Project aims to preserve medicinal plants

A project on preserving and developing two valuable species of medicinal plants is being implemented in the Pù Hu Nature Reserve in the central province of Thanh Hóa, said the reserve’s management board.

Little girl inspires organ donors

 The cornea donated by 7-year-old girl Nguyễn Hải An were transplanted to two people – a 73-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man – on February 26, 2018, four days after the young girl’s death.

Female scientists honoured with Kovalevskaya awards

Two leading female scientists, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Trần Vân Khánh and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Đinh Thị Bích Lân, received the Kovalevskaya Award yesterday for their contributions to science and society.

95 people off updated prof list

Ninety-five people have been removed from the list of newly-appointed professors and associate professors that was announced in early February.

Metro on track

A delegation led by Phan Xuân Dũng, Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for Science, Technology and Environment, inspected the Cát Linh – Hà Đông metro project on Tuesday.

‘Dead’ soldier reunites with mother after 33 years

The sudden return of a soldier thought long perished in Cambodia back in the 80s brought immense joys to his relatives, but puzzled authorities over what to do with the benefits his family has received in two decades.

Electronic tags for 3.2m vehicles by 2018 end

Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể has set the target of installing e-tags on 3.2 million motorised vehicles by the end of this year to enable electronic toll collection (ETC) at Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) stations in the following year. 

 

Long Xuyên quadrilateral provinces mull linking up

The implementation of a project called Co-operation to Develop Long Xuyên Quadrilateral Sustainably involving several provinces in the Mekong Delta will help exploit the region’s advantages, according to experts.

In Việt Nam 4.5m lack clean water

Việt Nam must exploit its water resources more efficiently if it is to ensure the remaining 4.5 million local people without tap water gain access, while at the same time the growing population and economy put additional strain on water capacity.

Student condos abandoned with no solutions for alternative use

While a student condominium project has been halted due to a capital shortage, plans to give it a second life as a social housing complex have run aground due to the failure of Hà Nội authorities and the Ministry of Construction to compromise.

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