Duyệt theo December, 2007

Expert: Low possibility for radiation exposure at oil rig

Three more workers were hospitalised on December 30.- A radiation and nuclear expert said on December 30 that possibility for radiation exposure to people working near…

Market research forecasts boom in PC sales

– Global provider of market research IDC believes that the Vietnamese personal computer (PC) market will jump about 29 percent in 2008 thanks to the countrys solid economic foundation …

173 oilrig workers contaminated after radioactive leak

. – Following a radioactive leak at an oilrig off southern Viet Nams Vung Tau City on December 28, 173 workers were yesterday found to manifest signs of contamination including 28 …

$100,000 cell phones added to luxury goods now in Vietnam

– Vietnams FPT Corporation has imported two Vertu mobile phones from the UK worth US$100,000 each.. The two phones have covers made of gold and 943 diamonds encrus…

Top ten ICT events of 2007

Products of Project 112. The Prime Ministers order to cease implementation of Project 112 in April 2007 was selected as the top ICT event of the year by the ICT …

Post office goes it alone from New Year’s Day

The Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) has been split into posts and telecommunication divisions.

4,800 projects applied for VIFOTEC award

Over the past 15 years, the Viet Nam Fund for Supporting Scientific and Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) has received 4,800 research projects from people of various walks of live, including chil…

Ministry encourages open source software

. The Ministry of Information and Communications has recommended state agencies use four open source software products – Open Office, Thunderbird, Firefox and Unikey.. . Dan…

Project focuses on environment, health

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Health have drafted the nations first-ever national programme on environment-related human health.. The mini…

Female pharmacist, physicists awarded Kovalevskaia prize

An individual pharmacist and a group of female physicists have been granted the Kovalevskaia prize for their achievements in scientific research and application.The annual prize, whic…