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Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City in the last year has applied a number of  advanced techniques in diagnosis and treatment, including organ transplans and PET/CT scans, according to the hospital director Nguyễn Trường Sơn.— Photo choray.vn HCM CITY — Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City in the last year has applied a number of  advanced techniques in diagnosis and treatment, including organ transplans and PET/CT scans, according to the hospital director Nguyễn Trường Sơn. The hospital conducted research on kidney transplants from non-heart beating donors, a national research assigned by the Ministry of Science and Technology. “It has brought great scientific value and benefit to the country’s organ transplant system, Sơn said at the hospital’s annual scientific symposium, held yesterday in HCM City. Over the last year, the hospital has used positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) scans to plan radiation therapy as well as microwave ablation (MWA) technique to … [Read more...] about Chợ Rẫy Hospital ups high-tech treatments

Deputy PM Vũ Đức Đam (second right) is examining food safety at a workers’ canteen in the Tân Thuận Processing Zone in HCM City’s District 7. — VNA/VNS Photo Đinh Hằng Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has urged HCM City to boost the application of high technology in tracing the origins of food products as a way to gradually change the habits of production and consumption to improve awareness of food safety. “In the long term, we need to meet the targets that ensure all people in the country can consume standardised and high quality food products like those that are for export,” stressed Deputy PM Đam y esterday . The Deputy PM made the request on a working tour to some food production and trading enterprises in HCM City where he also learned about their food safety activities. He also visited cooking areas and canteens for workers at such enterprises to examine the quality of food and hygienic procedures there. Visiting San Hà … [Read more...] about Deputy PM urges high-tech food safety

APEC 2017 a comprehensive success: Deputy PM Phạm Bình Minh Đà Nẵng Declaration stresses multilateral trade, inclusive growth 2017 APEC Ministerial Meeting Joint Ministerial Statement The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting adopts Đà Nẵng Declaration APEC needs to bolster its leadership Senior officials in disaster management of Pacific Rim economies gathered yesterday morning to begin the 11th Senior Disaster Management Officials’ Forum (SDMOF) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) in Vinh City, Nghệ An Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng NGHỆ AN — APEC disaster officials yesterday worked on a recommendation to leaders of member economies to use more advanced technology in disaster prevention given the "new normal" status of extreme weather in the region has been facing. Senior officials in disaster management of Pacific Rim economies gathered yesterday morning to begin the 11th Senior Disaster Management Officials’ Forum (SDMOF) of … [Read more...] about APEC urges high-tech to fight extreme weather

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (r) receives WB Country Director for Việt Nam Ousmane Dione in Hà Nội yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is developing its industry towards applying advanced technologies and wants to get consultancy from the World Bank (WB) on the matter, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. He was speaking while receiving WB Country Director for Việt Nam Ousmane Dione in Hà Nội yesterday. The Government leader said Việt Nam has strong and effective collaboration with large financial institutions worldwide, including the WB. He told his guest the country recorded robust economic growth and improved living standards last year amid global complexities. Ousmane congratulated Việt Nam on positive achievements it has obtained despite significant economic fluctuations in the world. He thanked the Government for cooperation with and support for the WB in implementing joint projects in Việt Nam, adding those that used non-preferential loans … [Read more...] about VN seeks advice from WB on high-tech industry: PM

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

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

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

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

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

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