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'Asian Nobel Prize' honors Professor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong
Scientist, Professor Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong received the 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Award in Manila, Philippines for her contributions to science.
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Vietnamese scientist receives award from the King of Thailand
Dr. Ngo Thi Thuy Huong and her colleagues at Phenikaa University were awarded the King of Thailand Awards for their work on plant treatment technology using vetiver gras…
Biology
Detection of 2.5-billion-year-old fossil microbes live without oxygen
Life on Earth survived thanks to oxygen, but surprisingly a few billion years ago, when oxygen had not yet appeared, there were germs of bacteria living.
Biology
Decontamination of soil contaminated with dioxin by biodegradation
Scientists at the Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have studied the topic of heavy soil decontamination of herbicides / dioxin by bi…
Scientific application
Testing of dioxin contaminated soil washing technology at Bien Hoa airport
On the afternoon of September 4, the Ministry of Defense and Shimizu Group announced a memorandum of cooperation and a plan to test the technology of washing dioxin cont…
Scientific application
Detoxification for dioxin victims by Hubbard
The first treatment for 22 patients (12 males and 10 females) were veterans, former youth volunteers infected with Agent Orange / dioxin at the Thai Binh Detox Center we…
Environment
How does Agent Orange destroy the environment in Vietnam?
During the Vietnam war, especially from 1965 to 1971, the US empire used many types of herbicides and defoliants to destroy us in terms of military and economy.
Environment
IPTD technology to treat dioxin in Da Nang airport
With this technology, soil and mud contaminated with dioxin (also known as Agent Orange) will be transferred into abutments, where experts will raise the temperature to…
Environment
The US participates in dioxin treatment at Da Nang airport
On the morning of May 8, Vietnamese and American experts began to consider the technical design of heat-absorbing technology to treat poisoning at Da Nang airport, a hot…
Environment
Da Nang cooperates with Japan to renovate dioxin contaminated soil
Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment cooperates with Kitakyshu University (Japan) to renovate soil contaminated with dioxin into farmland ...
Environment
The threat from the Chinese incinerator
In a developing urban area in southeast China grows a massive incinerator, smells of stench and miles away and emits a lot of black smoke and toxic chemicals, ...
Environment
Hundreds of billions of VND to clean up dioxin in hot areas
According to Dr. Nguyen Tien Dung, Deputy Chief of the National Steering Committee to overcome the consequences of chemical toxins used by the US during the Vietnam War…
Environment
National Plan to treat pollutants difficult to decompose
National Plan on Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants approved by the Prime Minister in Decision 184. Up to now, Vietnam has banned the use of 9/12 plan…
Science Events
Complete the dioxin cleanup in Da Nang in 2016
The Vietnam-US Joint Advisory Council on Agent Orange announces the project of remedying and treating the environment at Da Nang Airport will be completed within the nex…
Science Events
Soothe 'Orange pain' in 2012
In 2011, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Orange disaster in Vietnam, the movement of 'Action for Agent Orange Victims in Vietnam' was launched by the Viet…