The best time to observe the meteor shower will be between 11pm and 2am when about 120 meteors per hour are likely to be visible if it is not too foggy.
It was named "Geminids" because it appears to radiate from the constellation Gemini.
Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through a comet's orbit or the debris left behind by a comet.
More than 100 substandard busesHA NOI — Ha Noi and HCM City transpot inspectors found that 114 of 343 coaches and buses did not meet exhaust fume standards after five random station checks.
The number is equal to 33.2 per cent of buses, three times higher than the average 10 per cent that typically fail to meet standards.
Science, technology festival for youth
HA NOI — More than 1,000 young people, including 300 foreign delegates from 10 countries and territories, aged between 5 and 19, will participate in the 2010 Youth Science and Technology Festival in Ha Noi this week.
The event includes different seminars and competitions to encourage the youth to develop and show their inventions.
The festival is organised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in-co-operation with its partners, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Viet Nam Science and Technology Association. — VNS
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