On A Move That Will Anger China, Vietnam Says Yes, India Denies

On A Move That Will Anger China, Vietnam Says Yes, India Denies

BrahMos missiles were co-developed by Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia and India’s DRDO.

Highlights

  1. India-China in military stand-off for over 2 months at Sikkim border
  2. Vietnam indicates it has got BrahMos missile from India
  3. Missile signals Vietnam’s defending its claim to disputed South China Sea

New Delhi: For the first time ever, the government of Vietnam today confirmed – albeit carefully – that it has acquired BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles from India. At a time when Delhi and China are locked in their worst military confrontation in decades, sources in the Defence Ministry denied selling the missile systems to Vietnam, though they did not want to comment on record. Tiếp tục đọc “On A Move That Will Anger China, Vietnam Says Yes, India Denies”

The race to rescue Cambodian children from orphanages exploiting them for profit

Despite good intentions, Australians and others from western countries are often propping up Asian orphanages that separate children from families. Now there’s new efforts to tackle some of the consequences of ‘voluntourism’

A family in Battambang, Cambodia, supported by the Cambodian Children’s Trust which works to keep families together and stop children going to orphanages.
A family in Battambang, Cambodia, supported by the Cambodian Children’s Trust which works to keep families together and stop children going to orphanages. Photograph: Tara Winkler
 

Much was hidden from the tourists visiting Sinet Chan in her rundown Cambodian orphanage.

When they returned to their hotels, cameras full and best intentions sated, they remained oblivious to the reality of what they had just supported. Tiếp tục đọc “The race to rescue Cambodian children from orphanages exploiting them for profit”

Cambridge University Press accused of ‘selling its soul’ over Chinese censorship

Academics and activists decry publisher’s decision to comply with a Chinese request to block more than 300 articles from leading China studies journal

Cambridge University
A list of the blocked articles, published by CUP, shows they focus overwhelmingly on topics China’s one-party state regards as taboo Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA

The world’s oldest publishing house, Cambridge University Press, has been accused of being an accomplice to the Communist party’s bid to whitewash Chinese history after it agreed to purge hundreds of politically-sensitive articles from its Chinese website at the behest of Beijing’s censors. Tiếp tục đọc “Cambridge University Press accused of ‘selling its soul’ over Chinese censorship”

China cracks down on foreign spending sprees

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BEIJING: China is to restrict foreign investments in sports clubs, real estate and entertainment and is banning investment in pornography and “unauthorised” military technology.

The new rules were announced Friday (Aug 18) by the government which had previously encouraged overseas spending sprees, but then warned late last year of “irrational” acquisitions amid fears that powerful conglomerates were racking up dangerous debt levels. Tiếp tục đọc “China cracks down on foreign spending sprees”

Thousands ill in Vietnam dengue outbreak

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Mosquito-borne disease outbreak stretches Vietnam medical system as officials report 10,000 new infections in one week.

A total of 90,626 people have been infected with dengue, of whom 76,848 have been hospitalised [Tran Van Minh/AP]

Vietnam is battling a raging dengue fever outbreak with more than 10,000 new infections reported over the past week.

The number of infected represents a 42 percent increase over the same period last year along with seven more deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.

A total of 90,626 people have been infected, of whom 76,848 have been hospitalised, and 24 have died. Tiếp tục đọc “Thousands ill in Vietnam dengue outbreak”

Tuyệt chủng hàng loạt lần thứ 6 trên trái đất đang diễn ra, các nhà khoa học cảnh báo

English: Earth’s sixth mass extinction event under way, scientists warn

Các nhà nghiên cứu nói về “sự huỷ diệt sinh học” khi nghiên cứu chỉ ra hàng tỉ loài vật đã biến mất trong những thập kỷ gần đây.

Theo nghiên cứu, “sự huỷ diệt sinh học” ở động vật hoang dã trong những thập kỷ này chính là sự tuyệt chủng hàng loạt lần thứ sáu trong lịch sử trái đất và nó đang tiếp tục diễn ra nghiêm trọng hơn nhiều so với lo sợ trước đây.

Các nhà khoa học phân tích cả 2 loại loài vật phổ biến và quý hiếm và tìm thấy hàng tỷ quần thể địa phương và khu vực đã biến mất. Điều này là hệ luỵ của sự phát triển dân số và tiêu dùng quá mức con người. Các nhà khoa học cũng cảnh báo rằng sự tuyệt chủng này đe doạ sự sống còn của nền văn minh con người, và chúng ta chỉ còn một khoảng thời gian ít ỏi để hành động.
Tiếp tục đọc “Tuyệt chủng hàng loạt lần thứ 6 trên trái đất đang diễn ra, các nhà khoa học cảnh báo”

6 killed by suspected wartime bomb explosion in central Vietnam

By Xuan Ngoc   August 18, 2017 | 02:53 pm GMT+7

6 killed by suspected wartime bomb explosion in central Vietnam

e.vnexpress.net_Police and curious people stand outside a house where an explosion killed six people in Khanh Hoa Province on Friday. Photo courtesy of Vietnam’s government news portal

Neighbors said the family had been trying to dismantle a bomb to sell as scrap metal.

Six members of a single family were killed in an explosion in the central province of Khanh Hoa on Friday morning.

Among the victims were three children. Another child was seriously injured and is receiving treatment.

Local witnesses said they rushed to the house after hearing the blast to find the roof had been blown off and the smell of explosives hanging in the air.

An official said the explosion might have been caused by ordnance left over from the war.

Local media reports cited the victims’ neighbors as saying that one member of the family had brought home a bomb that morning and they were cutting it open when it exploded.

Tiếp tục đọc “6 killed by suspected wartime bomb explosion in central Vietnam”

Tài liệu hướng dẫn đầu tiên giúp phòng ngừa lao động cưỡng bức trong chuỗi cung ứng ngành dệt may Việt Nam

Tài liệu trang bị cho người sử dụng lao động những hiểu biết cần thiết để nhận diện lao động cưỡng bức và làm thế nào để loại bỏ nguy cơ lao động cưỡng bức trong hoạt động và trong chuỗi cung ứng của doanh nghiệp.

ILO | Ngày 30 tháng 3 năm 2016

HÀ NỘI – Tài liệu hướng dẫn đầu tiên ở Việt Nam về lao động cưỡng bức trong ngành dệt may sẽ được công bố chính thức vào ngày 31/3 nhằm giúp các doanh nghiệp phòng chống lao động cưỡng bức trong bối cảnh hội nhập quốc tế. Tiếp tục đọc “Tài liệu hướng dẫn đầu tiên giúp phòng ngừa lao động cưỡng bức trong chuỗi cung ứng ngành dệt may Việt Nam”

Cần sự đồng thuận của cha mẹ học sinh trong việc “xóa” điểm trường lẻ

08:01 AM – 15/04/2017

BPHiện nay, trên địa bàn tỉnh đang thực hiện chủ trương sáp nhập các điểm trường lẻ về điểm chính để học sinh có điều kiện học tập, nâng cao chất lượng giáo dục. Các điểm lẻ có đường đi đến điểm trường chính gần, thuận tiện sẽ được xem xét sáp nhập trước. Huyện Đồng Phú là một trong những đơn vị thực hiện chủ trương xóa điểm lẻ đạt hiệu quả cao. Tuy nhiên, một số phụ huynh không đồng tình ủng hộ chủ trương này vì cho rằng phải đưa đón con xa, trong khi điều kiện không cho phép…

Điểm trường Đội 5, Trường tiểu học Thuận Phú 1 tại ấp Thuận HảiĐiểm trường Đội 5, Trường tiểu học Thuận Phú 1 tại ấp Thuận Hải

Tiếp tục đọc “Cần sự đồng thuận của cha mẹ học sinh trong việc “xóa” điểm trường lẻ”

Better solar energy policies needed from government: expert

Last update 07:50 | 17/08/2017
VietNamNet Bridge –  Dr Dang Luong Mo, a leading scientist in microchips, speaking at a recent conference with Viet Kieu professionals that discussed HCMC development, questioned how solar panels would be disposed of after their “shelf life” of 20-25 years. There is still no technology which thoroughly treats the solar panels after expiration. vietnam economy, business news, vn news, vietnamnet bridge, english news, Vietnam news, news Vietnam, vietnamnet news, vn news, Vietnam net news, Vietnam latest news, Vietnam breaking news, solar power, TTC, Dang Luong Mo

Dr Tran Duy Chau, a R&D expert from EDF, the French electricity group, replied that it is a matter of economic circulation: the input of a certain kind of production activity will be the output of another production activity.

Chau said HCM City would be able to develop a system to classify and treat waste from solar energy projects and noted that overseas Vietnamese would help in the effort. Tiếp tục đọc “Better solar energy policies needed from government: expert”

The Guardian view on Hong Kong: the voice of Beijing, not of justice

Campaigners in Hong Kong and abroad say it is vindictive to imprison pro-democracy protestors over a sit-in. They are right
Student pro-democracy activists Nathan Law (L) and Joshua Wong (R) speak to the media outside Hong Kong’s high court on the day of their sentencing
Student pro-democracy activists Nathan Law (L) and Joshua Wong (R) speak to the media outside Hong Kong’s high court on the day of their sentencing. Photograph: Vernon Yuen/EPA

The jailing of Joshua Wong, Hong Kong’s youthful “face of protest”, and of his fellow activists Nathan Law and Alex Chow, is technically a matter of law but in reality one of politics. Two of them had already carried out community service for unlawful assembly or inciting unlawful assembly; the third had received a suspended sentence. That was not enough. They have been at the forefront of the pro-democracy movement, inspiring many more in Hong Kong to rally in defence of the greater freedoms it has enjoyed compared to the mainland under the “one country-two systems” formula. Authorities have been determined to silence these voices. By appealing against the “rather dangerous” supposed leniency of the original sentences, they have succeeded, for now. Tiếp tục đọc “The Guardian view on Hong Kong: the voice of Beijing, not of justice”

Barcelona terror attack: At least 13 dead and two arrested after van drives into Las Ramblas crowd

Independent.co.uk

Police arrest two suspects after terror attack leaves dozens in hospital

At least 13 people have died and 100 have been injured after a van ploughed into a crowd of people in Las Ramblas area of Barcelona, in an attack that mirrors the spate of recent atrocities by terrorists who used vehicles to ram down civilians across Europe.

Catalan authorities confirmed that 13 people have been killed and 15 people are seriously injured following the attack in the area popular with tourists.

A Belgian national is among the dead, said Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders. Tiếp tục đọc “Barcelona terror attack: At least 13 dead and two arrested after van drives into Las Ramblas crowd”

Hiệp định Tránh Đánh thuế hai lần ở Việt Nam: Thảm đỏ cho ai?

Date published Friday, June 23, 2017

AA – Hiệp định Tránh đánh thuế hai lần (DTT) nhằm loại bỏ thuế đánh trùng. DTT quyết định các nước có thể đánh thuế bao nhiêu đối với các công ty đa quốc gia và các hoạt động xuyên biên giới khác. DTT cũng nhằm mục đích ngăn cản việc một công ty hoặc cá nhân bị đánh thuế hai lần khi họ đặt trụ sở tại một quốc gia nhưng lại làm việc hoặc đăng ký kinh doanh ở một quốc gia khác. Tiếp tục đọc “Hiệp định Tránh Đánh thuế hai lần ở Việt Nam: Thảm đỏ cho ai?”

Bản đồ hoá hiện trạng nước mặt toàn cầu: Mapping long-term global surface water occurrence

ec.europa.eu_In an article published in Nature on 7 December 2016, JRC scientists describe how, in collaboration with Google, they have quantified changes in global surface waters and created interactive maps which highlight the changes in the Earth’s surface water over the past 32 years.

The data show that the impacts of climate on where and when surface water occurs can be measured, and that the presence of surface water can be substantially altered by human activities.The data show that the impacts of climate on where and when surface water occurs can be measured, and that the presence of surface water can be substantially altered by human activities.
©EU/Google 2016

Based on over three million satellite scenes (1 823 Terabytes of data) collected between 1984 and 2015, the Global Surface Water Explorer was produced using 10 000 computers running in parallel. The individual images were transformed into a set of global maps with a 30-metre resolution, which enable users to scroll back in time to measure the changes in the location and persistence of surface water globally, by region, or for a specific area. The maps are available for all users, free of charge. Tiếp tục đọc “Bản đồ hoá hiện trạng nước mặt toàn cầu: Mapping long-term global surface water occurrence”