Singapore hosts the world’s only Formula 1 night race. There's a new generation of hotels, including the dazzling Marina Bay Sands, which has an open-air pool on the 55th floor. Built at a cost of £3.7 billion, the hotel claims to be a wonder of the world, at least in terms of scale. There are 10,000 staff, 21 restaurants and 2,561 bedrooms in 18 categories. … [Read more...] about Singapore: from colonial backwater to high-tech city state
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Attracting young professionals to high-tech sectors
(VEN) - To provide incentives and creating favorable working environments for young professionals to participate in high-tech development has been an issue that has received major attention from both domestic and foreign scientists at a conference recently held in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). High-tech development is being prioritized as a nucleus for the country's industrialization and modernization. Low-valued scientific achievements due to an insufficient work force … [Read more...] about Attracting young professionals to high-tech sectors
High-tech agriculture takes root
The agriculture sector for many years was an ugly duckling for investors. However, more investors are seeing its huge profit potential with the harnessing of advanced technologies for agriculture manufacturing. Linh Thuy reports. But now TH True Milk is a popular brand in Vietnam. TH Group, a fledging domestic agricultural company and the owner of TH True Milk brand, last year reported its revenue was VND1 trillion or $48 million. … [Read more...] about High-tech agriculture takes root
Foreign investors fuel rise in high-tech trends
Japanese, American and Taiwanese companies are pouring large sums of money into the hi-tech industry in Viet Nam, in light of the country's recent membership to the World Trade Organisation, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Many Japanese corporations including Sanyo, Matsushita, Sony as well as Fujitsu, Toshiba and Nidec, are stepping up their investments in the country. The Japanese Canon company, after investing 100 million USD in a laser printer factory in Thang Long Industrial Park in Ha Noi, will invest 100 million USD in a new factory in northern Bac Ninh province. That additional investment will turn Viet Nam into Canon's biggest laser printer production base, with a capacity of 700,000 products a month, or 80 per cent of the company's annual output. Canon hopes to earn 1 billion USD in turnover this year. It has invested nearly 300 million USD in Viet Nam, company officials said. Japan's Nidec Corporation President Shigenobu Nagamori said two plants … [Read more...] about Foreign investors fuel rise in high-tech trends
Vĩnh Long’s high-tech agriculture pays off
Nguyễn Văn Sua, a farmer in Long Hồ District’s Phước Hậu Commune, said in 2016 he got good results from his 1,000 sq.m net house where he grew vegetables.The output in the net house was two to three times higher than vegetables grown in open-air fields, he said, adding that the survival rate is also higher.“After more than one year, I now have a second net house with an area of 2,000 sq.m for cultivating vegetables,” he said.With advanced farming techniques and environmental friendly production, urban agriculture needs less land area than traditional farming.The province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has helped farmers in Vĩnh Long City and Bình Minh Town develop 37 orchid cultivation models with a total of 37,000 pots of orchids.Last year, Lâm Quốc Hưng in Vĩnh Long City’s Trường An Commune was provided 1,000 pots of orchids by the city’s Agriculture … [Read more...] about Vĩnh Long’s high-tech agriculture pays off