science

Ho Chi Minh City launches plan for innovation and digital transformation

February 25, 2026 | 09:00

Ho Chi Minh City to pilot 6G technology, establish venture capital funds, and introduce preferential policies under its 2026 science and tech plan.

New tax incentives to benefit startups and SMEs

February 09, 2026 | 17:27

Newly-issued Decree 20 introduces a package of tax exemptions and reductions, creating a more favourable legal and financial environment.

Vietnam, EU boost cooperation in science and technology

September 18, 2025 | 09:00

Vietnam and the EU are deepening cooperation in science, technology, and digital transformation.

Government-backed STEM loans launched by VBSP

September 03, 2025 | 15:54

VBSP is rolling out preferential loans for STEM students to support Vietnam’s drive to strengthen its sci-tech workforce.

National sci-tech exhibition to take place in Hanoi

August 26, 2025 | 16:31

An exhibition on sci-tech, digital transformation, and innovation will open in Hanoi on August 28 as part of activities to celebrate Vietnam's National Day.

Changes proposed to draft law on sci-tech and innovation

June 10, 2025 | 13:01

Businesses and experts are proposing changes to the draft law on science, technology, and innovation to create an enabling legal environment.

Keys to success for science, technology, and innovation

March 27, 2025 | 13:30

Science, technology, and innovation are the foundation for industrialisation and modernisation of the country, enabling the country to develop further.

Vietnam and Australia strengthen sci-tech innovation ties

June 05, 2023 | 15:46

An MoU between Vietnam’s MoST and Australia's DFAT is expected to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, technology and innovation.

Tests show UVC lamps could light the way in COVID-19 fight

May 11, 2020 | 08:28

NEW YORK: Could a new type of ultraviolet lamp be used in stations, airplanes and schools to kill dangerous viruses, becoming a game changer in the COVID-19 fight?

US laboratory identifies rare new HIV strain

November 08, 2019 | 09:13

A US healthcare company has identified a new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and said the finding showed that cutting edge genome sequencing is helping researchers stay ahead of mutations.

UK particle accelerator to reveal secrets of 2,000-year-old papyrus

October 04, 2019 | 08:55

A leading science facility in the English countryside is helping in a bid to decipher Roman-era scrolls carbonised in the deadly eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.

UN biodiversity meet wraps up, report due Monday

May 05, 2019 | 09:30

Diplomats and scientists from 132 nations wrapped up six days of negotiations in Paris Saturday (May 4) over the wording of a landmark report on the dire state of Nature and its impact on humanity, a UN official told AFP.

NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed

December 31, 2018 | 15:48

A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind, a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule some four billion miles (6.4 billion km) away.

'Super-Earth' discovered orbiting Sun's nearest star

November 15, 2018 | 11:23

A "Super-Earth" has been discovered orbiting the closest single star to our Sun, scientists said Wednesday (Nov 14) in a breakthrough that could shine a light on Earth's nearest planetary neighbours.