Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the Fields Medal winner, on March 13 shared his experience in teaching and learning with Vietnamese teachers and students at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

As many as 132 new rice varieties, of which 45 receive national recognition, have been transferred to farmers nationwide by the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Rice Research Institute, contributing to improving cultivation practice and local farmers’ income.

A Museum of Science and Technology will be built in southern Dong Nai province, the Ministry of Science and Technology has announced.

Vietnam is a very important market for Canon, Kensaku Konishi, President and CEO of Canon for South and Southeast Asia, told Singapore-based Vietnam News Agency reporter.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has urged localities to attach the development of science and technology to their social economic development plans so they can be implemented effectively from next year.

A fishing Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) has been installed on 20 fishing boats in the southern province of Tra Vinh as part of the project “surveillance system for fishing boats, fishing waters and fishery resources” (MOVIMAR) funded by France.

The Ministry of Science and Technology will conduct a 200 billion VND (over 9.5 million USD) information project on nuclear power development.

Vietnam ’s first observation satellite VNREDsat1 will be launched into orbit on April 19, according to Vice Director of the Space Technology Institute Bui Trong Tuyen.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will provide 500,000 USD for central Da Nang city to bring information technology (IT) to its rural areas in 2013.

Two new national research academies, the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, formally open this week.

A project on monitoring fishing boats, fishing grounds and aquaculture resources using satellite technology, known in short as Movimar, is being implemented in 28 coastal provinces and cities to facilitate fishermen’s safe and productive operation at sea.

Scientists forecast around 40-45 geomagnetic storms would hit Vietnam this year with more powerful intensity than in previous years.

Major mobile network operators in Vietnam have warned mobile users to avoid eagling and texting on lunar news year’ eve period to prevent network congestion.