Conversations on Vietnam Development
Tiếp tục đọc “Đề án giảng dạy Nhân quyền các cấp học: vui đó, lo đó?”
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| The first-ever Việt Nam Business Summit will be held in Đà Nẵng City on November 7 within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting of 21 leaders of economies. — Photo vietnam-guide.com |
HÀ NỘI — The first-ever Việt Nam Business Summit will be held in Đà Nẵng City on November 7 within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting of 21 leaders of economies, the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce (VCCI) announced yesterday. Tiếp tục đọc “First VN Business Summit to be held”
Thailand plans to impose a smoking ban on 20 of its popular tourist beaches across the country, including those in Phuket and Krabi, the Bangkok Post reported on Tuesday (Oct 10).
From next month, those who are caught smoking at these beaches will face up to a year in prison or a fine of 100,000 baht (US$3,000). Tiếp tục đọc “Thailand to ban smoking at 20 popular beaches: Report”
BEIJING: China said Wednesday (Oct 11) it has lodged a protest with the United States after an American warship sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea.
The US Navy missile destroyer Chafee entered into China’s territorial waters near the Sansha islands on Tuesday, according to Beijing’s foreign ministry. Tiếp tục đọc “China protests to US over sail-by in disputed waters”
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation’s highest ranking national security leaders, according to three officials who were in the room.
Trump’s comments, the officials said, came in response to a briefing slide he was shown that charted the steady reduction of U.S. nuclear weapons since the late 1960s. Trump indicated he wanted a bigger stockpile, not the bottom position on that downward-sloping curve. Tiếp tục đọc “Trump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising Military”
Ban Gioc Waterfall is considered a priceless gift that the nature has given to the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang. It is an overwhelming waterfall with breathtaking beauty in Southeast Asia
 Ban Gioc Waterfall, located on the Vietnam-China borderline, is in Dam Thuy commune of Trung Khanh district
The waterfall is 89km to the north of Cao Bang township and 26km from Trung Khanh town
Ban Gioc Waterfall is 53 metres high and 300 metres wide. It has three levels with many smaller waterfalls Tiếp tục đọc “Ban Gioc Waterfall – Natural masterpiece in Southeast Asia” |
Ba Ria – Vung Tau spent VND45 trillion to build Cai Mep – Thi Vai which had designed capacity of 7 million TEU, increasing to 11 million TEU after the expansion.
This is the only deep water seaport complex in Vietnam which is capable of receiving large cargo ships (100,000 tons and more). It is also one of 19 seaports which can receive ultra large crude carriers. Tiếp tục đọc “$2 billion seaport running at 15-20 percent of capacity”
By Tuoi Tre News
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| A section of the Ba Bo Canal that runs through Provincial Highway No. 43 in Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, is filled with white foam. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
The heavily polluted Ba Bo Canal, which snakes along from Binh Duong Province, approximately 30km from Ho Chi Minh City, to the southern hub’s Thu Duc District, has been a serious issue for a decade.
The water’s condition has remained mostly unchanged despite a costly project to ‘clean’ the channel that began in 2008. Tiếp tục đọc “Factories secretly dump wastewater into heavily polluted Ho Chi Minh City canal”
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| Two women are pictured painstakingly scavenging for barnacles ‘glued’ to the cliffs precariously protruding to the sea in Tam Hai Commune, Nui Thanh District, located in the central province of Quang Nam Photo: Tuoi Tre |
Perched precariously, they painstakingly bore into the hard rock surface using iron awls in the hope of gathering the barnacles that perforate and cling to the surface. Tiếp tục đọc “Life as a barnacle scavenger for women in central Vietnam”
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| As many as 61ha of natural forest in An Lão District was totally destroyed. — Photo vietnamplus.vn |
Thiệt will remain in custody for four months. Tiếp tục đọc “Man responsible for deforestation arrested”
SEOUL: The U.S. military flew two Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday amid high tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes, South Korea’s military said.
The two B-1B bombers were accompanied by two F-15K fighters from the South Korean military after leaving their base in Guam, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a news release on Wednesday. Tiếp tục đọc “US flies bombers over Korean peninsula with South Korean, Japanese fighter jets”
WASHINGTON: A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday (Oct 10), three US officials told Reuters, even as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks Chinese cooperation in dealing with North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. Tiếp tục đọc “US warship sails near islands claimed by Beijing in South China Sea”
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