nasa confirms super earth that could hold life

NASA confirms 'super-Earth' that could hold life

In another step toward finding Earth-like that may hold life, said the has confirmed its first-ever in a outside our solar system.
first solar plan is no shooting star

First Solar plan is no shooting star

US-backed First Solar’s factory in Ho Chi Minh City will not see the light of day just yet after the firm said it was putting the facility under wraps for the time being.
oracle achieves world record result with specjenterprise2010 benchmark

Oracle achieves world record result with SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark

On October 5, Oracle announced that Oracle WebLogic Server 11g, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, together with Oracle Database 11g Release 2running on Oracle Solaris,
oracle unveils the sparc supercluster t4 4

Oracle unveils the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4

The world’s fastest general-purpose engineered system was unveiled today by Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison and Executive Vice President John Fowler.
rok bank funds solar power project

RoK bank funds solar power project

The Export-Import Bank of the Republic of Korea (Korea Eximbank) has approved a $12 million loan for a solar power generation project in the central province of Quang Binh.
how to play the incentives game

How to play the incentives game

Following on from Intel’s chip-making investment, first rate global companies such as First Solar and Nokia are making strategic decisions to invest in Vietnam as a competitive manufacturing base for the future.
rok consortium keen in vietnams solar energy

ROK consortium keen in Vietnam's solar energy

Hanwha Group President Kim Seung –youn expressed interest in solar energy in Vietnam , especially Ho Chi Minh City , during his meeting with the city’s Party Secretary Le Thanh Hai on June 18.

HCM City hosts lighting, home decor expos

Wind and solar powered lighting as well as other environmentally friendly products will be presented at two international exhibitions held simultaneously in Ho Chi Minh City later this year.
solar energy field hots up

Solar energy field hots up

IC Energy late last week broke ground on a $390 million solar photovoltaic production facility in central Vietnam, just two months after the US-based First Solar, Inc. started work on a similar plant in Ho Chi Minh City.
first solar cell factory started construction

First solar cell factory started construction

The solar cell factory is one of the important projects contributing to Vietnam’s development and energy security, said Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai at the factory’s groundbreaking ceremony in Quang Nam Province on May 14.
bmc software leverages sparc servers

BMC Software leverages SPARC Servers

To support continued innovation and reduce organisation-wide energy consumption, BMC Software has implemented Oracle’s SPARC Enterprise T-series servers with Oracle Solaris in its datacenters and research and development (R&D) department.
nasas dawn probe closes in on giant asteroid

NASA's Dawn probe closes in on giant asteroid

The Dawn space probe is closing in on its first target, the massive asteroid Vesta, almost four years after its journey began in September 2007, NASA said Tuesday.

Solar project gets to work

The Indochina Energy & Industry Company Limited (ICE) will start work on building a solar modules manufacturing plant at Chu Lai Open Economic Zone this month.
google backed startup zaps electricity waste

Google-backed startup zaps electricity waste

A Google-backed startup on Wednesday came out of "stealth mode" with a way to dramatically cut the amount of electricity wasted by data centers, solar panels, hybrid cars and more.
sun to shine on first solars green plant

Sun to shine on First Solar’s green plant

First Solar is rapidly building its solar module manufacturing plant in Vietnam.