The Vietlife biological nano-plant was officially put into operation on June 20 at the North Thang Long Industrial Park in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has proposed the government to scrutinise the waste treatment system of Hong Kong Lee&Man Paper Group’s $1.2 billion Lee&Man Paper Co.Ltd before it comes into operation in August.

The program ‘Rencontres du Vietnam’ or Meet Vietnam along with the open of the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education has turned Binh Dinh into an attractive "revenue" for local and international scientists.

Vietnam Mobile Day 2016, the largest of a series of IT events in 2016, will be held in Ha Noi on June 25 and Da Nang on July 2. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Asia-American Gateway (AAG) submarine cable will undergo maintainence from 11pm on June 22 to 28. In these 6 days, the Internet in Vietnam will be affected.

 Some 28,000 volunteers and soldiers collected garbage along the country’s coastline on June 19 at the launch of the biggest ever national beach cleanup campaign.

 The US would continue working with Vietnam to lessen growingly adverse impacts of climate change, according to Todd Raymond Johnson, who is Forest and Climate Change advisor, the USAID Asia’s Office of Technical Services.

 The Ministry of Science and Technology said it is finding ways to spur growth of startups following the Government’s approval last month of a national scheme to support an innovative startup ecosystem.

 El Nino-triggered coral bleaching has spread to approximately one fourth of coral reef areas across waters around Con Dao Islands off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau since March.

 Viet Nam is expected to witness one of the largest growths in mobile broadband subscriptions in Southeast Asia together with Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines, by 2021.

Can Tho has been chosen as one of the 100 Resilient Cities (100 RC), a program of the Rockefeller Foundation, said Ho Thi Thanh Bach, deputy director of the Mekong Delta city’s Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Vietnam National Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) targets revenue of VND19.5 trillion ($877.5 million) in the 2016-2020 period.

VietNamNet Bridge - About 2 years ago, after watching a TV program on a foreign channel armored vehicles, Nguyen Dinh Chinh, 57, who runs a mechanics workshop, began to study and then make an armored vehicle.

 The environment ministry has objected to a hydropower project that would go up in Yok Don National Park in Daklak Province due to environmental concerns.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has ordered an investigation into a local titanium exploiter in Binh Thuan Province after a waste reservoir broke allowing huge amounts of toxic red mud to flood residential areas.

 Five modern technology trends and applications were introduced at the sixth Cloud8 Day, themed “The Internet of things – everything on the cloud,” that opened in HCM City on June 16.

  Kaspersky Lab researchers have identified a global forum where cybercriminals can buy and sell access to compromised servers for as little as US$6.

 A white-cheeked gibbon has been returned to the wild after being illegally kept by a family in Ha Tinh for 10 years.

  Seven analog television channels were to be switched off as of yesterday in Ha Noi, HCM City and Can Tho.

 The Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) has announced they expect a strong turnout to participate in this year’s annual Mobile Commerce Day workshop on June 18 in Ho Chi Minh City.