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New Zealand’s Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor prepares a kiwi cheesecake at the Fonterra innovation and test kitchen in HCM City. — VNS Photo Thu Hằng Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City’s Party Committee Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân on Tuesday met with Damien O’Connor, New Zealand’s Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth, to discuss the development of bilateral relations in trade, investment, education and high-tech agriculture. HCM City is shifting to urban farming with a priority in high-tech agriculture, according to Nhân. He said that HCM City and New Zealand had opportunities to improve co-operation and share experiences as well as technology transfer to develop clean agriculture, and improve productivity and the value of products. Nhân said that he hoped New Zealand would create favorable conditions for Vietnamese products to access the New Zealand market. O’Connor said that Việt Nam, particularly HCM City, has huge … [Read more...] about HCM City seeks high-tech agriculture cooperation with New Zealand

Thủ Đức District Hospital doctors perform transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for the first time to treat a patient with a malignant liver tumour. Photo Thủ Đức District Hospital. Viet Nam News HCM CITY — District-level hospitals in HCM City are now using more advanced techniques and treatment, often performing at a level that matches city-level hospitals. The Thủ Đức District Hospital, which is considered only the district-level hospital in HCM City with the same quality as city-level hospitals, has successfully performed for the first time the non-surgical treatment, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), on a patient with a malignant liver tumour. The 58-year-old patient was hospitalised and diagnosed on May 12. During TACE, the doctors injected a chemotherapy medication into the patient’s liver through a catheter inserted into a femoral artery to prevent the development of the cancerous tumour. The procedure was carried out with a digital … [Read more...] about High-tech HCMC treatments

Sci-fi: An artist’s impression of Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park planned for Hà Nội’s Thăng Long Boulevard. Photo tapchitaichinh.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved updated plans for Hòa Lạc High-tech Park, to be completed by 2030 in Hà Nội’s outlying districts of Thạch Thất and Quốc Oai. The Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park, approved in 1998, is the first and the largest hi-tech facility in Việt Nam with total area of 1,586 ha. The park is located along Hà Nội’s Thăng Long Boulevard, convenient for transport links to Nội Bài International Airport and Hải Phòng deep-sea port. It is expected to become a model science city and a national hub for technology development and application. About 12,600 people are currently living and working in the park, and by 2030 the park’s population is expected to reach 229,000, half of which will be permanent residents. Core hi-tech fields to be developed in the park include information and technology, communication, … [Read more...] about Hòa Lạc Hi-tech Park to get update

Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park on Wednesday granted a license to HCM City Open University to build a research centre for high-tech education. — Photo Courtesy of HCM City Open University Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park on Wednesday granted an investment license to HCM City Open University to build a research centre specialising in education technologies in District 9. With total capital of VNĐ290 billion (US$12.7 million), the 8,985-sq m centre will include labs where researchers will create as many as 176 kinds of software for e-learning and learning management systems. The research centre for development of high-tech education will also offer e-learning and technical training, including for post-graduates, with the aim of serving 2,400 people each year. The centre’s first building is expected to open in 2019 and its second in 2020. — VNS … [Read more...] about Research centre on high-tech education to be built at Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park

Farmers take care of vegetables planted in a greenhouse in Ninh Bình Province’s Yên Khánh District. — Photo baoninhbinh.org.vn Viet Nam News NINH BÌNH – Hi-tech agriculture has helped Ninh Bình farmers earn more profit even though they have to invest more in cultivation, local reports say. In the northern province’s Yên Khánh District, 40 households in Khánh Hồng Commune joined in a 2014 programme to grow vegetables with technical support from the provincial Hi-tech Application Centre for Agriculture. Under this model, vegetables and fruit were planted in glasshouses with automated irrigation systems and the cultivation confirmed to VIETGAP (Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices) standards. The model has earned farmers profits of VNĐ90-100 million ($3,960-4,400) per hectare, much higher than the VNĐ50-60 million ($2,200-2,640) they would earn normally. Đinh Quốc Trị, a local farmer who participated in the programme said, “The model requires farmers to invest much more … [Read more...] about Ninh Bình farmers reap hi-tech agriculture benefits

Suits are produced for export at Kad Industrial.S.A Việt Nam Company in the Hoà Khánh Industrial Zone of the central city Đà Nẵng. The firm has 100 per cent foreign investment. – VNA/VNS Photo Văn Sơn Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — State Budget allocation for some infrastructure construction is among preferential policies and regulations that the Prime Minister has approved for the Đà Nẵng Hi-Tech Park in a new decision. Đoàn Hùng Anh, deputy head of the park’s management board, said that the PM’s approval would smooth the way for Đà Nẵng to call on more key investors to invest in hi-tech industries that the city has planned in the Master Plan until 2030, with vision to 2050. The decision, in general, would facilitate domestic and foreign investment inflow in the hi-tech park, he said. Under the decision, the Government will allocate State Budget funds for projects aiming to complete technical infrastructure in the park by 2020. The Government will also raise Official … [Read more...] about Đà Nẵng hi-tech park offers many sweet deals

Đặng Thanh Tân has been successful with his high-tech shrimp breeding model. — VNA/VNS Photo Thùy Dung Viet Nam News NINH BÌNH — More than two years ago, Đặng Thanh Tân, a farmer in Bình Minh Town, northern Ninh Bình Province decided to switch from breeding shrimp in traditional ponds to high-tech farming. Over the course of the same breeding period, the new technique brings about higher shrimp productivity and quality than the traditional method. By the end of 2015, after studying shrimp breeding models nationwide, Tan decided to renovate his farm by building a green house and spreading out a layer of canvas at the bottom of the pond. Tân said that the high-tech shrimp farming model requires breeders to build a pond with an appropriate area (2ha), as well as additional ponds assisting the main one. Several years ago, the shrimp he raised in the traditional pond yielded low productivity as the shrimps were affected by unfavourable weather conditions and … [Read more...] about High-tech shrimp breeding brings higher profits

Bình Dân Hospital’s annual scientific conference highlighted the latest high-tech techniques in surgery and medical treatment. —Photo courtesy of Bình Dân Hospital Viet Nam News HCM CITY — High-tech treatments have become an efficient coworker for doctors in diagnosis and treatment in Việt Nam, Trần Vĩnh Hưng, the director of Bình Dân Hospital, said at a conference held in HCM City on Saturday. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the hospital’s annual scientific conference, Hưng said that progress in treating disease had had a significant improvement on the survival rates and the quality of patients’ life. The hospital has been a pioneer in Việt Nam in using robots in minimally invasive surgeries to treat 14 kinds of disease and cancer. Through a magnified 3D high-definition vision system, surgeons can direct the robot’s hands to bend and rotate 540 degrees, far more than a human hand can. Dr Vũ Lê Chuyên, chairman of the Việt Nam Urology and Nephrology … [Read more...] about Robotics, high-tech treatment improves medical care in VN

Localities need to set up plans for hi-tech agricultural areas in accordance with regional growing and climate conditions.– Photo baodansinh.vn ĐÀ NẴNG – Localities need to set up plans for hi-tech agricultural areas in accordance with regional growing and climate conditions. This is the solution that delegates emphasised at an agriculture forum with the theme "High-tech application in agricultural production adaptation to climate change in the south central coastal areas". The forum was held on Friday in the central city of Đà Nẵng by the National Centre for Agricultural Extension and the Đà Nẵng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Knots removal Hồ Huy Cường, director of the Agricultural Science Institute for Southern Coastal Central Việt Nam, said that the area had ​​4.42 million hectares of natural land, of which agricultural land accounts for 18.7 per cent. The region has two distinct rainy and dry seasons and rainfall varies from 500 to 2500mm annually. … [Read more...] about Experts find solutions for high-tech agriculture

Xuyên Á General Hospital on October 20 officially opened its branch in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long. VNS Photo Viet Nam News VĨNH LONG — Xuyên Á General Hospital on Saturday opened a branch in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long that provides affordable high-tech healthcare services to residents. Construction on the 10-storey hospital started in October 2016. The facility has 1,183 beds for inpatients, and a staff of experienced doctors. The hospital has 28 departments, including interventional cardiology, open heart surgery, neurology, and spinal disorders. With total capital of VNĐ1.1 trillion (US$47.1 million), the hospital had a soft opening in August. After two months of operation, the number of insured patients accounted for nearly 75 per cent. It now has about 2,000 outpatients and about 800 inpatients per day. More than 20 patients with brain injuries due to traffic accidents have been saved by the hospital’s doctors. The hospital … [Read more...] about Vĩnh Long Province gets hi-tech hospital