Tác giả: Trần Đình Hoành

I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn. . I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC. I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters. I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law. I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam. In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship. Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam. I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN. I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism. In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net). I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries. I have written these books, published by Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi: "Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống) (Oct. 2011) "10 Core Values for Success" (10 Giá trị cốt lõi của thành công) (Dec. 2013) "Live a Life Worth Living" (Sống Một Cuộc Đời Đáng Sống) (Oct. 2023) I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.

It turns out that China does have some serious heft to retaliate against Panama.

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Posted by BL CheahMar 15

Nice! Well done China!

It turns out that China does have some serious heft to retaliate against Panama. And the best thing is, the Panamanians can do practically nothing to retaliate against this. Anything they try is likely to cause more problems for themselves.

Those who have followed me should know that I posted about Panama’s actions having consequences. When they screwed over the biggest Chinese player, the port operator itself, it sent a chilling feeling down other Chinese players in the trade.

For instance, you can see this link to my previous post:https://qr.ae/pCfYTw

CK Hutchinson is a highly professional and respected port operator. Decades in the trade. Operates 53 ports across 24 countries. Decades of experience in Panama with billions invested.

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Why doesn’t Vietnam accept China’s offer to build a high-speed railway connecting the north and south of the country?

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Blue Sky · Technical Service EngineerDec 31

At first, China was very interested in Vietnam’s ‘North-South High-Speed Rail’ project, but many things happened along the way, causing Chinese companies to have concerns and be unwilling to invest further.

In 2011, China Railway Sixth Group undertook the Hanoi Jileng – Ha Dong Light Rail Project. It was originally planned to be completed in 3-4 years, but upon the completion of the project, the Vietnamese side demanded an additional 50 million USD from the Chinese side as a ‘service testing fee.’ When the Chinese side refused, the Vietnamese side withheld the final payment. In order to avoid settling the final payment, the Vietnamese side hired the French consulting company ACT to assess the entire plant. The results showed that the project met quality standards. Ultimately, after the construction period was extended to 10 years, the project was only completed for acceptance and final payment settlement in 2021, and the disputed 50 million USD was never paid.

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Why do most non-Chinese people believe the Vietnamese won the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War?

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Richard Wilson · Studied International Relations and International Law7y

China invaded Vietnam to punish it for its offensive on Cambodia. They made this very clear at the time. The Chinese ended up withdrawing after 4 weeks, sustaining heavier than expected casualties, while Vietnam stayed in Cambodia for another 10 years to keep them in check. That is hard to sell as a victory for them.

Casualties on both sides appeared to be roughy even in the end (but who would ever really know). The Chinese thought they would attack the Northern border of Vietnam while the core Vietnamese army were occupied in the South with Cambodia.

They appear to have miscalculated on 150,000 odd strong local militias in the area willing to band together, who were well trained and experienced from decades of war.

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Do Khmers who live in Vietnam consider themselves Vietnamese or Cambodians? And do Khmers in Thailand think of themselves as Thai or Cambodians, too?

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Lucia Millar · Lives in Asia4y

Question: Do Khmers who live in Vietnam consider themselves Vietnamese or Cambodians? And do Khmers in Thailand think of themselves as Thai or Cambodians, too?

Answer: I think that it depends on the person but you should distinguish the different concepts between nationality and ethnicity.

Vietnam

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It’s not China suddenly becoming greater

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Posted by Paul DenlingerFeb 3

It is more about the US’s decline rapidly accelerating and going out of control.

China made a lot of right moves, and the US made all the wrong moves because China made llong-term decisions, while the US always chose short-term expediencies.

Short-term expediencies eventually led to the US running out of road.

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When Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1979, did they capture a lot of MiG fighters donated by China that the Khmer Rouge had never used as they had nobody who could use them?

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Alex Phan · Former Software EngineerUpdated 4y

Thanks for ask me this question.

The MIG fighter you mentioned in your question is actually CORRECT.
It was the F-6 fighters made by China based on copying MIG-19 fighters of USSR.

In China it called J-6 fighters. F-6 is its exported version.

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Is Iran strong enough to fight the United States along with Israel and the Gulf countries?

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THE KNOWLEDGE! · posted by Neeraj TiwariMar 10

In history, Iran has often been considered culturally connected with India. Both share a similar ancient past, and both regions experienced attempts of religious conversion during the spread of Islam. Iran eventually became fully Islamic, while India remained religiously diverse. The word “Iran” itself is believed to be derived from “Aryan.” Iran’s territory is about half the size of India’s. People living in hot, desert, and mountainous regions are often considered resilient, and Iran has a long history of wars.

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Why can one conclude that Vietnam suffered a crushing defeat to China in the 1979 war?

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Hoa Cỏ May · Studied at Hanoi UniversityFeb 19

In the past 1,000 years Vietnam won over all invasions in Han,Song,Yuan (2 times )Qing dynasties and lost in invasion 1407 ,but won in 1427 over army of Ming dynasty retaking independence

In 1979, 600,000 Chinese regular army troops attacked Vietnam to force Vietnam to withdraw its troops from Cambodia, but failed. Militia and local armies from six provinces managed to stop the Chinese regular army. What heroism is there to boast about?

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The Vietnamese military weapons are so outdated. Why does the world overrate the Vietnamese military’s capacity?

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Nguyễn Thắng · Knows KoreanUpdated 1y

It is true that Vietnam’s weapons are a bit outdated!

But bullets fired from ak47 guns can still kill people like modern guns, right?

Anti-tank guns can still destroy tanks, right?

and the problem is!:

The total military personnel is 5.48 million, accounting for 5.6% of the total population. Of the overall figure, the reserve personnel hit 5 million, ranking 1st among 138 country. The fit-for-service is 41.8 million (13rd) while reaching military age annual is 1.65 million (15th).

Vietnam, the country of 97 million people, after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 has compulsory conscription for men of 18 to 27 for the enlistment of two years while the status for women is voluntary.

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Vietnam and the Philippines: A study in contrasts

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Posted by Lucia Millar5y

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All nations tend to mythologize their success and, accordingly, mystify their failures. Over the long run, what’s important above all is how each nation learns from its mistakes, recovers from failures through grit and innovation, and confidently marches toward the end of history. In 1881, Gregorio Sancianco published his landmark “El Progreso de Filipinas” (The progress of the Philippines) in Madrid. When most of our neighbors lacked even a single modern university, here was a Filipino book that carefully analyzed the administrative and economic structures of the Pearl of the Orient Seas (Perla del Mar de Oriente).

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China holds back satellite images on the Iran war

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Paul DenlingerSun Lived and worked in China for > 20 years Sun

While there is a tremendous distrust and hostility to China in the US, and here on Quora, there is one fact worth pointing out.

While China supports Iran in the conflict, it has held back on releasing satellite images showing damage to US air and logistics bases, and on US Navy ships in the region. China has private-sector and government reconnaissance satellites with high resolution which can show the damage to the US bases and Israeli bases, but it has held back.

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Do the Chinese who visit Vietnam, or who live in Vietnam, feel that Vietnam is similar to China?

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Luca Yang ·Master in Economics, Fudan University (复旦大学) (Graduated 2019)8y

I visited Vietnam last year. Here’s my feeling:

Yes. Put it in another way, both China and Vietnam look like what a transitional economy on the track of fast growth is supposed to be, a hybrid of new and old powered by heated business activities.

In particular, as a tourist, I feel that the way Vietnamese businessman cooperated with the travel agency tried to solicit goods was very familiar to me.

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China ruled Vietnam for over 1,000 years, why is Vietnam not an “ancient, inseparable part of China” like Taiwan is? (2)

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Weston Blaine · Former Infantryman, So. Vietnam April 1966 – March 1967. at U.S. Army (1965–1968)1y

China has attempted to make Vietnam part of China for hundreds of years and failed every time. Vietnam just will not cooperate. It`s not so much that they hate each other, although they may, but that the Vietnamese People are proud of their nation, as well they should be, and they refuse to ever give that up. No matter how many times the Chinese come in and try to tame them into becoming Chinese too. I used to know how many times that was, but it`s been too long. At least several. The Vietnamese will never give up their Country.

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Iran’s New Missile Tactics Throw US, Israeli War Planning into Disarray

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Iran dramatically revamped its missile strategy after the June 2025 war. The past 24 hours have shown how:

➡️ Immediate retaliation:

Instead of waiting days or even hours, the IRGC began reciprocal strikes immediately. Initial US-Israeli attacks: 9:27-9:45 am. Iranian retaliation by 10 am.

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Chinese vlogger Canyue has a piece on Vietnam.

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Posted by BL CheahJan 18

In just 13 minutes, he succinctly sums up most of Vietnam’s structural and systemic challenges as seen in Chinese eyes. And explains why these guys are not heading in an ideal direction.

If you understand Mandarin you should watch his video. His diction is clear, his language is good and his analysis is sound.

If you don’t understand Mandarin, he doesn’t have a transcript or subtitles. But he always works off a summary of his points. I have cut and pasted it at the very bottom, translated by google.

I have realized how the situation is likely to play out over the next few decades.

Vietnam is not going to make it. They will miss their goals and milestones, and always be far behind China. They might even break apart again. Recurring cycles of unity and separation is very much part of Vietnamese tradition.

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