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.

Myanmar’s troubled history: Coups, military rule, and ethnic conflict

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cfr – The 2021 coup returned Myanmar to military rule and shattered hopes for democratic progress in a Southeast Asian country beset by decades of conflict and repressive regimes.

A protester holds an image of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during an anti-coup march in February 2021.
A protester holds an image of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during an anti-coup march in February 2021. Getty Images

WRITTEN BY Lindsay Maizland

Last updated January 31, 2022 11:00 am

Summary

  • Myanmar, also known as Burma, has suffered decades of repressive military rule, widespread poverty, and civil war with ethnic minority groups.
  • The transition away from full military rule starting in 2011 spurred hopes of democratic reforms. But the military maintained control over much of the government and began a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya.
  • The military launched a coup in February 2021 and then cracked down on protests. The opposition formed a shadow government and fighting force, leading to a civil war and humanitarian crisis that could spill over Myanmar’s borders.

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Countries currently at war 2022

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worldpopulationreview.com

The Oxford English Dictionary defines “war” as: (1) A state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country; (2) a state of competition or hostility between different people or groups, or (3) a sustained campaign against an undesirable situation or activity. There are many possible reasons for war to begin between—or more often, within—nations. Among these are economic gain, territorial gain, religion, nationalism, civil war, and political revolution. Often, countries’ leaders become primary motivators of conflict by instigating a territorial dispute, trying to control another country’s natural resources, or exercising authoritarian power over people.

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Bao giờ mới đến võ đài chuyên nghiệp?

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HUY ĐĂNG 9/3/2022 11:00 GMT+7

TTCT – Những trận đánh triệu USD, dưới ánh đèn rực rỡ và khán đài cuồng nhiệt đầy ắp người… Giấc mơ về võ đài nhà nghề tưởng chừng không còn xa khi Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi giành đai vô địch thế giới WBO hồi tháng 10 năm ngoái – cột mốc lịch sử của làng boxing chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam.

 Võ sĩ Thu Nhi (Ảnh: NVCC)

 Nhưng rồi chỉ vài tháng sau, “thiên thần đen” đứng trước nguy cơ giã từ võ đài nhà nghề, để trở về đấu võ… nghiệp dư.

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Bangladesh’s Identity Crisis: To be or Not to be secular

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Fifty years after it gained its independence, Bangladesh’s commitment to secularism remains shaky.

thediplomat – By Shafi Md Mostofa – December 06, 2021

Bangladesh’s Identity Crisis: To Be or Not to Be Secular
Hundreds of Hindus protesting against attacks on temples and the killing of two Hindu devotees shout slogans in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, October 18, 2021.Credit: AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu

In a couple of weeks, Bangladesh will celebrate the golden jubilee of its victory in the liberation war against Pakistan. Fifty years have passed since it became independent, and secular nationalist forces gained the upper hand over religious ones in the war. However, Bangladesh has not been able to secure its secularism.

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A new culture of dissent is remaking Cuba’s politics

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worldpoliticsreview.com – William M. LeoGrande Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Anti-government protesters march in Havana, Cuba, July 11, 2021 (AP photo by Eliana Aponte).

In mid-February, a court in Holguin, Cuba, about 500 miles east of Havana, handed down sentences of up to 20 years in prison to 20 people convicted of sedition the previous month. Their crime, and that of the hundreds of others like them still awaiting verdicts elsewhere, was to have participated in widespread protests last summer, some peaceful but some violent, that took the Cuban government—and the world—by surprise.

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The Kafala system and Vietnam’s domestic workers: Corruption and a Silenced Press

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newmandala – ANGIE NGOC TRAN – 15 FEB, 2022

While worker grievances about abuses and exploitation since 2015 have fallen on deaf ears with the renewal of a bilateral Vietnam-Saudi Arabia labour pact (2019-2024), a recent announcement from the official state media seems to appease recent bad publicity about labor export. It reveals an entrenched network of financial interests between recruitment companies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Security Agency has prosecuted some officials at the Consular Department level for accepting bribes to permit recruitment companies to organise commercial flights to bring overseas workers, who pay upwards of USD $3000 for the one-way flight and quarantine costs, to return to Vietnam. It’s not a coincidence that the corruption exposé happened after waves of social media and the UN special rapporteurs’ letter about human trafficking. Still, numerous worker complaints about Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) officials operating in the Vietnamese Embassy in Riyadh continue to fall on deaf ears.

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A Peace That Couldn’t Last – Negotiating the Paris Accords on Vietnam

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ADST – Signed on January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords were intended to finally end the Vietnam War, which had cost the lives of thousands of American soldiers, not to mention the millions of Vietnamese civilians who were killed, injured, or displaced. Initially, the Accords were negotiated in secret by National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, the lead North Vietnamese negotiator. These secret negotiations took place over the course of five years in Paris, from 1968 to 1973, but it was only in the early 70’s that any real progress was made.

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How the Soviet Union’s fall pushed Putin to try and recapture Russia’s global importance

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While serving in the KGB in East Berlin, Putin was shocked and humiliated to experience the collapse of Soviet power firsthand.

History – SHAUN WALKER – FEB 28, 2022

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union stood for nearly half a century as one of the two lodes of global power. When it dissolved in 1991, Russia found itself losing relevance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was a young KGB officer during this era, and the events of that time influenced many of the moves he made in the early years of his administration, with the goal of regaining the importance in the world the Soviet Union used to hold—and restoring Russian pride.

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Strengthen women’s livelihoods and participation for greater resilience to disasters and climate change in Viet Nam

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UNWomen – Thao Hoang – Friday, 22 November 2019

When Tran Thi My Linh, a 51-year-old rural woman first said that she would replace her rice fields with lotus fields, she raised many eyebrows. In the little commune of Hoa Dong in Phu Yen province, just south of Viet Nam’s capital, Ha Noi, villagers had planted rice for generations. However, with the changing weather patterns in recent years, millions of people have been affected in Phu Yen and in rural Viet Nam in general and people have started looking for new livelihoods.

Tran Thi My Linh, 51-year-old. Photo: UN Women/Thao Hoang

Tran Thi My Linh, 51-year-old. Photo: UN Women/Thao Hoang

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Currency adrift – 50 years after the “Nixon shock”

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Nikkei – 50 years ago a major event in the history of money occurred — the “Nixon shock” of August 15, 1971. The “floating exchange rate system” that became the norm after this spurred the development of the global postwar economy. However, it has also frequently caused crises in emerging countries. Recently “digital currencies” have begun to spread, and there are signs that the reserve currency system based on the dollar may be changing. How will the future of currency impact the global economy?

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Regulations and content on addressing minor employees in fisheries for guild fishing vessel owners and fishermen

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ILO – With support from ILO ENHANCE, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has produced a video to highlight the importance of preventing and eliminating child labour from production and processing activities among fishery enterprises and communities, promoting the enforcement of related regulations and requirements.

Date issued: 20 January 2022 |

A handshake that changed the world: 50 years after Nixon’s trip to China

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U.S. President Nixon shakes hands with Chinese President Mao Zedong (Feb. 21, 1972, AP)

nikkei – Feb. 21 marks the 50th anniversary of U.S. President Richard Nixon’s trip to China, a turning point in international relations.

Washington and Beijing joined together to counter the Soviet Union, but China did not democratize as the U.S. hoped. It has now become an economic and military powerhouse under the one-party rule of the Communist Party. A half-century after the handshake that changed the world, cooperation has turned to confrontation. The U.S.-China relationship and global affairs have all undergone tumultuous change.

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Russia’s Ukraine invasion could be a global economic ‘game changer’

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Soaring gas prices and rapidly shifting trade decisions suggest events of the past two weeks will be felt everywhere for years

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Washingtonpost – By David J. Lynch – March 5, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EST

People stand in line to withdraw U.S. dollars and euros from an ATM in St. Petersburg on Feb. 25. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the financial reckoningimposed on Moscow in response are proof that the triumphant globalization campaignthat began more than 30 years ago has reached a dead end.

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Care at work: Greater investment in care could create almost 300 million jobs

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ILO – News | 07 March 2022

Plugging existing, significant, gaps in care services could generate almost 300 million jobs and create a continuum of care that would help to alleviate poverty, encourage gender equality, and support care for children and the elderly, says new ILO report released ahead of International Women’s Day.

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GENEVA (ILO News) – Persistent and significant gaps in care services and policies have left hundreds of millions of workers with family responsibilities without adequate protection and support, yet meeting these needs could create almost 300 million jobs by 2035, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report.

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India’s ‘neutrality’ on the Ukraine conflict could hurt it in the long run

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New Delhi has been silent on Russia’s actions in Ukraine so far.

thediplomat – By Sudha Ramachandran – February 25, 2022

India’s ‘Neutrality’ on the Ukraine Conflict Could Hurt It in the Long Run
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladirmir Putin during the summit in New Delhi, India on December 6, 2021.Credit: Facebook/ Ministry of External Affairs, India

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has put India in a particularly difficult spot. Since the conflict between Moscow and the U.S. over Ukraine began escalating late last year, India has avoided taking sides. But with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, that cautious approach will become increasingly untenable for New Delhi. It could hurt India’s interests in the long-run.

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