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Vietnam

2 Vietnamese Academics Receive Noam Chomsky Award for Scholarly Contributions

Two academics from Vietnam have recently been honored for their contributions in scholarly publications to further trans-national research.

Society

[Video] Raising a New Generation of Bamboo Lovers

Bamboo is booming. All over the world, people are rediscovering the plant’s massive potential and technological innovation has enabled its use in pretty much any product you can think of. But how would a designer, engineer or architect know which specific type of bamboo to use for a project? There are over 1,000 species: some have higher tensile strength than steel, others are extremely flexible or have the perfect thickness for a straw.