GFSI-MHE Manufacturing of Texas LLC from the US and Minh Hung Group ink cooperation contract. (Photo: VOV) HCM City (VNA) – GFSI-MHE Manufacturing of Texas LLC from the US and Minh Hung Group will join hands to construct a plant to manufacture products from recycled fiber glass under a contract inked in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26. Accordingly, GFSI-MHE Manufacturing of Texas LLC will transfer technology of producing goods from recycled fiber glass to Minh Hung Group. The advanced technology will help recycle a huge amount of waste, mostly used composite and fiber glass like plastic containers, aircraft and boat covers and distribution boards, while creating environmentally friendly materials, bringing in high economic efficiency. Lam Dao Hung, Chairman of Minh Hung Group, after technology transfer, both sides will build a plywood manufacturing plant in Tien Giang province with a total investment of 50 million USD. The plant is expected to be put into operation in 2019. The country is currently home to 35 solid waste treatment plants with total designed capacity of 7,500 tonnes per day. It discharges some 28.5 million tonnes of solid waste every year. Most of the solid waste is buried at high costs, affecting the environment and wasting materials for the recycling industry.-VNA
The Glass Technology Exhibition in Vietnam (Glasstech Vietnam 2013) is set to take place from October 31 to November 2, 2013 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) - 799 Nguyen Van Linh Street, Tan Phu Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City. The event is expected to bring together hundreds of leading glass companies in the region and in the world. Exhibits include industrial glass (flat glass, automotive glass, laminated glass, insulating glass, artistic glass, integrated circuit glass, solar cell glass, etc.), glass machinery, equipment and technology (glass production machines, glass processors and recyclers, hollow glass makers, glass…... [read more]
Next year, Vietnam expects to produce and provide a sufficient supply of vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease, an infectious and sometime fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle and pigs, as heard at a conference in Hanoi on December 18. Vietnam to produce foot-and-mouth disease vaccines next year.The conference was held by the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to review its performance in 2017 and outline tasks for 2018.After several stages of studies based on scientific and technical recommendations by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Regional Animal Health Office…... [read more]
The Ministry of Health kicked off a national effort yesterday to develop and produce at least 12 vaccines for human use, in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Technology. The ministry's programme aims to better utilise scientific and technological advances in industrial development and production of vaccines for the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation and epidemic prevention. It also aims to bolster the potential of local vaccine research, production, testing and quality control. Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said the programme would mark a new milestone in the country's vaccine production industry, in which vaccines will be produced…... [read more]
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will establish goods transportation information centres to make the sector more transparent, effective and efficient, according to Nguyen Van Quyen, Deputy Head of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam. The centre will serve as a place to connect transport companies with goods owners to maximise the transport capacity of vehicles and cut costs, said Quyen. The centres will provide more information than previous methods and boost transport productivity. They’ll also help reduce the number of vehicles travelling on the street and greenhouse gas emissions, he added. In 2014, the directorate created a project on reforming the…... [read more]
President of Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Vice Chairman of Committee of Science, Technology and Environment, Dr. Le Bo Linh, Chairman of Korean Research InstituteofEnvironment, Dr. Byung-Wook LEE, distinguished professors and many other participants attended the opening ceremony of the workshop. "Green growth" stems from the new theory that proposes the integration of environmental issues into economic development. It has become a new economic growth model, which is implemented by many countries and is encouraged and supported by major international institutions. Green economy defined as "A system of economic activities related to the production, distribution and…... [read more]
