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Vietnamese-American man acts as second ‘father’ to 12 orphans in home country

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Tuoi Tre News

Updated : 05/15/2017 08:05 GMT + 7

A Vietnamese-American has financially assisted the adoptive father of 12 orphans in his home country for years as a way to give back to his native country.    

Le Minh Trien, 53, the owner of a thriving lawn mowing business in the U.S., was deeply moved when he first learnt of a fairy tale taking place on Cam (Forbidden) Mountain in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

The protagonists of the tale, Nguyen Tan Bong and his ailing septuagenarian mother, have provided for and taken care of 11 orphaned and disadvantaged children, including a preschooler with hearing and speech impairments, for over a decade now. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese-American man acts as second ‘father’ to 12 orphans in home country” →

Private firm discovered building 104 unapproved apartments in central Vietnam

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Tuoi Tre News

Updated : 05/15/2017 19:04 GMT + 7

The notorious Muong Thanh Group has been found building over 100 apartments that defy approved designs in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang.

The high-rise developer unilaterally adjusted the original design of a hotel and apartment complex in Ngu Hanh Son District, Da Nang, to add a total of 104 apartments for sale.

Although local authorities had detected the violation last year, and ordered a cessation of the construction at the time, Muong Thanh ignored the order and completed the extra properties. Tiếp tục đọc “Private firm discovered building 104 unapproved apartments in central Vietnam” →

Bottom trawling a threat to the ocean, fishermen

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vietnamnews

Update: May, 15/2017 – 16:48

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Similar to using boats, a manual form of bottom trawling – which also makes use of huge nets that can cover a portion of nearshore sea – can drag in every form of sea life in that area, and a still common in the central province of Nghệ An. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Văn Nhật
CENTRAL REGION — Bottom trawling is a particularly destructive method of fishing, in which huge weighted nets are dragged on the sea floor, catching everything in their path.Nguyễn Văn Việt, a fisherman from Hoài Nhơn District in the province of Bình Định, said locals here considered bottom trawlers to be ‘sea demons.’

“The setup is either one trawler or two trawlers running in tandem, dragging a huge net with very fine holes, scooping up fish of all sizes. Other than the fact that all sea creatures are caught and bycatches are discarded, the ecosystem along the sea floor is irreparably damaged,” Việt said. Tiếp tục đọc “Bottom trawling a threat to the ocean, fishermen” →

Lawmakers vote to fire deputy over pollution disaster

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vietnamnews

Update: May, 16/2017 – 08:33
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee (NASC) voted yesterday to remove lawmaker Võ Kim Cự, the official involved in the Formosa environmental disaster, from the 14th NA. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The National Assembly’s Standing Committee (NASC) voted yesterday to remove lawmaker Võ Kim Cự, the official involved in the Formosa environmental disaster, from the 14th NA.

The NASC adopted a resolution on Cự’s dismissal by a majority vote during a closed meeting on Monday afternoon. The resolution went into effect on the same day. Tiếp tục đọc “Lawmakers vote to fire deputy over pollution disaster” →

Nhã Khắc Lâm multi-level company faces inspection

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vietnamnews

Update: May, 15/2017 – 17:08
Thiên Ngọc Minh Uy, a multi-level marketing company, has been forced to stop all multi-level marketing activities in connection with a series of violations. — VNA/VNS Photo Đức Duy
HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to set up an inspection team to supervise the multi-level marketing activities of Nhã Khắc Lâm Co., Ltd.According to the ministry’s decision 1667/2017, Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh asked the inspection team to examine and verify all multi-level marketing activities of the company. Tiếp tục đọc “Nhã Khắc Lâm multi-level company faces inspection” →

Where there’s a wall there’s a way: artists take aim at Sumatra’s palm oil industry

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When smoke from Indonesia’s palm oil industry reached the studio of artist Ernest Zacharevic in Malaysia, a unique project was born. Intent on making the world reconsider the environment, Zacharevic sold one of his prints to raise funds for Splash and Burn, a public art campaign. The title is a play on the ‘slash and burn’ practices used by palm oil producers to clear land for farming

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On a swampy patch of degraded forest land on the Indonesian island of Sumatra stands a hooded black figure, face obscured by plumes of smoke. Something strange is afoot.

Elsewhere, random limbs protrude eerily from unexpected places. A sun bear, piggybacking a startled child, traipses stoically across a foreign landscape. A miniature man settles into a hammock strung between two oil palm saplings. Tiếp tục đọc “Where there’s a wall there’s a way: artists take aim at Sumatra’s palm oil industry” →

Laos prime minister concerned over banana plantations

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channelnewsasia

The prime minister of Laos has voiced concern over widespread chemical usage on banana plantations after a Reuters report on Chinese-run farms in the Southeast Asian country.

A worker drives through a banana plantation operated by a Chinese company in the province of Bokeo in Laos April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
15 May 2017 03:10PM

REUTERS: The prime minister of Laos has voiced concern over widespread chemical usage on banana plantations after a Reuters report on Chinese-run farms in the Southeast Asian country.

Reuters reported that while the banana boom had brought economic benefits to the impoverished region, there was also strong concern at the use of chemicals – including the herbicide paraquat, which is banned in Laos. Tiếp tục đọc “Laos prime minister concerned over banana plantations” →

North Korea link emerges in global cyberattacks

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Several British hospitals say they are having major computer problems. Hospitals in London, northwest England and other parts of the country reported problems on May 12, 2017, with their computer systems as a result of an apparent cyberattack. (PA via AP)

After days of disruptions affecting networks worldwide, a top US official said the number of computers affected had reached 300,000, but that infection rates had slowed.

In the first clues of the origin of the massive ransomware attacks, Google researcher Neel Mehta posted computer code that showed similarities between the “WannaCry” malware and a vast hacking effort widely attributed to Pyongyang. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea link emerges in global cyberattacks” →

North Korea fires unidentified projectile, says South

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Russia ‘worried’ about rising tensions as China calls for restraint after Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile test.

 

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile that flew 700km, South Korea’s military said, days after a new leader took office in Seoul pledging to engage in dialogue with Pyongyang.

The missile was fired early on Sunday from the region of Kusong, northwest of Pyongyang, where North Korea in February successfully test-launched an intermediate-range missile that it is believed to be developing. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea fires unidentified projectile, says South” →

Bọt trắng như tuyết bốc mùi, nổi dày đặc trên kênh Tàu Hủ sau trận mưa lớn

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07:31 PM – 15/05/2017 Thanh Niên Online
Sau cơn mưa lớn thì trên kênh Tàu Hủ xuất hiện nhiều bọt trắng bất thườngc /// Ảnh: Phan Định
Sau cơn mưa lớn thì trên kênh Tàu Hủ xuất hiện nhiều bọt trắng bất thường Ảnh: Phan Định
Chiều 15.5, trên kênh Tàu Hủ xuất hiện nhiều bọt trắng, bốc mùi hôi thối. Mỗi khi có gió, bọt trắng lại bay khắp nơi.
Chiều 15.5, sau cơn mưa lớn thì trên kênh Tàu Hủ – đoạn giao giữa rạch Ruột Ngựa và kênh Lò Gốm (phường 16, quận 8, TP. HCM) xuất hiện nhiều bọt trắng bất thường.

Tiếp tục đọc “Bọt trắng như tuyết bốc mùi, nổi dày đặc trên kênh Tàu Hủ sau trận mưa lớn” →

How to milk the coconut boom? Philippine farmers check their phones

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In this file photo, Ereneio Dagami, who lost his house to Typhoon Haiyan, grates coconuts in the battered town of Catadman, in Eastern Samar province, central Philippines, Dec. 22, 2013. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

by Thin Lei Win | @thinink | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Wednesday, 10 May 2017 06:00 GMT

A project to provide coconut farmers with advice over their mobile phones aims to help them cash in on a growing market and lift them out of poverty By Thin Lei Win

BANGKOK, May 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Generosa Gonato’s mobile phone beeped with a warning for the coconut farmer in the southern Philippines to be vigilant against bud rot, a common disease that is fatal for coconut trees. The message included the symptoms and how to treat it.

“So I monitored my trees and discovered some have it,” Gonato told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone. She followed the advice – cutting down and destroying the affected trees quickly to stop the disease becoming an outbreak. Tiếp tục đọc “How to milk the coconut boom? Philippine farmers check their phones” →

Human poo transformed into clean fuel for Kenya’s urban poor

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 Wet fuel briquettes made from human waste and sawdust are dried outside at the Nakuru Water and Sanitation Services Company plant in Nakuru, Kenya, April 8, 2017. TRF/ Be

 
by Benson Rioba | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Friday, 12 May 2017 13:38 GMT

Using human waste to make fuel briquettes tackles sanitation and health problems – and they even smell sweetBy Benson Rioba

NAKURU, Kenya, May 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Poultry farmer Josephine Mbithe used to get up three times a night to add charcoal to her stove just to keep her newborn chicks warm. But since she started using fuel briquettes made with human waste, the stove burns all night, leaving her to sleep in peace.

Mbithe is one of many Nakuru residents who have embraced the briquettes manufactured from human poo and sawdust collected around the town, northwest of Nairobi, in the Great Rift Valley. Tiếp tục đọc “Human poo transformed into clean fuel for Kenya’s urban poor” →

Người xưa chống tham nhũng: Sĩ phu thức giả chống tham quan

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06:10 AM – 15/05/2017 TN

Đặng Huy Trứ và cuốn 'Từ thụ yếu quy' do NXB Pháp lý và Hội Khoa học lịch sử Việt Nam xuất bản năm 1992 /// Ảnh: T.L
Đặng Huy Trứ và cuốn ‘Từ thụ yếu quy’ do NXB Pháp lý và Hội Khoa học lịch sử Việt Nam xuất bản năm 1992 ẢNH: T.L

Từ nhà Lý đến nhà Nguyễn, thời nào cũng có bậc sĩ phu thức giả đóng góp ý kiến khi đất nước trước nguy cơ bị xâm lược hay tỏ rõ thái độ trước các tệ nạn trong giới quan trường.

Tiếp tục đọc “Người xưa chống tham nhũng: Sĩ phu thức giả chống tham quan” →