Science and technology
Science and technology research and development
Vietnam takes a big step forward in international publications in social sciences
About 10 years ago, a mathematician said that Vietnam did not yet have social science study works. The comment seemed to be a bit harsh, but it did make sense, especially when it comes to international publications.Ten years later, the number of articles in the ...
Pham Hiep
Climate change research programme results highly practical: Minister
The outcomes of the national science-technology programme on responding to climate change and managing natural resources and the environment in 2016-2020 can be applied in multiple fields in society, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has said.By conducting 43 scientific research projects, ...
VN female researcher uses fuel cells for renewable energy
With a passion for renewable energy development, Ho Thi Thanh Van from the HCM City University of Natural Resources and the Environment has created research breakthroughs in the use of fuel cells, an important source of clean energy of the future.Fuel cell is an electrochemical ...
Le Ha
Three Vietnamese female scientists named among Top 100 Asian researchers
Three Vietnamese female scientists have been named among the 100 most outstanding researchers of the year, according to Singapore’s Asian Scientist Magazine.All of them received the 2019 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science National Fellowship, an award which honours the excellence of women who are on ...
Contest seeks digital solutions to traffic-safety education
A contest on digital technologies in traffic safety education and communication has been launched. Eligible participants include anyone under 16 years old. The Agency for Southern Affairs under the Ministry of Science and Technology in cooperation with the Centre for Young Science and Technology Development ...
Vietnamese scientist offers new research method to study effects of air pollution
Dr Tran Manh Tri from the University of Natural Sciences and his co-workers are studying the appearance of phthalates, called the ‘silent killer’ in indoor air, which can give predict their impact on human health and indoor air quality in the future.The important result of ...
Thien Nhien
COVID-19 early warning system developed by Vietnamese scientists
An early warning system for COVID-19 has been launched by the Institute of Prevention Medicine and Public Health (IPMPH) at the Hà Nội University of Medicine on March 1st. The system provides analyses on the disease threats and countries’ response abilities at http://covid19global.net. Besides counting ...
Pilot models of smart health and education operation centres launched in HCM City
The Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health and Department of Education and Training launched a pilot smart health operation centre and a pilot smart education operation centre in the city on February 11 in the presence of Politburo member and Secretary of Ho Chi ...
Made-in-Vietnam text-to-speech app reads to the blind
Text-to-speech technology has actually been researched and used around the world for many years, and is widely applied in services such as consulting, customer interaction, smart homes and smart traffic. The desire to have an artificial voice with the same emotion and tone of a Vietnamese ...
Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 Summit 2019 opens in Hanoi
The Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 Summit 2019 officially opened in Hanoi on October 3 as part of the activities to realise the Politburo’s Resolution No. 52-NQ/TW on actively participating in the Fourth Industrial Revolution to accelerate the national development. Under the theme of “Vietnam’s Strategy & Action ...
