Conversations on Vietnam Development
As a child, I fled Afghanistan with my family. When we arrived in Britain after a harrowing journey, we thought we could start our new life in safety. But the reality was very different.
The Guardian – By Zarlasht Halaimzai – Fri 21 Jan 2022 09.00 GMT
Written by Zarlasht Halaimzai, read by Serena Manteghi, and produced by Hattie Moir.
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Plain English Version – July 27, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Photo Credit: Aly Song/Reuters.
China is challenging the West. What is the West? It is not only nations in Europe or North America. It is countries that practice democracy.
India, Japan, South Korea, and Australia are Western nations that surround China. They worry about China’s size and ambitions. They view China with suspicion. Also, in the West, the United States and most of Europe see China as an adversary.
China is one country against the West.
Plain English Version – October 19, 2021
It looked like the number of people living in New York City was shrinking. The 2020 census data would tell us how much.
Surprise! The city’s population actually grew by almost eight percent. Most of the population increase was Asian people. Today, people who call themselves Asian are sixteen percent of all the residents of New York City.
Tiếp tục đọc “In New York City, Asians are the growing population”
Plain English Version – October 28, 2021
In Haiti, gangs block ports. Fuel shipments cannot get through. Hospitals are shutting down. Cellphones are losing power. Hunger is growing.
In recent months, assassins killed the president. An earthquake shook a part of the country. The nation is on the brink of collapse.
Gangs now rule about half the capital of Haiti. Workers are afraid to drive their fuel trucks. A gang kidnapped missionaries. It is demanding a ransom of $1 million for each of the seventeen captives. The police know where the hostages are. But the police can’t enter the neighborhood because the gangs outgun them.
Tiếp tục đọc “Gang rule in Haiti: kidnappings, no fuel, no power, no food.”
Plain English Version – February 3, 2022
Unions make life better for workers. That is the idea. But what if the unions are corrupt? What if union leadership works for the benefit of employers? That is the reality for labor in Mexico.
Mexico has big factories. It is a rich country in Latin America. Yet its workers still earn low wages compared to other countries in the region.
The unions in Mexico are the reason. Big unions are closely allied with politicians and employers. They have kept wages low. They have made it hard to organize new unions. Their leaders have wealth and power. There is suspicion of corruption.
Tiếp tục đọc “In Mexico, It is the unions against the workers”
nikkei – From refugees to sanctions, Asian countries are being forced to pick sides in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Nikkei staff writers – March 18, 2022 11:43 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.
thetimesinplainenglish.com – February 10, 2022
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People of different backgrounds live together. Unless, for some reason, they decide not to live together. They do seem to get along better in dictatorships. Tito ran Yugoslavia, Hussein ran Iraq and Khaddaffi ran Libya. Their people had no freedom of choice about with whom they lived. And so, for the most part, they got along.
Tiếp tục đọc “India and elsewhere: Religious wars are forever”
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Residents salvage their belongings from their homes on March 14 after the shelling of a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine. Related ArticleCredit…Lynsey Addario for The New York Times
By Katherine Schulten, Michael Gonchar and Jeremy Engle
March 16, 2022
Young people all over are avidly following what some have called “the first TikTok war.” In late February, we created a place on our site for teenagers to react to the invasion, and within a week, over 900 had. This comment from Winn Godier, a high school student in North Carolina, echoes what we have heard from many teenagers:
Tiếp tục đọc “Teaching resources to help students make sense of the War in Ukraine”
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vietnam.opendevelopmentmekong.net – 15 March 2022
Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long (ĐBSCL) của Việt Nam là đồng bằng lớn thứ ba trên Trái Đất, là nơi sinh sống của gần 18 triệu người với sinh kế chủ yếu là sản xuất nông nghiệp và nuôi trồng thủy sản. Được coi là “Vựa lúa” của Việt Nam, ĐBSCL đóng góp hơn một nửa tổng sản lượng gạo của cả nước và 95% sản lượng gạo xuất khẩu, góp phần đưa Việt Nam trở thành quốc gia xuất khẩu gạo lớn thứ ba thế giới. Khu vực này cũng đóng góp 70% sản lượng trái cây và hơn 60% sản lượng thủy sản xuất khẩu của cả nước.1
Tiếp tục đọc “Bình thường mới: Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long đối mặt với hạn hán và xâm nhập mặn”
Thực hiện: Ip Thiên – Q.Huy 16/03/2022
(Dân trí) – Bờ sông Sài Gòn đoạn qua phường Thảo Điền (TP Thủ Đức) bị những dãy biệt thự khủng bịt kín, gần như không còn lối ra. Các khu biệt thự biến mặt sông thành bến du thuyền, chiếm trọn không gian chung.
Những năm gần đây, vấn đề các công trình xây dựng xây dựng vươn sát mặt sông Sài Gòn là thực trạng chưa có lời giải của TPHCM. Trong đó, khu vực sông Sài Gòn đoạn qua khu vực phường Thảo Điền (thành phố Thủ Đức) là điểm nóng của vấn nạn công trình, biệt thự bao vây đường bờ sông, người dân khó để tìm nơi tiếp cận, hóng gió trời hay tập thể dục.
Để được tận hưởng không khí của mặt sông, người dân buộc phải chọn phương án đi bộ xa hơn về đầu hoặc cuối đường Nguyễn Văn Hưởng, một con hẻm nhỏ nằm giữa đường hoặc trả tiền để vào nhà hàng, quán cà phê ven sông.
Tiếp tục đọc “Biệt thự, bến du thuyền chiếm bờ sông Sài Gòn làm của riêng”
Lê Thị Thanh Tâm* – LS. Lê Trọng Thêm**
16/03/2022 21:53
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Tiếp tục đọc “Cần rút bài học gì từ thương vụ bị lừa đảo hơn 500 tỉ đồng từ Ý?”
From Nixon’s 1972 visit to Beijing condoning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we investigate what went wrong in the U.S.-China relationship
Nikkei – February 25, 2022 13:08 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 interviews and original reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.
New episodes are recorded weekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other major platforms, and on our YouTube channel.
Tiếp tục đọc “PODCAST: Asia Stream: The old and new Cold War”
At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him
theguardian.com – by Roy Cohen – Thu 13 Jan 2022 06.00 GMT
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Asia is home to some of the world’s largest and most dynamic cities. Why do some of them fail?
Nikkei staff writersFebruary 18, 2022 11:59 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 interviews and original reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.
New episodes are recorded weekly and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other major platforms, and on our YouTube channel.
geopoliticalmonitor – March 10, 2022 – By Randall Puah
Ukraine has come under a full-blown invasion by the Russian military since Putin’s 24 February 2022 shock announcement of a “special military operation” in the country’s south-eastern Donbass region. The conflict has already caused market jitters, commodity price hikes, and exacerbated supply chain disruptions. It has also prompted a well-planned and coordinated effort by major US, European, and Asian economies to raise the economic costs for Putin. The key ones being:
Tiếp tục đọc “Russia-Ukraine conflict: Implications for investors and businesses in Vietnam”
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