The University of Science under the Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its new invention in bio-technology.
Students and scientists at the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) have carried out extensive research and developed products that help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Cuba on March 11 held a virtual conference to evaluate cooperation potential between the two sides.
Wakamono, a Ho Chi Minh City-based company that specialises in producing nano biotech materials, has invented a medical mask that is capable of killing more than 99 percent of both gram-negative and -positive bacteria, and enveloped and non-enveloped virus.
Bio-technology is increasingly used in agriculture, medicine, environment, and food, including Vietnam, according to Dr Dang Thanh Dung of the Ho Chi Minh City Open University’s bio-technology faculty.
Leading Vietnamese and Japanese experts and scientists shared knowledge and experience in medical research, biology and technology at a symposium held at Hanoi Medical University on November 24.
The Bio-technology Institute under the Hue University in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will be developed into one of the three national bio-technology centres on a par with ASEAN level under a project just approved by the Prime Minister.
The government of the Republic of Korea said on January 2 that it will spend 349 billion won (328 million USD) this year to develop new bio technology, as part of efforts to become a global biotech and medical industry hub.
Lam Dong province would like to attract investment in green energy and technology, a conference on investment promotion held by the Central Highlands province in Ho Chi Minh City on October 26 heard.
Three firms from the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong signed numerous memoranda of understanding on investing in the hi-tech agricultural zone in the south central province of Phu Yen on May 27.
The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is seeking investments for 53 projects worth 2.8 billion USD in transport, industrial zones, bio-technology, and hi-tech farming.
Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have completed an international project to develop a new rice variety that is disease- and insect-resistant with a high-yield, short-growth duration.
Three national centres for biotechnology will be established in the country as part of a recently approved plan for developing a network of facilities serving the sector by 2025.
Over 500 foreign and domestic scientists, lecturers and post graduates
joined the national bio-technology conference held in the central
coastal city of Da Nang on July 7.
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