Conversations on Vietnam Development
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President Donald Trump announced on June 1 that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, which would have required the U.S. to ramp up energy regulations in coming years. (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Newscom)
Chào các bạn,
Mỗi người chúng ta thường có một cách để sáng tạo khác nhau. Có người thì đi bộ quanh công viên, có người thì ngồi nhìn sông nước, có người thì ngồi uống cà phê, có người thì nằm nghe nhạc nhẹ… Dù mọi người khác nhau trong cách tìm ý tưởng mới, tất cả mọi người đều có một điểm giống nhau là: tìm ý tưởng mới. Tiếp tục đọc “Làm thế nào để sáng tạo”
VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of Bac Giang’s People’s Committee has asked authorities in Son Dong and Luc Ngan districts to take measures to better manage and protect forests in the localities.
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| The northern province of Bac Giang’s People’s Committee has asked authorities in Son Dong and Luc Ngan districts to take measures to better manage and protect forests in the localities. — Photo vksbacgiang.gov.vn |
Since mid 2016, local farmers reportedly chopped down natural forest to make room for industrial trees which generate more income.
In May, 2016, nearly 200 people in Khe Tau Hamlet, Luc Ngan District chopped down 63ha of natural forest which had been allocated to three local households in 1994. Tiếp tục đọc “Bac Giang farmers deplete forest”
The central province of Khanh Hoa is considering allowing a local private firm to preserve and operate its Hon Mun Nature Reserve, one of the most famous tourist destinations in the province.
Tourists in Hon Mun
Earlier in February this year, the provincial people’s committee agreed on Hon Tam Nha Trang Sea JS Company’s proposal to manage Hon Mun Nature Reserve. The company would also provide eco-tourism tours.
The company has co-operated with Australia’s Reef Ecologic to survey the condition of the reserve. Tiếp tục đọc “Nha Trang nature reserve may be operated by private firm”
Generations of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands have used gongs to convey their innermost sentiments and communicate with their deities.
 The Central Highlands gong culture spreads across 5 provinces – Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The musical instrument has been practiced by Ba Na, E De, Co Tu, M’Nong and Gia Rai ethnic groups. Tiếp tục đọc “Gongs – Echoes of Central Highlands forests & mountains” |
Many shop owners in Hanoi are hiring topless male waiters or hairdressers as a PR stunt to attract customers.
A restaurant on Thai Ha Street hired topless waiters to attract customers
The trend started at a restaurant on Thai Ha Street. The images of young men without a shirt on and hot body made many curious and went to the restaurant to see for themselves. Tiếp tục đọc “Hanoi shops employ topless men to lure customers”
| Vietnamese choose foreign rice not because the latter is better, but because Vietnamese enterprises don’t know how to build their brands |
A report of the company said of the 67 rice products in the domestic market, only 21 products are given Vietnamese names.
Nguyen Van Nam, a renowned economist, and former head of the Trade Research Institute, said the report does not surprise him.
However, he believes that the problem is not the low quality of Vietnam’s products, but the branding strategy followed by Vietnamese enterprises. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese rice labeled with foreign names sells better than domestic brands”
VietNamNet Bridge – Fuel smuggling is on the rise in Vietnamese waters bordering Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand recently, partly due to the discrepancy between selling prices in Việt Nam and neighbouring countries, according to the Vietnamese coastguard.
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| Fuel smuggling is on the rise in Vietnamese waters bordering Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand recently, partly due to the discrepancy between selling prices in Viet Nam and neighbouring countries, according to the Vietnamese coastguard. — Photo thanhnien.vn |
Colonel Tran Van Nam, head of the Legal Department at the Maritime Police High Command, said that the coastguard struggled to inspect petroleum smuggling activities in the sea areas between Viet Nam and other countries. Tiếp tục đọc “Fuel smuggling on the rise in Vietnamese waters”
TAIPEI: Lawmakers in Taiwan launched a new group to help promote democracy in Hong Kong on Monday (Jun 12), a move likely to rile Beijing ahead of the 20th anniversary of the handover of the city from Britain back to China.
Taiwan and Hong Kong are thorns in Beijing’s side — both saw huge anti-China protests in 2014, known respectively as the Sunflower Movement and Umbrella Movement.
Ties with self-ruling Taiwan have worsened under China-sceptic President Tsai Ing-wen, who took office last year. Tiếp tục đọc “Taiwan lawmakers launch support group for Hong Kong democracy”
Friday, April 1, 2016 UNICEF Vietnam
A child is any person under 18 years of age. This is the definition given by the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and it’s also the definition agreed by all but a handful of States in the world. Viet Nam is a pioneer globally in upholding child rights as it was the first country in Asia to ratify the Convention in 1990, and the second country in the world. The global leadership role on child rights has been reaffirmed with Directive No. 20 issued by the Politburo of the Central Committee in 2012 aiming at strengthening care, education, and protection of children. Tiếp tục đọc “The Revised Child Law: the Opportunity for Viet Nam to consolidate its pioneering stand on child rights”
Government figures show that nearly three million children in the Philippines are working in dangerous jobs.
Many of those are involved in the small-scale gold mining industry.
Authorities have launched a campaign to try and free at least one million child workers by 2025.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Paracale in central Philippines.
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Chào các bạn,
Các kế hoạch dễ làm nhất, và có lẽ là ngu dốt nhất, thường do các cụ ngồi trong văn phòng vẽ ra, và bắt mọi người làm theo. Kiểu như kế hoạch chỉ một con của Trung quốc, tạo ra biết bao nhiêu thảm sát cho các bào thai và các bé sơ sinh gái, cùng bao nhiêu bất hạnh cho các bé lỡ được sinh ra sau em bé đầu tiên. Hay kế hoạch xây dựng dự án mới của các quý vị phe ta tạo ra bao cuộc biểu tình chống đối về đất đai của người dân, hay phá hủy rừng nguyên sinh và môi trường sinh thái của các loài động vật và thực vật quý hiếm nhiều nơi trong nước.
Các bạn, nếu chúng ta ngồi trong văn phòng, nhìn bản đồ và các con số để làm kế hoạch, thì thực sự đó chẳng là kế hoạch, mà đó là học trò tập làm kế hoạch lần đầu tiên trong lớp. Bất kỳ học sinh nào trên thế giới cũng biết dùng các con số và toán để làm kế hoạch, không cần kế hoạch gia. Tiếp tục đọc “SMART WHAT? THÔNG MINH CÁI GÌ?”
Established in 2010, Van Long Natural Reserve covers 2,730 ha. Three quarters of the reserve are mountains and rocks, with the remainder wetland.
The area boasts a diverse bio system with a large amount of rare fauna and floral species recognised in the Red Book. Hoa Lu – Van Long Specialised Forest Managing Board, which takes charge of the reserve, has 30 local collaborators engaged in forest protection.
Through training classes, locals and boat rowers are taught how to develop tourism in connection with protecting the environment.
Ninh Binh’s efforts in forest and biodiversity protection are on a sound track, towards sustainable tourism in which people live harmoniously with nature.
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Supporters of the Paris Agreement have expressed considerable angst over President Donald Trump’s decision to leave the climate agreement last week.
Regardless of the merits of that decision—although for the record, Heritage Foundation analysts recommended that the U.S. withdraw—Trump should not have had to make that call.
The Paris Agreement had all the hallmarks of a treaty and should have been submitted by President Barack Obama to the Senate for advice and consent, as required under Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
Instead, Obama signed the Paris Agreement as an executive agreement. Tiếp tục đọc “Trump Was Right to Leave the Paris Agreement. Why He Shouldn’t Have Had to Withdraw in the First Place.” →