Tác giả: Đào Thu Hằng
I'm from Hanoi, Viet Nam.
I'm an author of Dot Chuoi Non (dotchuoinon.com/author/hangbelu/), a blog on Positive thinking, founded by Dr. Tran Dinh Hoanh, an attorney in Washington DC.
I'm a co-founder of Conversations on Vietnam Development - cvdvn.net, a virtual think tank. I am a co-founder of two companies in Viet Nam working on children education services. I advise companies on STEAM education, English language education for children and students in Vietnam.
I'm studying the Buddha's teaching and the teaching of Jesus. I practice mindful living including meditation.
I hold a PhD on Sustainable Energy Systems from University of Lisbon and Aalto University.
I graduated from Hanoi University of Technology on Environmental Engineering. I obtained a Master degree of the same major from Stanford University and Nanyang Technological University.
My English-language blog at: hangbelu.wordpress/.
I play table tennis as a hobby.
Sự thật về hiện trạng đất đai tại Việt Nam
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English: The truth about the lie of the land
Đó chính là Mark Twain, với câu nói độc nhất vô nhị: “Hãy mua đất, vì chúng không tạo ra thêm đất nữa.”
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Tổng quan khu đô thị Nam Sài Gòn, TP HCM. Hình minh họa. – Ảnh của VNA / VNS
Đó là lời khuyên có lý khi đất đai biến thành một loại hàng hóa được mua và bán trong một “thị trường tự do”, nhưng đây lại là một thứ bí hiểm cho người dân Việt Nam, bởi vì để sở hữu được một mảnh đất hoặc một ngôi nhà tại thành thị nhiều người chỉ có thể nằm mơ mà thôi.
Mặc dù về mặt lý thuyết, theo điều lệ quốc gia, tất cả các đặc trưng địa lý của đất nước – đất đai, nguồn nước, khoáng sản dưới lòng đất cũng như tài nguyên dưới biển đều thuộc về “người dân”, nhưng Nhà nước đại diện cho người quản lý tất cả những tài sản đó – có nghĩa là Nhà nước có thẩm quyền cao nhất. Tiếp tục đọc “Sự thật về hiện trạng đất đai tại Việt Nam”
RENEWABLES 2018 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT: A comprehensive annual overview
This document presents the overarching trends and development from 2018 so that policy makers and others can more easily understand the significance of the latest renewable energy development. It outlines what is happening to drive the energy transition and details why it is not happening fast enough or as fast as possible. It draws on the meticulously documented data found in REN21’s Renewables 2018 Global Status Report. See the endnotes and methodological notes in the full report for further details at http://www.ren21.net/gsr-2018/
The Facial Recognition Technology Genie Is Out of the Bottle
The potential for misuse of facial recognition technology is real, but its power may be too great for many to ignore.
The ACLU is worried about a Kafka-esque near future where police and other government agencies harness the power of facial recognition technologyto identify undocumented migrants, minority activists or individuals joining public protests. As such, the organization is demanding that online retail giant Amazon stop selling “dangerous” face recognition technology to law enforcement, which could potentially help police identify individuals from footage gathered from a variety of sources, including surveillance cameras in public and retail establishments, as well as from police body cameras.
How the coffee industry is about to get roasted by climate change
Fall is always a good time to create new habits, and coffee chains know it.
These days, they are desperately trying to find any excuse to get you to drink their java.
Many chains used National or International Coffee Day, just passed, as a reason to offer their coffee at a discount, or even for free — with some conditions, of course.
For restaurant operators, there’s no better hook than coffee to get repeat business. It’s a great scheme that seems to be working for some. Given what’s looming on the horizon, however, offering free coffee may no longer be an option for businesses.
Coffee demand around the world is shifting. Europe still accounts for almost one third of the coffee consumed worldwide, but China has doubled its consumption in just the last five years. Tiếp tục đọc “How the coffee industry is about to get roasted by climate change”
Trans-ASEAN education can play a role in building a regional community
As the celebration for last year’s 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wanes, ASEAN now face the tasks to realise the ambitious vision of an integrated socio-cultural, economic and political community. Education is one of the sectors identified as having a pivotal role in this community building process.
ASEAN plans to enhance the quality of human resources in the region and forming a regional identity, while contributing to economic growth. Among the various action plans set out at the 14th ASEAN Summit in Cha-Am Hua-in in 2009, regionalisation of higher education profiles was high on the agenda. Tiếp tục đọc “Trans-ASEAN education can play a role in building a regional community”
Plastic and paper scrap imports choke Vietnamese ports
Large-scale waste dumping has reportedly choked Vietnamese ports, with hundreds of containers loaded with plastic and paper scraps lying unclaimed, forcing authorities to impose a temporary ban on waste imports.
Tan Cang – Cai Mep International Co., Ltd (TCIT), a terminal services company, in a letter to shipping lines and customers, said it would suspend imports of plastic and paper scrap as a similar decision earlier by another operator, Saigon Newport Corporation (SNC), had led to overcapacity at TCIT terminals.
“From 25th of June to 15th of October, TCIT will stop receiving all imports laden containers of plastic waste,” a letter signed by general director Chang Fa Wei said. Ngo Minh Tuan, deputy head of SNC, in an official communication, claimed previously that about 5,200 containers of plastic and paper waste have been stored for 90 days or longer at its port.
TCIT Port authorities are alarmed that more than 1,132 containers with plastic and paper waste have been stacked up at the port for last few months.
“Customers are not coming forward to claim the scraps. It’s a complicated situation,” Nguyen Thai Thuong, a senior employee of TCIT, told CGTN over the phone.
“The Chinese ban on waste import is the main reason behind the surge of plastic and paper waste imports, undoubtedly.”
The Chinese ban has meant a diversion to Vietnam of the now unwelcome cargo.
Tiếp tục đọc “Plastic and paper scrap imports choke Vietnamese ports”
Landslides in Mekong Delta get more severe
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Asia Pacific falling behind on two thirds of SDG targets
A UN report on the region’s lack of progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 is disheartening. What’s going wrong?
An Australian Coal Company Tries Desperately to Sell Coal to Vietnam
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Adani’s desperate bid to sell Carmichael coal to Vietnam
By Bob Burton on 25 May 2018
The invitation of an Adani Mining executive as a speaker at a “energy roundtable” in Hanoi organised by an Australian government agency is symptomatic of the desperate challenge the company faces getting its Carmichael coal project off the ground.
Adani Mining’s Senior Marketing Manager, Christine Evans, was listed by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) to speak on “future supply opportunities, international coal procurement practice” at the roundtable on May 22. Tiếp tục đọc “An Australian Coal Company Tries Desperately to Sell Coal to Vietnam”
Scientists analyze first ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia
Results reveal three major waves of migration
- Date: May 17, 2018
- Source: Harvard Medical School
- Summary:
- Researchers have completed the first whole-genome analysis of ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia Study identifies at least three major waves of human migration into the region over the last 50,000 years, each shaping the genetics of Southeast Asia.
Field workers excavate ancient human remains at Man Bac, Vietnam, in 2007. DNA from skeletons at this site was included in the current study.
Credit: Lorna Tilley, Australian National University
The first whole-genome analyses of ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia reveal that there were at least three major waves of human migration into the region over the last 50,000 years.
The research, published online May 17 in Science, complements what is known from archaeological, historical and linguistic studies of Southeast Asia, defined as the area east of India and south of China. Tiếp tục đọc “Scientists analyze first ancient human DNA from Southeast Asia”
Các công ty bảo hiểm lớn trên thế giới đồng lòng tuyên bố thoái vốn khỏi nhiệt điện than
| Viết bởi : Thanh Huyen
Năm 2018, phong trào thoái vốn (divestment) khỏi than liên tiếp nhận được tin vui. Ngày 04/05/2018, AlizanZ, công ty bảo hiểm có tài sản lớn nhất thế giới tại nước Đức đã tuyên bố thắt chặt chính sách cung cấp bảo hiểm cho các dự án khai thác than và sản xuất điện than. Cùng thời điểm đó, công ty bảo hiểm lớn thứ hai tại Nhật Bản là Dai-ichi cũng vừa tuyên bố thoái vốn khỏi các dự án điện than được đầu tư ngoài nước.
Thoái vốn là gì?
Thoái vốn trái ngược với đầu tư, là khi các nhà đầu tư cá nhân hoặc tổ chức rút vốn đầu tư của mình.Thoái vốn ngành nhiên liệu hóa thạch là khi nguồn tài chính được đầu tư theo hướng phát triển phát thải thấp khí nhà kính và thích ứng với biến đổi khí hậu.
Thoái vốn nguyên liệu hóa thạch sẽ chấm dứt nguồn tài trợ để duy trì và phát triển nguồn nguyên liệu này, hạn chế hoạt động của các công ty nhiên liệu hóa thạch, và góp phần đòi lại công bằng cho những cộng đồng chịu tổn hại nặng nề nhất trong thời điểm khủng hoảng của biến đổi khí hậu và hiệu ứng nhà kính. Tiếp tục đọc “Các công ty bảo hiểm lớn trên thế giới đồng lòng tuyên bố thoái vốn khỏi nhiệt điện than”
Cambridge Analytica controversy must spur researchers to update data ethics
Revelations keep emerging in the Cambridge Analytica personal-data scandal, which has captured global public attention for more than a week. But when the dust settles, researchers harvesting data online will face greater scrutiny. And so they should.
At the centre of the controversy is Aleksandr Kogan, a psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, UK. In 2014, he recruited people to complete a number of surveys and sign up to an app that handed over Facebook information on themselves — and tens of millions of Facebook friends. Kogan passed the data to SCL, a UK firm that later founded controversial political-consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica in London. (All those involved deny any wrongdoing.) Tiếp tục đọc “Cambridge Analytica controversy must spur researchers to update data ethics”
The ethics of catching criminals using their family’s DNA
The use of ancestral DNA data to track a suspected murderer raises some troubling ethical questions.Credit: Rich Pedroncelli/AP/REX/Shutterstock
Last week’s arrest of a suspect in the Golden State Killer case in California has highlighted how DNA samples that have been volunteered for one purpose — in this case, genealogy — can be used for other reasons, often without the donor’s explicit consent. Several ethicists have expressed concern about US detectives using a genealogy website in this way. Coming so soon after the reuse of Facebook data in political campaigns in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it’s another example of how new technology and techniques lead to unexpected conundrums, and how ethical and societal debate must catch up. Tiếp tục đọc “The ethics of catching criminals using their family’s DNA”
Internet Freedom Rapidly Degrading in Southeast Asia
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Print | Send by email |En español– Researchers recently evaluated 65 countries which represent 87 percent of internet users globally. Half of them experienced a decline of internet freedom. China, Syria and Ethiopia are the least free. Estonia, Iceland and Canada enjoy the most freedom online.
The most remarkable evolution comes from Southeast Asia. A few years ago, this was a promising region. The economy was growing, democracy was on the rise. Malaysia had free elections, Indonesia started an anti-corruption campaign and the social rights of Cambodian garment workers were improving.
“A few years ago, social media were safe havens for activists. But today these media companies are too cooperative with the autocratic regimes.” –Ed Legaspi of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance
“Internet helped these movements grow,” says Madeline Earp, Asia research analyst with Freedom House. “All kinds of organisations and media started using internet more and more. That was hopeful.” Tiếp tục đọc “Internet Freedom Rapidly Degrading in Southeast Asia”
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