The Vietnamese team had four pupils competing and won three gold medals and one silver medal.

Green transformation in agriculture has become an inevitable trend to respond to climate change, protect the environment and produce sustainably. With this meaning, Can Tho City Department of Science and Technology organized a workshop with a theme: "Application of biotechnology for green production in agriculture", in the morning of July 31, 2024, at the Hall of Can Tho City Science and Technology Advances Application Center (166 Nguyen Van Cu, An Binh Ward, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City).

The competition offers the opportunity to receive funding of up to VND5 billion for each climate change technology solution that can be piloted in Vietnam, along with many other prizes from international businesses and organizations.

This is a workshop organized by Science and Technology Information and Statistics Center (CESTI, under Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology). The workshop will officially take place at 8:00 a.m., August 8, 2024 (Thursday) at Ho Chi Minh City Technology Exchange (No. 79 Truong Dinh, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) and online on the Google Meet application platform.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology announced the search for organizations and units to carry out the task of building a model of smart new rural communes and pilot e-commerce new rural communes.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology has just launched 9 Management Teams to implement science and technology programs using the state budget (Program Management Teams).

In order to strengthen the dissemination of intellectual property (IP) laws and at the same time, foster professional expertise for staffs working in IP protection in the locality, on July 23, 2024, Nam Dinh province Department of Science and Technology coordinated with the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Science and Technology to organize a conference on "Training to improve the effectiveness of intellectual property rights enforcement" for leaders and staffs of management and enforcement agencies related to the field of IP.

In the morning of July 22, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the French Agricultural Research and Development Center (CIRAD) held the first consultation meeting on the Prezode Initiative to prevent diseases spreading from animals to humans.

During the inspection of pesticide trading in the area, Lao Cai province Market Management Department handled 6 cases of violations, destroying 323 packages and 13 bottles of liquid pesticides not on the list of allowed those to circulate in Vietnam.

Fake agricultural materials have a significant impact on productivity, output quality as well as on the cultivation and breeding process of farmers.