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Biology pioneer wins for work on fish

 Newly appointed biology teacher Vu Thi Mai Anh won first prize in food technology at Eureka 2017, a contest for research and technology students on the use of basa catfish fat for producing environmentally-friendly bio-plastics.

Da Nang beach faces serious erosion

 Sao Bien Beach in the central city of Danang’s Ngu Hanh Son District faces serious erosion. 

Provinces fail to meet Paris agreement

 The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is being helped to produce a detailed and workable draft plan to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. 

Vietnam increases renewable energy sources in production

 Vietnam increases renewable energy sources in production

Robot serves HCM City restaurant

 A restaurant in HCM City’s Thu Duc District has used a robot to serve customers.

HP unveils 2018 strategy for Vietnam

 HP Vietnam on Tuesday said that it was focusing on new solutions related to its three main areas: core, growth and future.

Vietnam, Google share wish for stronger cooperation

Vietnam and US multinational technology company - Google LLC want to boost cooperation across the fields of IT and communication as well as share information on the basis of respect for international practices and Vietnamese law.

Conference to talk cybersecurity facts, incentives

 A conference themed “Cybersecurity 4.0: Facts and Incentives” is going to take place in Hanoi on January 18 to provide the latest facts about information safety in the world and Vietnam.

Enhancing water cooperation through clean energy transition

A recent work shows if Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam take advantage of recent advances in renewable power generation and transmission technologies, they can achieve energy security at significantly lower social, environmental, and political risks. 

Waste tank cracks, pollutes northern stream

Hundreds of fish died en masse after an industrial waste tank cracked open in the He Muong Commune in the northern province of Dien Bien on Monday. 

Vietnam intensifies IPv6 adoption

 The use of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Vietnam in 2017 grew by 200 percent from 2016, heard a conference held by the Vietnam Internet Centre under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in Hanoi on January 16. 

Vietnam seeks to boost environmentally friendly brick production

 Province and city authorities have been told to stop investment in fired clay brick production and to prioritise investment in other environmentally friendly construction materials.

Apple faces iPhone slowdown legal action

 Two lawyers in Vietnam have started a movement to sue Apple over software that slows down older iPhones.

Finger reader for the blind wins EduHackathon 2017

 The Curiosity team with five members from Danang Polytechnic University won the first award at EduHackathon 2017 for a finger reader for the blind.

Special Facebook and YouTube data packages suspended

Domestic telecommunications providers stopped providing specialised inexpensive data packages to access Facebook and YouTube in order to create a fair playground between domestic and international digital content firms.

Polluted channel bubbles with toxic foam

 Ha Nam Province irrigation channel A48 in has been bubbled with thick, white foam for 10 years and the situation is worsening.

People facing online password dilemma

 With their growing dependency on online accounts, people are increasingly facing a dilemma – how to choose strong passwords to protect themselves and their data.

VN app market needs to stay on its toes: experts

 Viet Nam’s much vaunted digital access and advantages that arise from it could run out of steam unless it is renewed and made more substantial, experts say.

Facebook urged to delete defamatory content

  Information and Communications Minister Truong Minh Tuan acknowledged on Thursday that social network site Facebook has co-operated with the Government of Viet Nam in dealing with defamation of the nation.

Five Vietnamese female scientists win L'Oreal-UNESCO awards

 Five Vietnamese female scientists were granted the 2017 L'Oreal-UNESCO awards at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 12.