Tháng: Tháng Chín 2015

Hối lộ, chạy chọt… rất phổ biến

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12/09/2015 10:41 GMT+7

TT – Báo cáo của Chính phủ về công tác phòng chống tham nhũng năm 2015 trình Ủy ban Tư pháp thẩm tra ngày 11-9 đã thẳng thắn chỉ ra tình trạng tham nhũng vẫn nghiêm trọng.

Phó tổng thanh tra Chính phủ Trần Đức Lượng - Ảnh: LÊ KIÊN
Phó tổng thanh tra Chính phủ Trần Đức Lượng – Ảnh: LÊ KIÊN

Tham nhũng diễn ra ở nhiều ngành, nhiều cấp, nhiều lĩnh vực.

Tại cuộc họp, Phó tổng Thanh tra Trần Đức Lượng, thừa ủy quyền của tổng thanh tra, trình bày báo cáo của Chính phủ cho biết tình trạng nhũng nhiễu trong khu vực công còn phổ biến. Tiếp tục đọc “Hối lộ, chạy chọt… rất phổ biến” →

Human Freedom Index

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CATO INSTITUTE

The Human Freedom Index presents the state of human freedom in the world based on a broad measure that encompasses personal, civil, and economic freedom. Human freedom is a social concept that recognizes the dignity of individuals and is defined here as negative liberty or the absence of coercive constraint. Because freedom is inherently valuable and plays a role in human progress, it is worth measuring carefully. The Human Freedom Index is a resource that can help to more objectively observe relationships between freedom and other social and economic phenomena, as well as the ways in which the various dimensions of freedom interact with one another.

The report is co-published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

The Human Freedom Index

Economic Freedom of the World 2014
By Ian Vásquez and Tanja Porčnik

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 The index published here presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. It uses 76 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom in the following areas:

  • Rule of Law
  • Security and Safety
  • Movement
  • Religion
  • Association, Assembly, and Civil Society
  • Expression
  • Relationships
  • Size of Government
  • Legal System and Property Rights
  • Access to Sound Money
  • Freedom to Trade Internationally
  • Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business

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Sustainable Consumption and Production: a Handbook for Policymakers

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The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has published a new guidebook entitled, ‘Sustainable Consumption and Production: A Handbook for Policy Makers’, containing data on both the impact of unsustainable consumption and production, and the efficiency gains to be made by mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) patterns.

Follow the link to download the guidebook as a PDF

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Ready for success: Training manual for potential woman candidates in 2016 election

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23 Jun 2015 UNDP VN

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Besides equipping the readers with the most useful knowledge about Viet Nam’s political system and election process, the intention of this manual is to ensure that potential woman candidates understand they have the equal right to stand up, represent and raise their voice for the benefit of the entire community as political leaders. This comprehensive training guide is packed with practical advice on everything from public speaking, preparing an action plan to engaging with media. The manual also includes a summary of the political system in Viet Nam, the candidate nomination process and the role of different agencies in the candidate selection and election process.

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UN Human Rights and Civil Society

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Download OHCHR’s series of practical guides for civil society:

Civil Society Space and the United Nations Human Rights System - A Practical Guide for Civil Society Civil Society Space and the United Nations Human Rights System – A Practical Guide for Civil Society
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What you need to know about your contribution to the implementation of recommendations of human rights mechanisms
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United Nations Human Rights Council - A Practical Guide for NGO Participants United Nations Human Rights Council – A Practical Guide for NGO Participants
What you need to know about attending the Human Rights Council.
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Social Forum of the Human Rights Council - A Practical Guide for Civil Society Social Forum of the Human Rights Council – A Practical Guide for Civil Society
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What you need to know about training and funding opportunities for human rights.
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Samsung eyes role in Vietnam’s insurance, energy, fuel sectors

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TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 09/10/2015 17:31 GMT + 7

Samsung Electronics Vietnam employees work at the company’s phone production complex in Bac Ninh Province, located in northern Vietnam.
South Korean conglomerate Samsung has plans to expand its footprint in Vietnam following the notable success of its electronics business, head of the company’s Vietnamese unit said Wednesday.

Other subsidiaries of the Seoul-based firm want to join the Vietnamese energy, life insurance, and oil and gas sectors, Samsung Vietnam general director Han Myoung Sup said in a meeting with Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son in Hanoi. Tiếp tục đọc “Samsung eyes role in Vietnam’s insurance, energy, fuel sectors” →

Vietnam signs bilateral tourism cooperation agreements with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar

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TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 09/10/2015 11:00 GMT + 7

Tourism officials from Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar discussed solutions for luring tourists to their region and integrate their tourist industry as they met in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.

The five countries are member of a political, economic, and cultural bloc known as ACMECS and have agreed to turn the region into an attractive destination for global vacationers under a campaign called “Five Countries, One Destination.” Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam signs bilateral tourism cooperation agreements with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar” →

Extreme Weather and Food Shocks

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09 September 2015

Rob BaileyRob Bailey Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources
Tim Benton Professor of Population Ecology, University of Leeds
Taking smart and practical steps to ease the impact of the changing climate on food supplies is vital to ride out the droughts and storms that will impact food prices.
The US midwest was hit by its worst drought in over 50 years in 2012. Photo via Getty Images.The US midwest was hit by its worst drought in over 50 years in 2012. Photo via Getty Images.

chathamhouse – Recent events highlight concerns about the risks to global food security posed by changing patterns of extreme weather affecting the world’s ‘breadbasket’ regions such as the American midwest, South America’s southern cone, the Black Sea and the Yangtze River valley. In 2012, the worst drought to hit the US midwest in half a century sent international maize and soybean prices to record levels. In 2011, wheat prices nearly doubled after an unprecedented heat wave devastated the Russian harvest. The global food price crisis of 2007-08 had its roots in a run of poor harvests in previous years.

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Hand, foot and mouth disease spirals in Ho Chi Minh City

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Tuoi Tre News

Updated : 09/11/2015 14:46 GMT + 7

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), a contagious viral illness, is surging in Ho Chi Minh City, with the number of hospitalized patients in a recent week being over 30 percent higher than the average of the four preceding weeks, according to health authorities.

A total of 4,559 people, most of whom are children, were hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City from early this year to September 4 for treatment for HFMD, which means 100-150 cases per week, the municipal Preventive Health Center said. Tiếp tục đọc “Hand, foot and mouth disease spirals in Ho Chi Minh City” →

International fest for expats kicks off in Ho Chi Minh City

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Binh Minh – Dong Nguyen/Tuoi Tre News

Updated : 09/11/2015 16:15 GMT + 7

Visitors pass by a culinary booth at the “Ho Chi Minh City: Development and Integration 2015” festival on September 10, 2015.
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Thousands of people, including locals, tourists and expats on Thursday gathered in downtown Ho Chi Minh City for the opening of an international festival.

Titled “Ho Chi Minh City: Development and Integration 2015,” the fest held by the municipal Department of External Relations is an annual event for those foreigners living and working in Ho Chi Minh City to introduce their special cultural characteristics as well as to boost mutual understanding and cooperation among different countries. Tiếp tục đọc “International fest for expats kicks off in Ho Chi Minh City” →

The BRICs Hit the Wall: Emerging economies are a long way from eclipsing the West.

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GUY SORMAN

Summer 2015

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City-journal – At the beginning of the new millennium, it became fashionable to proclaim the West’s economic decline and the rise of a new global leadership. In 2001, Goldman Sachs analyst Jim O’Neill captured the trend by coining the soon-to-be-famous acronym BRIC, referring to the leading economically emerging nations—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—that would constitute that new leadership. Eventually, South Africa was added to the group, making them the BRICS, but many people still think first of the original four, and refer to them as the BRICs. Tiếp tục đọc “The BRICs Hit the Wall: Emerging economies are a long way from eclipsing the West.” →

Vietnam scores low in budget transparency survey

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TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 09/11/2015 17:01 GMT + 7

The Vietnamese government does not make much information on the national coffers available to the public, while the country’s legislature and auditor have adequate oversight of the budget use, a survey reveals.

The Southeast Asian country scored 18 out of 100 in the Open Budget Index (OBI), much lower than the global average of 45, the International Budget Partnership (IBP) said Wednesday, citing findings from its fifth biannual 2015 Open Budget Survey. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam scores low in budget transparency survey” →

Thất học vì… không tìm được trường

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(LĐ) – Số 207 LÊ TUYÊT – TRUNG THÀNH – 8:4 AM, 09/09/2015

Những đứa trẻ này không biết đến trường lớp, ngày khai giảng dù đang ở tuổi đi học

Tại Bình Dương, với những đứa trẻ là con của những người lao động nhập cư, để tìm đến trường, là cả một chặng đường nhiều “chướng ngại vật” mà rất nhiều bố mẹ đã không vượt qua được, không tìm được trường cho con. Kết quả là con cái phải nghỉ học.

Trẻ con cả xóm trọ cùng bỏ học

Chúng tôi đến khu nhà trọ đối diện Ban quản lý khu phố Hòa Lân II, phường Thuận Giao, thị xã Dĩ An, tỉnh Bình Dương vào trưa 5.9. Khi học sinh cả nước nô nức trong ngày khai giảng năm học mới thì hàng trăm đứa trẻ ở khu trọ này tuyệt nhiên không biết đến chuyện sách vở. Tiếp tục đọc “Thất học vì… không tìm được trường” →

Việt Nam lên tiếng về việc Trung Quốc phủ sóng 4G ở Hoàng Sa

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VE – Các nước có các hoạt động ở Hoàng Sa của Việt Nam là hành động sai trái, theo Người phát ngôn Bộ Ngoại giao Lê Hải Bình.

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Phát ngôn viên Bộ Ngoại giao Việt Nam Lê Hải Bình. Ảnh: Quý Đoàn

“Việc các nước có các hoạt động tại đây mà không có sự cho phép và sự đồng ý của Việt Nam là sai trái và hoàn toàn vô giá trị”, ông Bình trả lời câu hỏi của VnExpress trong buổi họp báo chiều nay.

Công ty di động Hải Nam thuộc Tập đoàn viễn thông di động China Mobile hôm 7/9 đã đưa vào sử dụng trạm phát sóng 4G tại đảo Linh Côn thuộc quần đảo Hoàng Sa, theo Xinhua. Sóng được phủ 7 đảo thuộc Hoàng Sa gồm đảo Phú Lâm, đảo Quang Ảnh, đảo Cây, đảo Hoàng Sa, đảo Tri Tôn, đảo Quang Hòa và đảo Linh Côn.

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