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.

13 ca Covid-19 nguy kịch và nặng, Bộ Y tế tiếp tục chi viện bác sĩ – Cả nước có 621 ca bệnh

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03/08/2020    11:28 GMT+7 vietnamnet

Đến sáng 3/8, cả nước có 10 bệnh nhân Covid-19 nguy kịch và 3 ca nặng. Bộ Y tế tiếp tục chi viện khẩn nhân lực cho Quảng Nam.

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Sáng 3/8, PGS.TS Lương Ngọc Khuê, Cục trưởng Cục quản lý Khám, chữa bệnh, Phó trưởng Tiểu ban Điều trị cho biết, Việt Nam đang điều trị cho 242 bệnh nhân Covid-19 trên tổng số 621 ca mắc.

Tuy nhiên diễn biến dịch Covid-19 đợt mới có nhiều bệnh nhân nặng, trong đó có 13 bệnh nhân đang nguy kịch (10 bệnh phải can thiệp ECMO và thở máy; 3 trường hợp đang phải thở oxy) và 21 trường hợp khác tiên lượng nặng.

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Thủ tướng đề nghị toàn dân cài đặt Bluezone để truy vết nhanh – Hướng dẫn sử dụng phần mềm Bluezone

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03/08/2020    07:34 GMT+7 vietnamnet.vn

Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc nhấn mạnh điều này khi kết luận cuộc họp trực tuyến với các tỉnh, thành về phòng chống dịch Covid-19 vào chiều tối ngày 2/8.

Chủ tịch Đà Nẵng: Thành phố đã tính tới phương án cách ly tại nhàBảy người trong một gia đình ở Quảng Nam mắc Covid-19Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc: Mỗi gia đình là một pháo đài chống dịch

Phát biểu kết luận, Thủ tướng đánh giá phần mềm Bluezone là vấn đề quan trọng nhưng vẫn còn mới mẻ với nước ta.

Trước diễn biến phức tạp của dịch bệnh, để nhanh chóng khoanh vùng dập dịch, Thủ tướng đề nghị người dân cài đặt ứng dụng Bluezone – ứng dụng hỗ trợ phát hiện truy vết nhanh những người có nguy cơ lây nhiễm. Thủ tướng giao Bộ TT&TT chủ trì, hướng dẫn phối hợp với Bộ Y tế, UBND các tỉnh thành triển khai nhanh nhất việc này.

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Why is the South China Sea such a hotspot?

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Why are there so many tensions over this body of water? What is the ‘nine-dash line’? And why does it matter to Australia?

By James Massola, The Sidney Morning Herald

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Australia’s declaration that there is no legal basis for China’s claims to most of the South China Sea has been a long time coming.

For years, Canberra has carefully urged restraint, called on all states to respect the rules-based international order, insisted that it took no sides in the many competing territorial claims for the sea and urged respect for a 2016 international court ruling on the status of disputed features of the South China Sea.

But the decision to say there is no legal basis for China’s claim to 90 per cent of the islands and waters – which fall within the so-called “nine-dash line” – is part of a gradual change in Australia’s approach to the dispute, and one that is likely to be quietly welcomed by neighbouring countries in south-east Asia.

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Interview with South China Sea think tank head shows three possibilities risking China-US military conflict

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By Liu Xuanzun and Guo Yuandan Source: Global Times Published: 2020/8/2 18:28:40 Last Updated: 2020/8/2 20:48:40 Global Times

Editor’s note:

At 2:22 pm on Saturday, China’s Army Day, think tank South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) released the latest movement of US warships on its Weibo account, including the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and USS America amphibious assault ship in the East China Sea.

From July 15 to 30, SCSPI’s Weibo account has released a total of 24 updates on the activity tracks of US warships and warplanes in regions including South China Sea and East China Sea. This has attracted wide domestic and foreign attention.

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Recent submissions to the Secretary-General of United Nations on South China Sea

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– Malaysia submission, Dec. 12, 2019.

– China submission, Dec. 12, 2019, responding to Malaysia.

– Philippines submission, March 6, 2020, responding to Malaysia.

– Philippines submission, March 6, 2020, responding to China.

– China submission, March 23, 2020, responding to Philippines.

– Vietnam submission, March 30, 2020, responding to China.

-Vietnam submission, April 10, 2020, about Paracels.

– Vietnam submission, April 10, 2020, about Paracels and Spratlys.

– China submission, April 17, 2020, responding to Vietnam.

– Indonesia submission, May 26, 2020, confirming UNCLOS Arbitration Tribunal’s decision on Philippines v. China in 2016.

– US submission, June 1, 2020, rejecting China’s claims in South China Sea and citing UNCLOS Arbitration Tribunal’s decision in Philippines v. China in 2016.

– China submission, June 2, 2020, responding to the US.

– China submission, June 9, 2020, responding to the US.

– Indonesia submission, June 12, 2020, rejecting all China claims.

– China submission, June 18, 2020, responding to Indonesia.

– Australia submission, July 23, 2020, rejecting all China claims and affirming UNCLOS Arbitration Tribunal’s decision in Philippines v. China in 2016.

– Malaysia submission, July 29, 2020, rejecting all China claims.

– China submission, July 29, 2020, responding to Australia.

Source: UN Division for Ocean Affairs and and the Law of the Sea https://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/submissions_files/submission_mys_12_12_2019.html

Quan chức Australia, Trung Quốc ‘đấu khẩu’ về Biển Đông

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Thứ bảy, 1/8/2020, 10:33 (GMT+7) VNExpress

Cao ủy Australia O’Farre đăng Twitter đáp trả sau khi Đại sứ Trung Quốc tại Ấn Độ chỉ trích bình luận của ông về Biển Đông.

Cao ủy Australia tại Ấn Độ Barry O’Farre hôm 30/7 nói rằng Australia quan ngại sâu sắc về những hành động “gây bất ổn và có thể kích động leo thang” của Trung Quốc ở Biển Đông. Đại sứ Trung Quốc tại Ấn Độ Tôn Vệ Đông sau đó đăng Twitter phản đối nhận xét của ông O’Farre, chỉ trích ông “coi thường sự thật”.

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Sau Hà Nội và TP.HCM, các tỉnh đồng loạt đóng cửa quán bar, karaoke

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31/07/2020    18:43 GMT+7 vietnamnet

Sau TP.HCM và Hà Nội hàng loạt các tỉnh thành trên cả nước đã ra các chỉ thị mới về phòng chống dịch Covid-19, trong đó có đóng cửa, tạm dừng nhiều dịch vụ không thiết yếu.

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Second COVID-19- related death in Việt Nam

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Update: July, 31/2020 – 22:47|VNS

Đà Nẵng hospital where the second COVID-19-related death was reported. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Lâm

HÀ NỘI — A second person has died in Việt Nam, with cause of death related to COVID-19.

He is the second person to die from a coronavirus related condition. Earlier on Friday a 70-year-old man suffered a heart attack during treatment for COVID-19.

On Friday, the Steering Committee reported 82 new cases, bringing the total number of positive patients to 546.

There are currently more than 53,000 quarantined at hospitals, health centres or isolated at home. — VNS

Hà Nội orders shutdown of bars, karaoke venues and roadside stalls starting August 1

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Update: July, 31/2020 – 19:34|

A bar on backpacker street Tạ Hiện, in downtown Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam

HÀ NỘI — Starting August 1, all bars, karaoke venues and roadside stalls will have to close and large gatherings are banned in Hà Nội, the city’s authorities announced Friday morning, as the country battled a new wave of coronavirus after no local transmission cases for months. 

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Two-year-old baby among latest COVID-19 cases

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Update: August, 01/2020 – 06:59

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A worker sprays disinfectant at the gate of Đà Nẵng Hospital, which is now a hot spot of COVID-19 in Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Twelve more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the central city of Đà Nẵng, including a two-year-old baby boy.

The new locally transmitted infections bring the total amount of coronavirus cases nationwide to 558.

Three of the people who have tested positive are patients at Đà Nẵng Hospital. One is a 72-year-old woman being treated at the department of internal medicine, neurology and ophthalmology and the others are men aged 25 and 33.

Eight other cases are either relatives of patients being treated at Đà Nẵng Hospital or came into close contact with the positive cases, including the baby who was in contact with Patient No 509, a medical worker at Cẩm Lệ Health Centre.

Another patient is a 29-year-old man from Hòa Phước, Hòa Vang in Đà Nẵng. It is not clear if he has any connections with the hospital and his previous whereabouts are being investigated.

Yesterday, Việt Nam recorded its first-ever COVID-19-related deaths, a 61-year-old man and a 70-year-old man, both with underlying health conditions. — VNS

Pop singer fined for spreading fake Covid-19 news

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By Ha An   July 31, 2020 | 02:50 pm GMT+7 vnexpressPop singer fined for spreading fake Covid-19 newsSinger Hoa Minzy. Photo courtesy of Hoa.

Vietnamese pop singer Nguyen Thi Hoa, aka Hoa Minzy, has been fined VND7.5 million ($323) for posting wrong Covid-19 information on her Facebook page.

On July 28, the 25-year-old singer shared a section of text stating that Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam warns residents over Covid-19, urging them to stay at home, and limit going outside. “Next week is an important landmark, with the cases increasing from 75 to 100-500.”

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Vietnam scores four-gold record at International Chemistry Olympiad

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By Duong Tam   July 31, 2020 | 04:34 pm GMT+7 VNExpress

Vietnam scores four-gold record at International Chemistry Olympiad

Four Vietnamese students at the 2020 International Chemistry Olympiad with two officials from the Ministry of Education and Training (C) at Hanoi National University of Education. Photo courtesy of the ministry.

All four Vietnamese contestants at the International Chemistry Olympiad 2020 won gold medals, making them the second highest-ranking team after the U.S.

This is Vietnam’s best ever International Chemistry Olympiad result so far.

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Vietnam reports first Covid-19 death

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By Le Nga   July 31, 2020 | 03:59 pm GMT+7 VNExpressVietnam reports first Covid-19 deathMedical staff prepare to evacuate patients and family members at Da Nang hospitals to quarantine, July 27, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Dong.

A 70-year-old Covid-19 patient with multiple comorbidities died on Friday, the first death of anyone who contracted the disease in Vietnam.

The Health Ministry said Friday afternoon that “Patient 428” had died of “myocardial infarction caused by chronic diseases of hypertension, heart failure, end-stage of chronic renal failure, complications of respiratory failure due to heart failure and Covid-19.”

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Taskforce in national park rescues hundreds of trapped animals

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31/07/2020    11:23 GMT+7 vietnamnet

In the Pu Mat National Park of the central province of Nghe An, there is a special task force that rescues wild animals trapped by hunters.

Taskforce in national park rescues hundreds of trapped animals
The animal rescue team of Pu Mat National Park passes a stream while patrolling the forest (Photo: thanhnien.vn)

The animal rescue team of the park has 15 members carefully selected from 170 candidates.

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Vietnam to pilot night-time economic activities in 10 major cities

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31/07/2020    15:51 GMT+7 31/07/2020 vietnamnet

The Government has approved a project on night-time economy development in Vietnam which will allow major cities and tourist attractions to pilot night-time services until 6 a.m.

Vietnam to pilot night-time economic activities in 10 major cities Bui Vien Walking Street in Ho Chi Minh City at night. (Illustrative image)

  The project aims to take advantage of the potentials of night-time economy to boost the national economy and enhance the incomes of the people while ensuring social order and safety.

The 10 major cities, provinces and tourist attractions set to pilot the project include Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hoi An, Thua Thien Hue, Can Tho, Da Lat and Phu Quoc.

The efficiency of the pilot project will be reviewed and assessed to serve as a basis for the implementation of the project on a larger scale in the future.

Notably, the project proposes the building of several separate night-time entertainment complexes in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang in the 2021-2025 period.

Under the project, the Prime Minister asked People’s Committees of centrally-run provinces and cities to build models on nigh-time economy in conformity with local advantages and conditions, particularly the infrastructure and investment resources. Nhan Dan