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The two metro lines that will connect downtown areas are among 57 major infrastructure projects that city authorities are calling for investment for the 2020-2025 period. The city envisages both routes being built under the public-private partnership (PPP) investment form. The east-west route would run from Nam O 1 residential area in Lien Chieu District through downtown areas to My Khe Beach in Son Tra District, while the south-north route will connect the Son Tra Tinh Vien nature reserve on Son Tra Peninsula, areas around the Da Nang Airport and the Khue Trung area in Cam Le District. The city also called for investors to build an electric metro train project connecting with the neighboring Hoi An Town, a famous tourist hotspot in Quang Nam Province. This project carries an estimated value of VND7.49 trillion to VND14.99 trillion. Another project is a 3.7-kilometer tunnel at the Da Nang Airport with six lanes that requires a total investment of VND8.2 trillion. The project's investment will be raised from the city's budget, official development assistance (ODA) and the PPP model. The city of 1.1 million also seeks investment for the Lien Chieu Port, which is expected to use VND3.4 trillion from the state budget and VND3.9 trillion from the private sector. The 220-hectare port, expected to spearhead Da Nang’s logistics development, will be built below Hai Van Pass in central Vietnam. City authorities are also seeking investors for other major projects like the 500-bed international standard oncology treatment center at VND11 trillion, the VND5-trillion Opera House, a VND3 trillion waste treatment plant worth up to VND3 trillion and VND4.5 trillion horse racing. Da Nang, the urban hub of central Vietnam and a popular tourism hotspot, is considered the country's third most important city after Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. …

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The events were selected from the following areas: policies and mechanisms, natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, applied research, international integration, and prominent scientists. This is the 15th year of the vote for the top 10 S&T events, attracting the participation of more than 60 journalists who cover the S&T sector from 25 press agencies. The nomination was assessed by prestigious managers and scientists. Below is a list of notable S&T events in 2020: 1. Prime Minister approves Programme on national digital transformation The Prime Minister on June 3 issued Decision No.749/QD-TTg approving the National Digital Transformation Programme by 2025, with an orientation toward 2030. The approved program has the dual goal of developing a digital government, economy and society while establishing Vietnamese digital technology enterprises that have the potential to go global. The digital transformation in Vietnam has seen more strong developments than ever, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has had such a strong impact on the socio-economic situation, trade, education, culture, administration and transport. 2. Successful research on SARS-CoV-2 virus * Successfully cultivating and isolating SARS-CoV-2 virus The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology announced on February 2 that it had successfully cultivated and isolated the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the laboratory, enabling quicker tests for the virus. With the achievement, Vietnam was then able to test thousands of samples a day when necessary. This also served as a basis for the development of a vaccine against the virus. * Researching and manufacturing quick test kits for the SARS-CoV-2 virus The Ministry of Science and Technology declared on March 5 the success of a research on a test kit for SARS-CoV-2 virus, making Vietnam among very few countries in the world to have succeeded in the research at that time. The real-time RT-PCR …

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The Hanoitimes - Vietnam-made satellite weighs some four kilos and belongs to the CubeSat category, a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that is made up of multiple 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm modules. Vietnam-made micro-satellite NanoDragon will go through a final test this month before it is put into orbit this September. Developed and built by the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) engineers, NanoDragon is set to be sent to the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan between March 8-22, to undergo quality control before being launched into the orbit, VNSC director Pham Anh Tuan said on March 2. Engineers at the Vietnam National Space Center works on the NanoDragon satellite. Photo: VNSC The satellite weighs some four kilos and belongs to the CubeSat category, a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that is made up of multiple 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm modules. In Japan, NanoDragon will undergo further tests in a simulating environment. Following the completion of these tests, the satellite is due to be returned to Vietnam before being launched by the Japanese Epsilon missile in September at free cost in line with the "Innovative satellite technology demonstration" program. NanoDragon is the product of Vietnam's nano-sized micro-satellite project for the 2016-2020 period, the VNSC director said, adding that its main task will be to integrate an Automatic Identification System (AIS) used for the purpose of tracking and monitoring vessels at sea. Besides, it will make use of an optical imaging device in order to verify the quality of the satellite posture controller while operating in orbit, Anh Tuan added. Currently, the VNSC engineers are putting the finishing touches to installing the ground station which will operate the satellite following its launch. The VNSC is a pioneer agency in the country that researches and develops modern space technologies that aim to support economic development and …

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