Conversations on Vietnam Development
Thanh Niên 02/11/2015
 Nằm sâu trong con hẻm 109 Nguyễn Thiện Thuật (phường 2, quận 3), quán cà phê Cheo Leo đang được những người con của ông Vĩnh Ngô – người sáng lập quán từ cuối thập niên 30 của thế kỷ trước, tiếp tục gìn giữ Continue reading “Cheo Leo, quán cà phê vợt lâu đời nhất Sài Gòn” |
Updated June 29, 2017
New imagery shows that while China is keeping attention focused on its negotiations with Southeast Asian countries over basic principles to manage the South China Sea disputes, its construction of military and dual-use facilities on the Spratly Islands continues. New missile shelters, radar/communications facilities, and other infrastructure are going in on Fiery Cross, Mischief, and Subi Reefs, suggesting that while the region is engaged in peaceful discussion, China remains committed to developing its power projection capabilities.
Continue reading “UPDATED: China’s Big Three Near Completion”
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China issued new regulations on Friday around online video content, directing streaming platforms to eliminate a range of programs in yet another tightening of controls on the Chinese Internet.
BEIJING: China issued new regulations on Friday (Jun 30) around online video content, directing streaming platforms to eliminate a range of programs in yet another tightening of controls on the Chinese Internet.
Among the films, dramas and cartoons targeted by the China Netcasting Services Assocation’s (CNSA) rules are those “demonstrating ‘abnormal’ sexual relations or acts, such as… homosexuality.” Continue reading “China bans online videos showing homosexuality, affairs”
A group of the world’s leading thinkers on climate change have issued an urgent call for the world to reach peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, as global leaders prepare for a gathering in Germany next month.
The group, led by former United Nations climate chief and Paris Agreement architect Christiana Figueres, warns in a piece published in the journal Nature that the planet could face unsafe — and irreversible – levels of temperature increases if greenhouse gas emissions do not begin to fall by 2020. The piece calls on energy policymakers to implement policies to move the world to 30% renewable energy by 2020 and stop approving new coal-fired power plants, among other initiatives.
VietNamNet Bridge – From the day the first coffee cups were processed, after many changes of history, Chieu, Cheo Leo and Am Phu coffee shops are still open in the heart of Saigon.
Chieu Café
Tucked onto a short alley off Cao Thang Street a safe distance from the roaring traffic of the nearest main road, Chieu Café is still a good spot for groups, couples or anyone to hang out and have some drinks as well as to flee the scorching heat and hustle and bustle of city life. Continue reading “Three 50-year-old coffee shops in Saigon”
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Updated : 06/29/2017 16:45 GMT + 7
Vietnam is about to hit the height of the dengue fever season, while encephalitis is also reaching epidemic proportions in many regions of the Southeast Asian country.
Statistics released by the Ministry of Health show that the outbreak of the mosquito-borne dengue fever is battering localities across the country way earlier than previous years. Continue reading “Dengue fever, encephalitis multiply throughout Vietnam”
Updated : 06/29/2017 14:30 GMT + 7
Residents on an islet in Ben Tre Province, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, are taking a stand against sand thieves.
The illegal exploitation of sand along the Tien (Front) River has been the main cause of subsidence and house collapse in Con Doi (Doi Islet) in Tan Phu Commune, Chau Thanh District, but locals have finally had enough.
Residents of the area have begun patrolling it to protect their home, despite threats from sand thieves. Continue reading “Locals team up against sand thieves in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta”
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| Health insurance profiteering is still common in private hospitals and health clinics, with medicine improperly prescribed and purchased, leading to an imbalance of. the healthcare fund. — Photo vtv.vn |
HÀ NỘI – Health insurance profiteering is still common in private hospitals and health clinics, with medicine improperly prescribed and purchased, leading to an imbalance of. the healthcare fund, health experts have said.
The statement was made at the dialogue on legal policies on health insurance between Việt Nam Social Insurance and Việt Nam Private Hospitals Association held yesterday. The dialogue was a chance for representatives of private hospitals and health clinics to highlight difficulties in implementing the amended Law on Health Insurance. Continue reading “Insurance profiteering a plague”
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| Việt Nam plans to develop a low-carbon economy and include climate-change resistance work in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the Paris climate accords. — Photo kienviet.net |
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam plans to develop a low-carbon economy and include climate-change resistance work in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the Paris climate accords.
The information was released by Phạm Văn Tấn deputy head of the Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment at a workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội. Continue reading “Low-carbon economy in VN’s updated NDC”
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| Raising rabbits of New Zealand variety helps a farmer in Hà Tĩnh Province earn some VNĐ1 billion (US$47,000) a year. Việt Nam’s success in reducing poverty is remarkable, a World Bank official said. — VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh |
Viet Nam News WASHINGTON — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on Thursday US$153 million in concessional financing to support Việt Nam’s National Target Programmes (NTPs) for rural development and reducing poverty, which are central to the government’s strategy to raise rural incomes and productivity. Continue reading “New WB financing to bolster Việt Nam’s efforts to spur rural development”
WASHINGTON: The United States slapped unprecedented sanctions on Thursday (Jun 29) on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean cash after President Donald Trump said Beijing’s efforts to put the brakes on Pyongyang’s nuclear drive had failed. Continue reading “US sanctions Chinese bank for laundering N Korean cash”
The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42bn in arms, the first such sale under the administration of President Donald Trump and a move sure to anger China, whose help the president has been seeking to rein in North Korea.
The sale, which requires congressional approval, would be the first to Taiwan under Trump and the first since a $1.83bn sale that former President Barack Obama announced in December 2015, to China’s dismay. Continue reading “Trump administration confirms Taiwan arms-sale plan”
Khẳng định không có chủ trương bỏ biên chế giáo viên của lãnh đạo Chính phủ trước cử tri, ĐBQH đã giải toả tâm tư, nỗi lo lắng của hơn 1 triệu giáo viên, cũng như cả xã hội trong hơn 1 tháng qua.
Cách đây hơn 1 tháng, ngày 12/5, phát biểu của Bộ trưởng GD&ĐT Phùng Xuân Nhạ về thí điểm bỏ biên chế giáo viên tại cuộc tiếp xúc cử tri tỉnh Bình Định, đã nhận được nhiều ý kiến phân tích, trao đổi, tranh luận từ các chuyên gia giáo dục, pháp luật, ĐBQH và các nhà giáo.
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| Phó Thủ tướng Vũ Đức Đam trao đổi với ĐB Lê Thị Nguyệt (ngoài cùng bên trái) |
Trả lời chất vấn của ĐBQH Lê Thị Nguyệt (Vĩnh Phúc) về vấn đề này, Phó Thủ tướng Vũ Đức Đam cho rằng, đây mới là ý kiến phát biểu của Bộ trưởng Phùng Xuân Nhạ, Bộ GD&ĐT chưa hề có văn bản đề xuất và trong nhiều lần làm việc với Bộ, Phó Thủ tướng cũng chưa bao giờ nghe thấy đề xuất này. Continue reading “Phó Thủ tướng Vũ Đức Đam: Không chủ trương bỏ biên chế giáo viên”
– Chủ tịch QH cho biết có nhiều thông tin phản động nhằm xuyên tạc, chống phá chủ trương, chính sách của Đảng và Nhà nước và bôi nhọ lãnh đạo Trung ương, địa phương.
Hôm nay, Chủ tịch QH Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân và đoàn ĐBQH TP Cần Thơ tiếp xúc với cử tri huyện Thới Lai và quận Ninh Kiều.
“Đã gọi tin xấu thì không chừa bất cứ ai. Các đối tượng này đặt bài viết để đưa tin thất thiệt. Có một lần tôi đang điều hành họp QH thì trên mạng đưa thông tin Chủ tịch QH về thăm quê có cả xe cứu thương. Continue reading “Chủ tịch QH: Nhiều thông tin xuyên tạc, chống phá Đảng, Nhà nước”
