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.

Vì sao Australia tạm ngừng xuất khẩu bò sang Việt Nam?

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Vì sao Australia tạm ngừng xuất khẩu bò sang Việt Nam?

doanhnhansaigon – Việc Australia quyết định tạm ngừng xuất khẩu bò sang Việt Nam đã ảnh hưởng không nhỏ đến các doanh nghiệp chăn nuôi, ngành chăn nuôi, đặc biệt là hình ảnh của Việt Nam trước thế giới.

Phóng viên đã có cuộc trao đổi với ông Tống Xuân Chinh – Phó Cục trưởng Cục Chăn nuôi (Bộ Nông nghiệp và Phát triển nông thôn) xoay quanh vấn đề này.

* Ông có thể cho biết nguyên nhân cụ thể việc Australia tạm ngừng xuất khẩu bò sang Việt Nam?

– Việc Australia tạm ngừng xuất khẩu bò sang Việt Nam chính thức từ ngày 13/6 vừa qua là vấn đề mới, lạ, chưa phổ biến ở Việt Nam. Tuy nhiên, điều này đã được cảnh báo từ trước.

Theo quy định, để được nhập khẩu bò Australia về Việt Nam, các doanh nghiệp đều phải chấp hành đầy đủ các quy định do nước bạn đặt ra như: lò giết mổ, các công đoạn giết mổ cũng như khâu ướp thịt bò trước khi đem bán ra thị trường. Theo đó, họ sẽ giám sát quy trình từ khi xuất bò đi, việc di chuyển, chuồng trại, lưu nuôi cho đến khi tiến hành giết mổ.

Đây là một bộ tiêu chuẩn đảm bảo quy tắc giết mổ nhân đạo mà mỗi nhà nhập khẩu đều phải tuân thủ. Khi doanh nghiệp đạt tiêu chuẩn quốc tế thì phía Australia họ mới xuất khẩu bò. Bên cạnh đó, phía Australia cũng có hướng dẫn, tập huấn về các quy định cho các cơ sở giết mổ. Tuy nhiên, vẫn có một số cơ sở giết mổ tại Việt Nam không tuân thủ quy định này. Tiếp tục đọc “Vì sao Australia tạm ngừng xuất khẩu bò sang Việt Nam?” →

Live cattle exports to Vietnam have been banned after more animal cruelty allegations

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Simon Thomsen
Jun 17, 2016, 3:45 AM
A still from footage allegedly of an abattoir in Vietnam, obtained by Animals Australia. Source: Animals Australia

businessinsider – Live cattle exports to three abattoirs in Vietnam have been suspended after footage emerged of the animals allegedly being killed by sledgehammer.

But rather than the government taking the action, the industry itself has imposed the ban, with the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council deciding to stop exports on June 12, just days after the fifth anniversary of the then-Labor government blocking exports to Indonesia in 2011.

And despite improved monitoring standards introduced in the wake of the 2011 scandal, the circumstances of the Vietnam incident are eerily similar, with the animal rights lobby group Animals Australia capturing the footage last month. It’s due to be aired on the ABC’s 7.30 program tonight. Five years ago, the footage appeared on Four Corners, sending shockwaves through the industry and leading to the government intervention. Tiếp tục đọc “Live cattle exports to Vietnam have been banned after more animal cruelty allegations” →

The job for life model is dead. Here’s what millennials need to know

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Job seekers walk towards a job fair held for fresh graduates in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2016.

Written by
Jonas PrisingChairman and CEO, ManpowerGroup

weforum – Much has been written recently about technology, digitization and robots replacing jobs – some go so far as to say the end is near for many workers. But as I think of what each of us could accomplish with enhanced technology at our fingertips, based on the early benefits we’re already seeing, I’m an optimist. In this period of transition, or upheaval for some, the question is how we can help individuals and organizations quickly adapt to a changing labour market and upskill to new ways of working. It’s a race we can foresee and must win, for the benefit of all. Tiếp tục đọc “The job for life model is dead. Here’s what millennials need to know” →

Đừng để xảy ra một thảm họa môi trường ở Tây Nam bộ

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Lê Anh Tuấn (*) Thứ Năm,  30/6/2016, 06:43 (GMT+7)
 

thesaigontimes: (TBKTSG) – Một chuỗi nhà máy công nghiệp độc hại đang hình thành dọc theo sông Hậu, trong đó đáng lưu ý hơn hết là Nhà máy Giấy Lee & Man ở huyện Châu Thành tỉnh Hậu Giang và cụm các nhà máy nhiệt điện than Duyên Hải ở huyện Duyên Hải, tỉnh Trà Vinh. Ngoài ra, còn có một nhà máy nhiệt điện than đang xây dựng ở huyện Long Phú, tỉnh Sóc Trăng.

Tiếp tục đọc “Đừng để xảy ra một thảm họa môi trường ở Tây Nam bộ” →

Can Better Technology Lure Asia’s Youth Back to Farming?

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Can Better Technology Lure Asia’s Youth Back to Farming?

By Diana G Mendoza Reprint |   | Print | |En español

ADB president Takehiko Nakao speak at the Food Security Forum in Manila. Credit: Diana G. Mendoza/IPS

ADB president Takehiko Nakao speaks at the Food Security Forum in Manila. Credit: Diana G. Mendoza/IPS

ipsnews – MANILA, Jun 25 2016 (IPS) – Farming and agriculture may not seem cool to young people, but if they can learn the thrill of nurturing plants to produce food, and are provided with their favorite apps and communications software on agriculture, food insecurity will not be an issue, food and agriculture experts said during the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Food Security Forum from June 22 to 24 at the ADB headquarters here. Tiếp tục đọc “Can Better Technology Lure Asia’s Youth Back to Farming?” →

Cogeneration & Trigeneration – How to Produce Energy Efficiently

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A practical Guide for Experts in Emerging and Developing Economies
Energy efficiency is an increasingly important contributor to climate change mitigation while at the same time reducing the cost of energy as well as presenting an opportunity for technological innovation. Cogeneration (or ‘cogen’ for short) is in many cases one of the low hanging fruits of energy efficiency, and also has benefits on the electricity supply side. Cogeneration – the combined production of heat and power (also known as CHP) – encompasses all concepts and technologies by which heat and power are jointly generated in one unit and used by the same consumer, with the option of excess energy being fed into the public grid. The high levels of efficiency achieved in this process result from using waste heat as a co-product of electricity generation. Taking this one step further to include the generation of cooling energy from waste heat is called trigeneration (or ‘trigen’ for short) or combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP).

Energy and Air Pollution 2016 – World Energy Outlook Special Report

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World Energy Outlook: Released on 27 June 2016

Full report | Acknowledgements | Table of Contents

Executive Summaries
Chinese | English | French

‌‌• Around 6.5 million premature deaths each year can be attributed to air pollution
• Energy production and use are by far the largest man-made sources of air pollutants
• Technologies to tackle air pollution are well known

Clean air is vital for good health. Yet despite growing recognition of this imperative, the problem of air pollution is far from solved in many countries, and the global health impacts risk intensifying in the decades to come.

The scale of the public health crisis caused by air pollution and the importance of the energy sector to its resolution are the reasons why the IEA is focusing on this critical topic for the first time.

Based on new data for pollutant emissions in 2015 and projections to 2040, this special report, the latest in the World Energy Outlook series, provides a global outlook for energy and air pollution as well as detailed profiles of key countries and regions: the United States, Mexico, the European Union, China, India, Southeast Asia and Africa.

In a Clean Air Scenario, the report proposes a pragmatic and attainable strategy to reconcile the world’s energy requirements with its need for cleaner air. Alongside the multiple benefits to human health, this strategy shows that resolving the world’s air pollution problem can go hand-in-hand with progress towards other environmental and development goals.

See related material

‌• Press release
• Presentation to the press

A strong ASEAN+3 should embrace the IMF

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9 May 2016
Author: Ramon Pacheco Pardo, King’s College Londoneastasiaforum – ASEAN+3 (the ASEAN members plus China, South Korea and Japan) was born from the ashes of the Asian financial crisis and the IMF’s response to it. It’s no secret that displeasure — if not hostility — to the policy prescriptions suggested by the Washington-based institution was a key driver behind ASEAN+3. When the global financial crisis spurred the development of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM) and the launch of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), it seemed that ASEAN+3 was finally setting up the structures to free itself from any future dependence on the IMF.But even as the ASEAN+3 grouping’s finance ministers and central bank governors gathered in Frankfurt for their 19th meeting a few days ago, it has become clear that ASEAN+3 needs to embrace the IMF if it is to transform into an essential feature of regional governance in East Asia. A strong ASEAN+3 should not be afraid to do so. Tiếp tục đọc “A strong ASEAN+3 should embrace the IMF” →

What consumers want in GM food labeling is simpler than you think

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June 24, 2016 3.42pm BST

The fast-approaching July 1, 2016, deadline for Vermont’s new labeling law – and a new federal proposal that would set a national system for disclosure – for genetically modified (GM) food has provoked a range of responses from food manufacturers while reigniting debate about the need to balance the weight of scientific evidence against consumer demand for transparency. At the center of the debate lay questions of trust in science and how the ways we communicate risk serve to increase or decrease that trust. Tiếp tục đọc “What consumers want in GM food labeling is simpler than you think” →

Plan to Fabricate a Genome Raises Questions on Designer Humans

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What will scientists do with $100 million to mass-produce genes in the lab?

technologyreview – A proposal by a group of scientists and businesspeople to synthesize a human genome from scratch is attracting sharp criticism for dodging the big ethical questions such a step raises.

The proposal, described today in a two-and-a-half-page letter being published in Science, is to string together synthetically made DNA and shape from it a human genome able to power a cell in a dish, according to lead authors Jef Boeke of New York University’s Langone Medical Center and biotechnologist George Church of Harvard Medical School. Tiếp tục đọc “Plan to Fabricate a Genome Raises Questions on Designer Humans” →

New guidance on how to include human rights defenders in National Action Plans on business & human rights

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For human rights defenders to be able to safely work on business and human rights issues, both States and businesses must contribute to a safe and enabling environment for such work, whilst desisting from and sanctioning any actions that might restrict or threaten that environment. NAPs provide an important vehicle for the articulation and coordination of the law, policies, and actions required to foster and protect such an environment.

…..

The Guiding Principles reinforce the State duty to protect by articulating how existing
international law should be applied in the realm of business and human rights. According to Principle 1, “States must protect against human rights abuse within their territory and
/or jurisdiction by third parties, including business enterprises. Given the increasing
prevalence of private corporations involved in violations against human rights defenders, it is thus crucial that States use NAPs to adopt laws and policies that enforce their specific
obligations to protect the rights of defenders
.
 The Declaration does not establish special rights for defenders but rather acknowledges that the roledefenders play, and the risks they face, require specific legislative and policy responses byStates to ensure that they can work in an environment where their rights are protected.

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Environmental activist murders set record as 2015 became deadliest year

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theguardian – Global Witness says at least 185 activists were killed and anti-mining activities were the most deadly – with 42 deaths related to protests

Michelle Campos says her father and grandfather were publicly executed in September 2015 for opposing mining in Mindanao, Philippines.

Michelle Campos says her father and grandfather were publicly executed in September 2015 for opposing mining in Mindanao, Philippines. Photograph: Tulda productions

At least 185 environmental activists were killed last year, the highest annual death toll on record and close to a 60% increase on the previous year, according to a UK-based watchdog. Tiếp tục đọc “Environmental activist murders set record as 2015 became deadliest year” →

Tại sao phụ nữ nắm chìa khóa cho thành công kinh tế ở Đông Nam Á

~ Đào Thu Hằng ~ 3 bình luận

ENGLISH: Why women hold the key to South-East Asia’s economic success

A woman rides on a bicycle past an electronic board showing the graph of the recent fluctuations of the exchange rates between the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar (top L and R) outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, January 7, 2016. The yen hit multi-month highs against its peers on Thursday while commodity-linked currencies took a fresh hit after China guided the yuan lower for two days in a row, fuelling anxiety about China's economy and its policy intentions.
Nhìn chung, họ kiếm được ít hơn 10% so với nam giới cho các công việc như nhau ở phần lớn các ngành công nghiệp. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Hơn 50 năm trước, Charlotte Whitton, một người hoạt động về nữ quyền và là thị trưởng nữ đầu tiên của một thành phố lớn ở Canada, đã chế giễu hài hước rằng: “Bất cứ điều gì phụ nữ làm, họ phải làm tốt gấp đôi đàn ông để được đánh giá là giỏi bằng phân nửa”. Charlotte Whitton đã  gửi đến thế giới nơi mà phụ nữ còn đã bị xem là thấp kém, phụ nữ từng bị coi là chỉ đến trường để hoàn thành việc học thay vì học ở các trường luật, nếu họ có cơ hội được đến trường. Tiếp tục đọc “Tại sao phụ nữ nắm chìa khóa cho thành công kinh tế ở Đông Nam Á” →

Giải pháp kinh doanh nhỏ giải quyết vấn đề lớn

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English: Small business solutions to a big problem

ecological.panda.org  – Các chính phủ trên thế giới đã cam kết chấm dứt nạn phá rừng cho tới năm 2020 và nhiều công ty đa quốc gia theo đó đang có những tuân  thủ bằng cam kết các chuỗi cung ứng của công ty không dính sáng đến  nạn phá rừng . Nhưng chuyện gì xảy ra ở những khu vực nơi mà các doanh nghiệp đa quốc gia vắng mặt? Và các tổ chức kinh doanh nhỏ và vừa có vai trò gì trong việc giải quyết nạn phá rừng? Tiếp tục đọc “Giải pháp kinh doanh nhỏ giải quyết vấn đề lớn” →

Why South Korea is the world’s biggest investor in research

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The Asian nation is spending big in the hope of winning a Nobel prize, but it will need more than cash to realize its ambitions.

Shin Woong-Jae A prototype axion detector in Daejeon, South Korea.

nature – Behind the doors of a drab brick building in Daejeon, South Korea, a major experiment is slowly taking shape. Much of the first-floor lab space is under construction, and one glass door, taped shut, leads directly to a pit in the ground. But at the end of the hall, in a pristine lab, sits a gleaming cylindrical apparatus of copper and gold. It’s a prototype of a device that might one day answer a major mystery about the Universe by detecting a particle called the axion — a possible component of dark matter. Tiếp tục đọc “Why South Korea is the world’s biggest investor in research” →