Tác giả: Phạm Thu Hương

I am chief admin, author and translator of DCN System, which includes dotchuoinon.com (the only Vietnamese-language website devoted exclusively to positive thinking), cvdvn.net (Conversations on Vietnam Development), and a number of related forums and Facebook pages. I am also legal assistant to attorney Trần Đình Hoành in legal cases involving Vietnam. I am studying and teaching the Bible and Buddhism. I am a Biotechnology Engineering graduate from Hue University of Sciences. I love living with nature. I practice the Energy Training exercise system for health, and enjoy gardening and life beauty as a hobby.

PODCAST – Asia Stream: The Philippine Election — Dynasty and Disinformation

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

nikkei – Nearly 50 years after Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared brutal martial law, the Philippines is poised to elect his son. Has history been forgotten?

Nikkei staff writersMay 7, 2022 03:26 JST

NEW YORK — Welcome to Nikkei Asia’s podcast: Asia Stream.

Every week, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of expert interviews and original reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.

https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/6UcI5OPlMs1JXTqXy8vsmj?utm_source=generator&theme=0

New episodes are recorded biweekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other major platforms, and on our YouTube channel.

This week, we focus on one of Asia’s most dynamic but flawed democracies: the Philippines. With the election just days away, we get under the hood of the electoral system and investigate the powerful role that dynasties play in the country, with a special focus on Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the front-runner on the cusp of taking power. We then take into account that other essential, if dangerous, tenet of modern Philippine democracy: disinformation, and how it is being used to gain support among the country’s most vulnerable populations.

Tiếp tục đọc “PODCAST – Asia Stream: The Philippine Election — Dynasty and Disinformation” →

PODCAST – Asia Stream: Asia’s Inflation Dilemma

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Rising prices are hurting wallets across the world. The crisis is particularly bad in Sri Lanka and Turkey, and in Japan, people are facing inflation for the first time in decades.

Nikkei staff writersMay 20, 2022 07:38 JST

NEW YORK — Welcome to Nikkei Asia’s podcast: Asia Stream.

Every episode, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of expert interviews and original reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.

https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/1PviB4UfoOJ65rYQJJYwjs?utm_source=generator&theme=0

New episodes are recorded biweekly and are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other major platforms, and on our YouTube channel.

Tiếp tục đọc “PODCAST – Asia Stream: Asia’s Inflation Dilemma” →

How Putin’s invasion returned Nato to the centre stage – podcast

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

For the first time in years, its role has become a topic of furious debate. But what do we talk about when we talk about Nato? 

Written by Thomas Meaney, read by Simon Vance and produced by Jessica Beck. Executive producer was Max Sanderson

Mon 16 May 2022 05.00 BST

The NATO Star sculpture stands during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, July 12, 2018. Photographer: Marlene Awaad/Bloomberg via Getty Images
 Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Tiếp tục đọc “How Putin’s invasion returned Nato to the centre stage – podcast” →

Environmental Volunteerism on the Rise in Vietnam

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Geopoliticalmonitor.com – June 2, 2022

By James Borton

Biển đảo Việt Nam: Ra quân làm sạch bãi biển xã

17-year-old Hoang Mai is a proud contributor to Vietnam’s Youth Union volunteer campaign. In a run-up to World Environment Day and its global theme, “Only One Earth” on June 5, she will connect with millions of other young citizens who are taking action to clean up the environment. The Youth Union has focused increasing attention on environmental protection through tree planting and eco-campaigns like “for a green Vietnam,” “let’s clean up the seas,” and “anti-plastic waste,” and recently marked the start of its ‘Green Summer’ campaign.

Vietnam’s rapid development from one of the five poorest countries in the world in 1985 to one of the world’s fastest growing economies has resulted in dramatic environmental consequences from polluted rivers, biodiversity loss, and air quality depletion.

Tiếp tục đọc “Environmental Volunteerism on the Rise in Vietnam” →

Southeast Asians sticking with China on Taiwan: survey

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

asiatimes – Democracy Perception Index survey shows most Southeast Asians would not support cutting economic ties with China if it invades Taiwan

By DAVID HUTTJUNE 1, 2022Print

Military helicopters carrying large Taiwan flags do a flyby rehearsal on October 5, 2021, ahead of National Day celebrations amid escalating tensions between Taipei and Beijing. Photo: AFP / Ceng Shou Yi / NurPhoto

A recent Democracy Perception Index survey of worldwide public opinion found that a majority of Southeast Asians would not support their governments cutting economic ties with China if Beijing launched an invasion of Taiwan. 

The same report found that only Singaporeans, from the six Southeast Asian countries surveyed, favored cutting economic ties with Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine in February. Indonesians and Vietnamese were two of the three nationalities who believed most strongly that ties with Russia should be maintained.  

The Democracy Perception Index 2022 survey, published this month by Latana and the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, asked respondents: “If China started a military invasion of Taiwan, do you think your country should cut economic ties with China?” 

Tiếp tục đọc “Southeast Asians sticking with China on Taiwan: survey” →

SEA Games 31: Kỷ lục HCV nhưng thiếu chiều sâu

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

HUY ĐĂNG 31/5/2022 6:00 GMT+7

Trong buổi họp báo tổng kết SEA Games 31, trưởng đoàn thể thao Việt Nam Trần Đức Phấn thừa nhận Việt Nam tuy giành đến 205 HCV ở kỳ SEA Games này, nhưng đến Asiad thì mục tiêu chỉ là… 3 HCV!

Ông Phấn còn khẳng định với những môn quan trọng như điền kinh hay bơi lội, khả năng giành huy chương ở Olympic trong 20 năm tới là bất khả thi.

 Tiến Minh 39 tuổi vẫn còn phải chiến đấu khi phía sau là khoảng trống mênh mang.  -Ảnh: Ngô Trần Hải An

Tiếp tục đọc “SEA Games 31: Kỷ lục HCV nhưng thiếu chiều sâu” →

Trồng rừng độc canh có được tính vào mục tiêu phục hồi rừng?

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ 1 bình luận

16/09/2021

BVR&MT – Trên toàn cầu, các dự án trồng cây đang trở thành xu hướng thịnh hành nhưng nhiều người đang dựa vào thói quen cũ là trồng rừng độc canh và gọi chúng là rừng.

Các chuyên gia cho biết mặc dù các đồn điền độc canh thường khác biệt với mắt chúng ta như một khối nếu chúng ta nhìn thấy chúng từ mặt phẳng nhưng từ quan điểm màu sắc, chúng thường trùng lặp với rừng tự nhiên và do đó làm nhầm lẫn các thuật toán máy tính đang hoạt động với các điểm ảnh mờ. Hình ảnh: Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

Cứ như thể một người dọn dẹp chuyên nghiệp đã được đưa vào khu rừng nhiệt đới. Tiếng chim hót và tiếng ếch nhái vắng lặng, những mái vòm lộn xộn được dọn sạch bong. Nơi từng là những đám dây leo và cây non hỗn độn nằm chen chúc dưới những dưới tán cây râm mát, giờ được thay thế bằng những cây có cùng chiều cao đứng ngăn nắp và xếp thành từng hàng ngay ngắn dưới cái nắng như thiêu đốt.

Đây là một dự án trồng rừng. Nhưng có điều gì đó rất sai.

Các cơ quan chính phủ Campuchia đã chào mời dự án trồng rừng Prey Lang là dự án lớn đầu tiên trong việc phục hồi tập trung vào khí hậu. Cục Lâm nghiệp Campuchia đã cấp cho nhà thầu Hàn Quốc Think Biotech nhượng quyền trồng 34.000 ha rừng mục đích rõ ràng là trồng cây và giảm nhẹ phát thải khí nhà kính. Nhưng những gì đã xảy ra trên mặt đất trông không giống như một chiến thắng trước biến đổi khí hậu.

Tiếp tục đọc “Trồng rừng độc canh có được tính vào mục tiêu phục hồi rừng?” →

Politics of denial: South Korean war crimes in Vietnam

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

People’s Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War to hold by Minbyun and the Korea-Vietnam Peace Foundation. IMAGE BY JJW ON WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. (CC BY-SA 4.0)

newmandala.com

ANDRE KWOK AND NATHANEAL KWON – 13 MAY, 2022

In 2018, two survivors of massacre perpetrated by South Korean troops in Vietnam during the Vietnamese-American war, instigated the People’s Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War. This signalled a watershed moment in the history of civil activism and transitional justice in South Korea; yet, there is still much to be done.

Following the outbreak of conflict in Vietnam (1955-1975), U.S. President Lyndon Johnson initiated the Many Flags campaign to consolidate a united front against communism in Indochina. While several countries, including Thailand, Australia and New Zealand participated, South Korea contributed by far the largest number of troops after the U.S.: around 300,000 rotating troops by the end of the war.

Dictator Park Chung-hee sought to build a stable South Korean government, and so he agreed to take a leading role in the war in exchange for American military support in the Korean peninsula and economic support for Park’s ambitious development plans. The estimated $1 billion USD worth of American aid and other war-related income was a vital lifeline for the crumbling Korean economy.

Tiếp tục đọc “Politics of denial: South Korean war crimes in Vietnam” →

Annual report on FDI in Vietnam released for the first time

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

vir – May 11, 2022 | 09:36

The Vietnam Association of Foreign-Invested Enterprises has just unveiled its first annual 2021 FDI report to provide a comprehensive assessment of the results of foreign direct investment attraction, the business activities of foreign-invested enterprises, and to analyse the nation’s investment environment.

Annual report on FDI in Vietnam released for the first time
The annual report on FDI in Vietnam has been released for the first time

Nguyen Anh Tuan, standing vice chairman of the Vietnam Association of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (VAFIE) said that the report also includes opinions and suggestions from economic experts, investors, and owners of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs), which will be useful inputs for policymakers.

“It analyses the investment environment in line with the national administrative reform, thereby influencing policies and laws to increase innovation and improve the quality and socioeconomic efficiency of the sector,” said Tuan.

The annual report provides an overview of global and ASEAN FDI trends.

Tiếp tục đọc “Annual report on FDI in Vietnam released for the first time” →

Why Africa needs non-traditional partners like Vietnam

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

The Africa report – Posted on Monday, 18 April 2022 08:04

New buildings are seen along the Saigon river in southern Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon City), Vietnam, April 26, 2015. REUTERS/Kham –

Much of Africa has been on the receiving end of the North-South development cooperation where Western donors and multilateral institutions provide aid and technical assistance to countries on the continent.

Progress has been made from this type of cooperation, but much is still needed to transform the continent.

The Chinese have arrived on the scene with the Belt and Road initiative to a mixed reception. While the North-South relations and the Chinese influence will continue to be a critical part of development cooperation for Africa, leaders on the continent are increasingly seeking more horizontal partnerships based on equity, trust, and shared prosperity.

What Vietnam has achieved in the last thirty years, and what it is on course to achieve in the next, makes the country a good candidate for low- and middle-income countries in Africa to partner with for shared prosperity.

Tiếp tục đọc “Why Africa needs non-traditional partners like Vietnam” →