation, a continuous cut in prices of telecommunication services, especially for mobile phones, has made life easier for consumers.

Vietnamese agronomists do magic in Africa

LookAtVietnam BridgeIn just a year Vietnamese farmers managed to help Sierra Leone double annual rice crops to two and quadruple per-ha rice yield to four tonnes, an unbelievable success that international experts had for long dreamt at.

Seminar notes improvements of IP rights protection

LookAtVietnam BridgeInternational experts have took notice that Vietnam’s legal system on intellectual property (IP) rights has improved a lot which helps consolidate foreign investors’ confidence in the field.

HCM City to install environmentally friendly toilets

LookAtVietnam BridgeThe Petech Science and Technology Corporation (Petech) is planning to build 100 automatic public toilets (APTs) throughout Ho Chi Minh City in a bid to protect the city’s environment and outlook.

ITA and VNPT affiliates inked strategic deal

LookAtVietnam Bridge - ITA Telecommunication Corporation has signed the largest ever investment cooperation contract with an VNPT Group affiliate to deliver telecom and IT services in industrial parks and export processing zones.

Yahoo “ignores” Vietnamese rules?

LookAtVietnam Bridge – It is said that Yahoo is ignoring Vietnamese laws while trying to conquer the local market.

MMDS television service dropped in favour of 3G

LookAtVietnam Bridge – Along with licencing some firms to test mobile Wimax technology, MMDS television service will be put to an end by 2010 to reserve the whole 2.5-2.69 GHz band for 3G services, said a senior official.

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