Dr. Phan Toan Thang, a Vietnamese lecturer at the National University of Singapore, has transferred his umbilical cord membrane stem cell technology to two companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The nation’s five-year plan to change the IT industry from being assemblers to producing their own core products would not be an easy task, domestic information technology specialists say.

Provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have petitioned the Government to allocate VND220 billion (US$12.2 million) for pumping fresh water from various sources to mitigate the impacts of drought and salt water intrusion.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister will join the upcoming summit on nuclear security in Washington, DC this April, demonstrating the close relationship between the two countries, noted US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak.

About 400 tonnes of untreated waste was being discharged directly into Can Tho City’s lakes and rivers everyday, causing serious water pollution, said the city’s Department of Construction on Thursday.

The lives of tens of millions of Vietnamese people living in river basins will be affected by the increasing scarcity of water resources resulting from climate change.

Vietnam is in critical need of international help to develop a low carbon economy to cope with looming climate change aftermaths.

The Government will survey the popularity of telephone and Internet services in Vietnam in 2010, a plan that will be implemented by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC).

The Ministry of Information and Communications is collecting telecom firms’ opinions to design a 4G (fourth generation) frequency band plan.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh defeated China’s Bao Chunlai, the former world No 8 in the second round of the Proton Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuala Lumpur Thursday.