hirty two teams are participating at the final round of the Vietnam 2012 Robot Creation Contest (Robocon Vietnam), being held from May 8-13 in Ho Chi Minh City.
A seminar on financial strategies for preventing desertification in four main regions was held in Hanoi on April 16 by the General Department of Forestry and the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (GM-UNCCD).
On March 30, 2012, a ceremony to hand over the 90 meter Self-elevating Jack-up Offshore Drilling Unit - Tam Dao 03 to VietsovPetro was held at the PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard Joint Stock Company (PV Shipyard) in Vung Tau City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province after 24 months of construction. This is the first time such a project has been completed in Vietnam.
Vietnam ’s Hanel One-member Limited Company will produce the first 3G lithium-ion batteries in the world with technology transferred by the Coccolo Corp. of Japan .
In the morning of June 14, 2011, at the Office of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) the 2nd meeting of JICA-STAMEQ Joint Coordination Committee of the Project on Strengthening the System and Operation of Standard and Conformity was organized.
On May 2, 2012, H.E.Nguyen Quan, Minister of Science and Technology has handed the Appointment Decision to Prof.Dr. Vuong Huu Tan, former President of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM), as the Director General of the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS).