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.
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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.
Workers disinfect an aircraft at Nội Bài International Airport. All passenger flights to VN are banned from 1-15 April said the Ministry of Transport. — VNA Photo
The region has suffered from drought since 2016. Five provinces have declared a state of emergency earlier this month. In most places, the Mekong is between 0.1 and 1 metre above the Eastern Sea level. Lack of rain, water use and more dams have increased salinity.
Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews) – Drought and water salinity are threatening the lives of 180,000 householfs in the Mekong Delta, south-western Vietnam.
Supermarkets and traditional markets will remain open during the 15 days of nationwide social distancing. — VNA/VNS Photo Đức Duy
HÀ NỘI — According to a directive from the Prime Minister, social distancing will be applied nationwide for 15 days starting from April 1, in an attempt to contain the spread of coronavirus, and only factories, businesses and service establishments producing and providing essential goods and services are allowed to remain open. Tiếp tục đọc “Which businesses will remain open during national social distancing?”→
A densely populated neighbor of China, Vietnam has a weak health care system and a low budget for combating the coronavirus. So how has it managed to keep its COVID-19 infection rate so low?
As the coronavirus pandemic rages in wealthy European countries, more than 10,000 kilometers (6,000 miles) from China where the outbreak began, Vietnam has widely been spared.
In Germany alone, the latest numbers from the World Health Organization (WHO) show more than 30,000 people have been infected with COVID-19, resulting in 149 fatalities. Vietnam, which shares a 1,100-kilometer-long border with China, however, has only reported 134 infections and no fatalities since the outbreak began in January. Tiếp tục đọc “How Vietnam is winning its ‘war’ on coronavirus?”→
Mac Shin visited to the Tan Trao Safety Zone in 1995. (Photo: Dao Ngoc Ninh)
I noticed Mac Shin with y curiosity because he was Chinese, and one of the two intelligence agents who arrived at the Tan Trao war zone even before the “Deer Team”. In every story, at every moment, Mac Shin always spoke of President Ho Chi Minh with respect. He called the late President with a beloved name – Uncle Ho. On May 10, 2008, in Seattle, Vietnamese Deputy Ambassador to the US Nguyen Tien Minh came and presented the medal “For Peace, Friendship among Nations” to him. But who is Mac Shin? Not many people in Vietnam or the US know his name as well as his relationship with President Ho Chi Minh.
Women wearing protective masks as they do morning exercise next to Hoan Kiem Lake in HAnoi on Sunday (March 29). As of Sunday, Vietnam has reported 179 cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. – Reuters
(CNN) On Thursday, we hit a grim watershed. The US overtook Italy and China as the country with the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases. This is a dire crisis and an extraordinary failure of President Donald Trump. Americans are suffering and dying because the Trump administration failed to act quickly and decisively to prevent the virus’ spread. The US has now seen about 1,195 deaths and the number is rising rapidly.
ASSOCIATED PRESS |MAR 27, 2020 | 5:04 PM| NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans rushed to build a makeshift hospital in its convention center Friday as troubling new outbreaks bubbled in the United States, deaths surged in Italy and Spain and the world warily trudged through the pandemic that has sickened more than a half-million people.
Nội dung Chỉ thị nêu rõ, trong tháng 3/2020, công tác phòng, chống dịch Covid-19 tiếp tục được triển khai rộng khắp với sự vào cuộc của cả hệ thống chính trị, các ngành, các cấp và của toàn dân. Chúng ta đã và đang kiềm chế và kiểm soát được dịch bệnh, được cộng đồng quốc tế đánh giá cao, nhân dân đồng tình, tin tưởng vào sự lãnh đạo của Đảng và Nhà nước.
Tuy nhiên, dịch bệnh vẫn tiếp tục diễn biến phức tạp, khó lường trên phạm vi toàn cầu, số lượng người mắc, tử vong tăng nhanh và chưa có dấu hiệu dừng lại.
Thủ tướng: Nước ta đã bước vào giai đoạn cao điểm có ý nghĩa quyết định trong phòng chống dịch bệnh Covid-19
Ở nước ta, trong tháng 2 chỉ có 16 ca mắc, nhưng chỉ trong vòng 20 ngày (từ ngày 6 đến 26 tháng 3), đã có 137 ca mắc mới tại 23 tỉnh, thành phố, gấp trên 8,5 lần số ca mắc trước đó, đưa tổng số ca mắc lên 153 ca; đã có hiện tượng lây nhiễm đối với cán bộ y tế, xuất hiện lây nhiễm trong cộng đồng, nhất là tại một số thành phố lớn, gây lo lắng trong nhân dân. Tiếp tục đọc “Từ 0h [28/3] đêm nay chính thức cấm tụ tập trên 20 người, phải đứng cách nhau 2m”→
TTO – Kể từ khi được chuyển đổi thành bệnh viện chuyên điều trị COVID-19, mã “Team 700” nhiều lần vang lên trong bệnh viện Elmhurst chỉ có hơn 500 giường bệnh. Đây là mã được loa phóng thanh phát đi khi có một bệnh nhân nào đó sắp qua đời.
Hàng người chờ được xét nghiệm bên ngoài bệnh viện Elmhurst tại thành phố New York, Mỹ khi số ca nhiễm COVID-19 tăng vọt – Ảnh: NYT
Báo New York Times ngày 25-3 cho biết chỉ trong vài giờ của ngày 24-3, bác sĩ Ashley Bray đã phải làm cấp cứu cho 3 bệnh nhân bị ngưng tim tại bệnh viện Elmhurst. Tất cả 3 bệnh nhân, trong độ tuổi 80, 60 và 38, đều dương tính với virus corona chủng mới và đều qua đời sau đó.
This report is the product of a collaborative effort by the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport’s Department for the Environment, the World Bank and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). It also marks three years of cooperation between the Ministry of Transport and the German Government-funded “Advancing Transport Climate Strategies” project, which has focused on providing support for the systematic assessment and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport sector. Volume 1: Pathway to Low Carbon-Transport
Ms Huynh Thi Phuong, a resident of Can Gio who collects clams for a living, has received no information about a massive coastal reclamation project that impact her family’s livelihood. Credit: Le Quynh
The Hanoitimes – Rice exporters that have completed filling out customs declaration forms before March 24 could still go ahead as usual.
The General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) has requested local customs authorities to stop export clearance process for rice from March 24, local media reported.
Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc vừa ký Chỉ thị số 15 về việc thực hiện đợt cao điểm phòng, chống dịch Covid-19.
CVD 