Chiến binh Việt Nam trong lực lượng gìn giữ hòa bình Liên hợp quốc

Trước tháng 6/2014, Việt Nam là một trong 3 quốc gia thuộc khối ASEAN (cùng với Lào và Myanmar) không có nhân sự tham gia Lực lượng gìn giữ hoà bình Liên hợp quốc (LLGGHBLHQ)- lực lượng thường được gọi là “lính mũ nồi xanh”. Từ khi Trung tâm gìn giữ hoà bình Việt Nam được thành lập vào tháng 5/2014, tính đến nay, Việt Nam đã cử 19 lượt sĩ quan tham gia LLGGHBLHQ tại Phái bộ GGHBLHQ tại Cộng hoà Trung Phi (MINUSCA) và Phái bộ GGHBLHQ tại Nam Sudan (UNMISS). Nhiệm kỳ của mỗi sĩ quan là 01 năm.

Các sĩ quan Việt Nam công tác tại MINUSCA chụp hình lưu niệm với Tướng hai sao Traore Daniel Sidiki – Phó Tư lệnh Quân sự MINUSCA nhân dịp bàn giao nhiệm kỳ

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Liệu biến đổi khí hậu sẽ nhấn chìm Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long?

Không có khu vực đồng bằng nào trên thế giới bị đe doạ bởi biến đổi khí hậu  trầm trọng như Sông Cửu Long. Liệu Việt Nam có hành động kịp thời để cứu nơi đây?

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Các nhà khoa học dự kiến mực nước biển sẽ dâng 1 mét ​​vào cuối thế kỷ này, nhấn chìm nơi ở của 3,5-5 triệu người ở ĐBSCL. Mực nước biển dâng lên 2m có thể gây tổn hại gấp ba lần tới vùng đất nằm sâu trong đất liền. Tiếp tục đọc “Liệu biến đổi khí hậu sẽ nhấn chìm Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long?”

Luu Bao craft village of steamed rice pancakes and griddle-cakes

Last update 09:00 | 30/08/2017

 The Luu Bao craft village of steamed rice pancakes and griddle-cakes was founded in the late 15th century. Its traditional craft has been preserved through generations.

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Luu Bao steamed rice pancakes and griddle-cakes are highly favored in and around Hue City for their good flavor, low price, and reliable food hygiene. Tiếp tục đọc “Luu Bao craft village of steamed rice pancakes and griddle-cakes”

Education Ministry’s decision on suspending online competitions stirs controversy

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Last update 08:10 | 01/09/2017
Education Ministry’s decision on suspending online competitions stirs controversy
VietNamNet Bridge – Many people have supported the Ministry of Education & Training’s (MOET) decision to temporarily stop Math and English competitions because they think the competition puts pressure on teachers and students, while others believe it would be unreasonable to remove them.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, IMO, Do Duc Thai, MOET
Explaining MOET’s decision, deputy director of Secondary Education Department Nguyen Xuan Thanh said there are numerous competitions for students and many of them overlap.Many students attend competitions just because they offer them privileges on entrance exams to secondary and high schools. At some schools, the scores students get from competitions are used as an assessment of students’ and teachers’ capability. This all causes an overload for students and teachers, and badly affects the education results.

Many students attend competitions just because they offer them privileges on entrance exams to secondary and high schools. At some schools, the scores students get from competitions are used as an assessment of students’ and teachers’ capability.

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Sugar mills await policies to produce electricity from bagasse

Last update 08:13 | 01/09/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – The amount of bagasse, a sugarcane byproduct, that Vietnamese throw away every year could be used to generate billions of kwh of electricity.

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Bagasse can be a source of environmentally friendly renewable energy. Brazil, the Philippines and Thailand all take full advantage of sugarcane by-products – bagasse – to generate electricity. And so can Vietnam. Tiếp tục đọc “Sugar mills await policies to produce electricity from bagasse”

New energy sources: households can generate solar power

Last update 08:23 | 31/08/2017
VietNamNet Bridge – More and more households plan to install solar panels on their roofs to generate electricity. Once EVN completes its policy on electricity purchase, households will be able to join the electric power market.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 energy, EVN, electricity price

Research shows that HCM City has an abundant source of energy from sunlight, with high radiation, about 1,581 kWh/m2/year on average. The highest radiation level of 6.3 kWh/m2/day can be obtained in February and the lowest of 3.3 KWh/m2/day in July. There are 100-300 sunny hours every month.

HCM City residents not only can use sunlight to heat water, but can also generate electricity with solar panels installed on their roofs. Tiếp tục đọc “New energy sources: households can generate solar power”

Hungry wild elephants hurt domestic ones

Last update 16:40 | 31/08/2017

Shrinking and degrading wild elephant habitats in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have led to a shortage of food and more conflicts between wild and domestic animals, according to Director of the Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre Huynh Trung Luan.

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Degrading wild elephant habitats in Dak Lak province have led to a shortage of food and more conflicts between wild and domestic animals.

The locality has witnessed five conflicts between wild and domestic elephants since March. The wild animals, in group of six to seven, have reportedly been approaching forest ranger stations and residential areas to search for food and attack domestic ones. They hurt seven animals of the centre and killed another in Krong Na commune, Buon Don district. Tiếp tục đọc “Hungry wild elephants hurt domestic ones”

Conference spotlights recovery of central marine ecology

Last update 19:21 | 31/08/2017

A conference took place in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on August 31 to discuss the protection and resilience of the marine ecosystem in the waters in the four central regions that suffered from mass fish deaths last year.

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Mass fish deaths, caused by wastewater discharged by Taiwan’s Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh steel company, were first reported in Ha Tinh on April 6, 2016. The incident also occurred in Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue.

As a result, more than 200 kilometres of coastline were polluted, devastating the marine environment and local economies of those provinces, which largely rely on fishing and tourism. Tiếp tục đọc “Conference spotlights recovery of central marine ecology”

Will HCM City build dykes similar to those used in the Netherlands?

Last update 08:10 | 31/08/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – With increased land subsidence, HCM City needs to build dykes like the ones used in the Netherlands to prevent tides and floods, experts have urged.

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HCM City Mayor Nguyen Thien Nhan said MONRE has surveyed the soil and terrain conditions at 17 points in HCMC. The monitoring shows continued subsidence at all points. Subsidence of up to 30 cm in the last 10 years has been found in two places.

“If the soil sinks by 1 cm per annum and the sea water level rises by 0.5 cm per annum, or 1.5 cm in total, the difference between the earth surface and sea water level would be up to 45 cm. If so, the problem will be very serious,” Nhan said. Tiếp tục đọc “Will HCM City build dykes similar to those used in the Netherlands?”