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Rhino fossils discovered at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Scientists have found three items of rhino fossil dating back between 30,000 and 50,000 years at a cave of the central province of Quang Binh’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

Hundreds of temperature records broken over summer

Nearly 400 all-time high temperature records were broken over the summer.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s beaches full of waste

Tonnes of garbage have been discovered dumped on beaches in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau City.

Green actions help ditch plastic in Da Nang

Pham Dat, 28, started up his own café shop – Tipi Coffee – in the central city of Da Nang in 2014, but started going ‘green’ by using bamboo straws two years later. The shop started using glass and stainless steel straws in 2017.

'Ozone hole vigilance still required'

It may be the smallest ozone hole in three decades but scientists are warning against complacency.

Policy and legislation to respond to climate change should be improved

In response to climate change, amendments to some parts of the 2014 Law on Environmental Protection are necessary, said Truong Duc Tri, Deputy Director of the Department of Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Hoi An faces waste management headache

Authorities in Hoi An are seeking measures to deal with the rising amount of waste.

Long term plan needed to respond to climate change in Vietnam

Le Thanh Tung, deputy head the Department of Plant Cultivation, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to Nông thôn Ngày Nay newspaper on the need to develop a long term plan to cope with floods in the Mekong Delta.

E-learning meets evolving needs

Vietnam's e-learning market is diversifying in terms of offerings but innovation must continue to keep up with demand and new trends.

AirVisual suddenly disappears from Google Play and App Store in Vietnam

Before "disappearing" from App Store and Play Store stores in Vietnam, AirVisual was the most downloaded air quality monitoring app in the country last week.

HCM City admits efforts to combat air pollution not fruitful

Further measures are required to tackle the air pollution that has been plaguing HCM City in the last few days, authorities have admitted.

HCM City’s lack of automatic air monitoring stations means public knows too late about pollution

A haze has covered HCM City on and off for the last two weeks and air quality has severely deteriorated according to some global weather monitoring websites, but city residents are not getting information about it in time from authorities.

Smart city challenges Vietnamese Gov’t and localities

In efforts to embrace the fourth industrial revolution, Vietnam's cities and provinces are pushing smart city programmes, combining technology with internet-connected devices to enhance municipal management and economy.

 

More data means smarter machines for Vietnam

More than 50 firms and 10 universities are developing voice data, but they are not sharing data to create a common database.

Virtual telecom operators eye opportunities in Vietnam

Virtual telecom carriers have a great opportunity to gain a foothold in Viet Nam’s market thanks to the country’s open regulatory environment and young and tech-savvy population.

 

Vietnamese social networks: what do they need to do to succeed?

Gapo, Lotus and Astra, the three Vietnamese social networks, have debuted within a short time. But Facebook remains the favorite social network in Vietnam.

Drones spray chemicals on fields as Mekong Delta eyes automation of agriculture

Drones are being used on a trial basis to spray crop protection chemicals in the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and Long An under the region’s high-tech agricultural programmes.

Urban areas in Mekong Delta face serious flooding

High tides, dykes and land subsidence are causing serious flooding in urban areas in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region, according to Nguyen Huu Thien, an expert on the Delta's ecosystem.

Hanoi asks for better straw management to reduce air pollution

The declining demand for field-dried straw has triggered crop burning in Hanoi’s outlying districts, leaving the city choking in haze.

Over 2,500 cyber attacks on Vietnamese websites in Q3

More than 2,500 websites with Vietnamese domains were attacked in the third quarter, meaning Vietnam stands in 10th in terms of the largest number of cyber attacks in the world.