The central coastal city’s high-tech park has attracted six projects valued at US$180 million from two Japanese and four domestic investors, said the head of the park management board, Phung Tan Viet.

Huawei Technologiesannounced that it will spend US$2 million for corporate social responsibility programmes in Viet Nam, which mainly focuses on training and developing ICT human resources of the country between 2017 and 2019.

 Forest rangers are ramping up efforts to protect the seven-elephant herd which recently showed up at the forest edge in Quang Nam province’s Que Lam commune.

 The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) internet cable line has been broken for the second time since the beginning of this year.

 The Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) opened in HCM City on February 20.

 Authorities in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have apologised for deforestation violations in the province.

US digital media and multimedia giant the Thoughtful Media Advertising Co. opened an office in Vietnam on February 16, according to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

 Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said that Hanoi is considering revoking obsolete motorbikes which are among factors causing more serious air pollution in Hanoi.

 Hanoi Party Secretary Hoang Trung Hai said the city would focus on renovating and cleaning up four rivers in the west of the city that are severely polluted.

 More than 400 university students have learned about pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammal, through activities held in Hanoi by the SVW and the students’ association of the Vietnam National University of Forestry.

 Da Nang’s IT and communications sector is facing a serious shortfall in manpower, as colleges and training centres are only able to supply a fifth of the human resources needed for businesses operating in the city.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday said he was always open to hearing ideas on nation-building from any scientist.

 Experts have expressed alarm over the nation’s poor management of invasive and harmful alien species after two cases were widely reported by the media this month.

 A number of science and technology events will be held during the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM-1) in Nha Trang city, in the south central province of Khanh Hoa, on February 18-21.

 The ICT industry grew strongly 2016 but challenges await in 2017.

2016 saw an explosion in technology startups, with some proving successful while others withered on the vine.

 Scientists from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have discovered 700 psychedelic rock geckos on Hon Khoai island, Ngoc Hien district in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

 The central province of Quang Ngai has decided to establish the Ly Son sea reserve of 7,925 ha in an effort to preserve marine resources and biodiversity and improve local livelihoods. 

 Binh Thuan Wind Energy Association is planning to develop eco-tourism at wind farms to raise funds and further develop clean energy.

 Upgrading the water environment of Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake is necessary and urgent work, Vo Tien Hung, General Director of the Hanoi Sewage and Drainage Co Ltd., said.