Conversations on Vietnam Development
Two bird flu outbreaks among poultry have emerged in Vietnam’s central and southern regions, the animal health department said, warning the disease could spread to more areas.
Tiếp tục đọc “Bird flu returns to Vietnam; outbreaks kill thousands of poultry”
A retired Philippine police officer says President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was a mayor, ordered and paid him and other members of a “liquidation squad” to kill criminals and opponents.
The former policeman, Arthur Lascanas, told a news conference on Monday that he was speaking up because he was bothered by his conscience – including his role in the deaths of his two brothers, whom he ordered killed because they were drug users.
“I had my own two brothers killed. Even if I end up dead, I’m content because I’ve fulfilled my promise to the Lord to make a public confession,” he said, breaking into tears. Tiếp tục đọc “Rodrigo Duterte accused of paying police to kill”
01:43 AM – 05/09/2010 TN
Như Thanh Niên đã cảnh báo, sinh vật ngoại lai (SVNL) có nguồn gốc từ các nước khác liên tiếp du nhập vào VN gây ra những tác hại cho môi trường.
“Vô tư” xâm nhập VN
Theo Tổng cục Môi trường (Bộ Tài nguyên – Môi trường), do những yếu tố khách quan về vị trí địa lý, địa hình, điều kiện khí hậu cùng quá trình hội nhập kinh tế quốc tế đã tạo nên nguy cơ xâm nhập của các SVNL xâm hại vào nước ta là rất cao. Thực tế, trong nhiều năm qua, một loạt SVNL xâm hại đã có mặt tại VN và gây ra những thiệt hại không nhỏ về kinh tế, môi trường. Tiếp tục đọc “Lúng túng quản lý sinh vật ngoại lai”
DT Theo thông tin từ Tổng cục Môi trường (Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường), cơ quan này đã tổ chức cuộc họp với các cơ quan liên quan để thảo luận về sự việc phóng sinh một lượng cá lớn, trong đó có cá chim trắng (tên khoa học là Colossoma brachypomum) là ngoại lai có nguy cơ xâm hại vào ngày 5/2 vừa qua tại bến sông trước cửa đình làng Bát Tràng, huyện Gia Lâm, Hà Nội.
>> Đề nghị Bộ Công an làm rõ việc phóng sinh sinh vật ngoại lai xuống sông Hồng
>> Nghi vấn thả cá “ăn thịt” xuống sông Hồng: Cá chim trắng có phải loài ngoại lai xâm hại?
Tiếp tục đọc “Từ vụ phóng sinh cá chim trắng, tổng rà soát sinh vật ngoại lai có nguy cơ xâm hại”
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BY CHUCK SEARCY
For most Americans, the Vietnam War ended in 1975. But for too many Vietnamese, the war didn’t end then. They continued to suffer death, injury, and lifetime disabilities from munitions that remained on the surface or just under the soil. These weapons posed a constant danger to unsuspecting residents throughout the country—but especially along the former demilitarized zone.
Tiếp tục đọc “Project Renew: Ridding Vietnam of Unexploded Ordnance”
China has announced plans to revise a 34-year-old maritime safety law and start banning some foreign ships from its territorial waters in 2020.
Chinese state media reported that a revised version of the 1984 Maritime Traffic Safety Law would provide China with the legal firepower to restrict access to waters it claims as its own.
“The draft would empower maritime authorities to prevent foreign ships from entering Chinese waters if it is deemed that the ships could harm traffic safety and order,” the Global Times said in a recent report.
Tiếp tục đọc “China plans to block foreign ships from waters it claims as its own”
A new environment study paints a very bleak picture of Vietnam, measuring its air pollution as the second deadliest in Southeast Asia in terms of the raw number of premature deaths.
Deaths attributable to dangerous air particles in Vietnam jumped 60 percent from 26,300 in 1990 to 42,200 in 2015, according to the report issued jointly on Tuesday by the Health Effects Institute, a Boston research institute focused on the health impacts of air pollution, and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle.
In Southeast Asia, the country’s fatalities came second only to Indonesia’s, the study found. Vietnam has the third largest population in the region.
Ambient particulate matter ranks fifth among risk factors for total deaths around the world, after high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and high cholesterol.
Ambient air pollution is measured by the concentration of PM2.5, a fraction of the width of a human hair which is released from vehicles, industry, as well as from natural sources like dust.
Pollution in Vietnam worsened between 2000 and 2005, but improved later and thus stayed almost unchanged over the surveyed period.
High installation costs and relatively low power prices are making investors think twice about diving into Vietnam’s wind energy market.
The country has set a target of producing around 6,000 MW of wind power by 2030, equivalent to 2.1 percent of total electricity generation.
Deputy Trade Minister Hoang Quoc Vuong said Vietnam currently has four wind farms with a combined capacity of just 160 MW, implying that there is much more room for wind power in the country’s energy mix, the Saigon Times reported.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s wind power target blown off course by low profitability”
Thousands of followers of Thailand’s largest Buddhist temple have defied police orders to evacuate the 1,000 acre facility, hindering the search for the monastery’s former head monk who is wanted for allegedly accepting $40m of embezzled money and money-laundering.
Followers of the Dhammakaya Temple, north of the capital Bangkok, held posters on Sunday calling for police to retaliate and appealed for international attention and assistance.
“We have cooperated with the government every step of the way but this is one step too far,” Phra Pasura Dantamano, a temple spokesman and senior monk, told Reuters News Agency.
“We’re asking authorities to suspend the emergency law and lift their siege. Our supplies are low and we have been without power or water for three days.”
Police said on Sunday that non-residents of the temple must evacuate the premises to accelerate the search as temple activities were standing in the way of police forces, while resident monks were ordered to convene at an exit point. Tiếp tục đọc “Thousands of Thais obstruct search for wanted monk”
Minister says staging The Red Detachment of Women is a privilege but protest organiser says government needs to understand what the story is about
Protesters in Melbourne have called for a boycott of a visiting Chinese ballet performance that they say “glorifies the Red Army”.
The National Ballet of China is performing The Red Detachment of Women, created in 1964, , at the Arts Centre in Melbourne.
The state minister for creative industry, Martin Foley, said staging the ballet was a “privilege”, but protest organiser Frank Ruan described it as “like putting salt on the wounds of some Chinese people”. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese ballet show draws protests for ‘glorifying Red Army’”
Murder of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother strengthens calls for more sanctions as US urges China to keep pressure on North Korea
The apparent assassination of the North Korean leader’s estranged half-brother is strengthening bipartisan calls for the US to relist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, a designation lifted nine years ago. Doing so would increase the country’s isolation, while potentially complicating any future diplomacy to halt its nuclear and missile programs.
The US kept North Korea on its terrorism blacklist for two decades after the 1987 bombing of a South Korean airliner killed 115 people. But President George W Bush lifted the designation in 2008 to smooth the way for aid-for-disarmament negotiations. The concession proved of little value as the talks collapsed soon after and have yet to resume. Tiếp tục đọc “US lawmakers want North Korea put back on terrorism blacklist”
FILE PHOTO – Sailors man the rails of the USS Carl Vinson, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, as it departs its home port in San Diego, California August 22, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blak
BANGKOK: A United States aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea amid growing tension with China over control of the disputed waterway and concerns it could become a flashpoint under the new U.S. administration.
China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty in the South China Sea.
The U.S. navy said the force, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, began routine operations in the South China Sea on Saturday. The announcement was posted on the Vinson’s Facebook page.
The strike group’s commander, Rear Admiral James Kilby, said that weeks of training in the Pacific had improved the group’s effectiveness and readiness. Tiếp tục đọc “US carrier group patrols in tense South China Sea”
Climate change reportage in the Asia-Pacific needs to be stepped up and taken more seriously by the region’s media organisations. This was an issue agreed on by journalists and media educators who came together at a global journalism congress in Auckland earlier this month. TJ Aumua reports.
People stories
CNN Philippines editor Jose Maria Carlos says more “people stories” need to be told in the media to bring better interest and awareness to climate change.
“That is identifying families or individuals who have done something to deal with the impact of climate change. Whether it’s flooding, planting new types of crops that are resilient to the impacts of climate change, or simply moving out from dangerous areas to new locations. Tiếp tục đọc “WJEC16: Climate change reportage ‘needs stepping up’ in Asia-Pacific newsrooms”
Jakarta has a new award for courage in journalism honouring West Papuan editor Oktovianus Pogau, who died last year. The inaugural award has been made to reporter Febriana Firdaus, who has extensively covered human rights abuses in Indonesia, says the Pantau Foundation.
“We want to honour our colleague, Oktovianus Pogau, a smart and courageous journalist, who edited Suara Papua news and highlighted human rights reporting. He passed away at a very young age – just 23 years old. We want to honor his legacy by establishing this Oktovianus Pogau award,” said Imam Shofwan, chairman of the Pantau Foundation in a speech to a small gathering at his office. Tiếp tục đọc “Febriana Firdaus wins inaugural Pogau award for courage in journalism”
10:19 AM – 19/02/2017 TNO
Tiếp tục đọc “Vụ học sinh bị gãy chân tại trường: Thêm 18 giáo viên ‘tố’ hiệu trưởng gian dối”
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