Conversations on Vietnam Development
A Vietnamese martyr’s mother prayed for his soul for decades, unaware that he had escaped Pol Pot`s regime and ended up in Thailand.
At one of the family’s recent meals, there are two bowls of fish sauce, besides a plate of steamed vegetables and braised fish.
One bowl of fish sauce is for 84-year-old Trinh Thi Hay and the other, heavy with cut fresh chillies, is for her 60-year-old son Nguyen Van Ke.
Tiếp tục đọc “War veteran returns from the dead, struggles with life”
07/01/2020 14:06 GMT+7
Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta during the dry season, is forecast to enter local rivers 30-40km deeper than the annual average.
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| Salinity intrusion destroyed rice fields in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang in 2016.—VNA/VNS Photo Trong Dat |
That is more severe than 2016, the year of historic salinity which caused VND15 trillion (US$ 646 million) damage to the delta.
The concentration of salinity was about four grammes per litre, said minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong at a meeting held on Friday in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre. Tiếp tục đọc “Saltwater intrusion to enter deeper in Mekong Delta”
The loss of sand has caused erosion and increased salinity as well as subsidence in the Mekong Delta.
The studies of the Mekong River by Prof Stephen Darby from Southampton University found that within several years, the river bed fell by several meters on a section of hundreds of kilometers in length.
Tiếp tục đọc “Sand overexploitation of Mekong River raises worries for Mekong Delta”
Vietnam will enjoy the fastest economic growth in Southeast Asia in 2020, according to a new forecast from British multinational investment bank HSBC.
Vietnam has been a beneficiary of the China-U.S. trade war, enjoying a boost in services and exports that should drive economic growth to 7% this year, HSBC economist Yun Liu said last week. But she said the country remains vulnerable to economic risks including trade protection and inflation. Tiếp tục đọc “US-China Trade War Seen as Boosting Vietnam Growth”
According to statistics by the World Bank (WB), overseas remittances transferred to Vietnam are estimated at US$16.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 4.4 percent compared to that in 2018.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam receives US$16.7 billion of remittances in 2019”
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of $11.12 billion last year, widening from a surplus of $6.8 billion in 2018, customs data released on Monday showed, with smartphones, garments and electronic home appliances among the largest export earners.
Exports in 2019 rose 8.4% to $264.189 billion, while imports rose 6.8% to $253.071 billion, the Customs Department said in a statement. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam 2019 trade surplus $11.12 billion, beating $9.94 billion forecast: customs”
Two former chairmen of the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang have been handed jail terms totaling 29 years for serious violations in the management of state-owned assets and land.
The Hanoi People’s Court on Monday tried Tran Van Minh, Van Huu Chien, Phan Van Anh Vu, and 18 other defendants. Tiếp tục đọc “Former Da Nang chairmen jailed over violations in state asset, land management”
A textile factory is seen inside a residential area in Hanoi, Vietnam July 2, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS
“You can kill 10 of my men for every one I kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and I will win,” Ho Chi Minh warns French colonialists, 1946. Tiếp tục đọc “Fascinating Vietnam”
Six years ago, a village of tycoons appeared in Son Tay District, in the central province of Quang Ngai, as local people became billionaires overnight thanks to land compensation from a hydropower project. Tiếp tục đọc “Billionaire village turns to ghost town”
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It has become necessary since a shortage is forecast for several years starting in 2020.
With the seventh National Power Development Plan (2011-2020) focusing primarily on traditional energy sources like thermal and hydropower, 47 out of 62 power projects, the majority being thermal, are behind schedule due to lack of funding and local resentment against thermal plants.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam faces growing threat to energy security, environment”
Vietnam’s Health Ministry has listed several steps for people to protect themselves from a new pneumonia virus that had killed one in China. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam ministry advises protection steps against dangerous pneumonia virus from China”
Vietnam is ninth in a list of 10 countries with the largest active military manpower in service as of 2019, a report says. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam among world’s 10 largest standing armies”
Particularly, steel products of POSCO Vietnam Co., Ltd will receive a 7.7 percent duty while those produced by other steel manufacturers will get a duty of above 20 percent.
Korean steel products will be levied the lowest tax of 3.84 percent while Japanese ones will be subjected to up to 26.39 percent tax and Chinese ones will be imposed duties ranging from 4.82 percent to 26.38 percent. Tiếp tục đọc “Malaysia imposes anti-dumping duty on Vietnamese steel products for five years”
Over 8 million metric tonnes (MMT) of plastic leaks into the oceans every year. Approximately 80 percent of this comes from land-based sources such as beach litter and sewage effluent, including waste entering through rivers. About 60 percent of land-based plastic waste leakage originates in five countries, all of which are in Asia: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. In a business-as-usual scenario, these countries are likely to more than double their plastic waste by 2025.
This study evaluates solutions available to reduce marine plastic pollution in Indonesia,the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The insights cited in this report are based on deskbased reviews and semi-structured interviews conducted with AVPN members and a range of social purpose organisations (SPOs), including nonprofits and social enterprises. Tiếp tục đọc “Surfacing Innovative Solutions for Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution”
Đọc bài quan trọng “Phân tích pháp lý về đất đai trong vu Đồng Tâm“
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Bạo lực bùng nổ tại xã Đồng Tâm, ngoại thành Hà Nội, sớm 09/01/2020 – liên quan đến tranh chấp đất đai – khiến nhiều người tử vong, cả về phía người dân, cũng như về phía công an. Nhiều người hết sức bất ngờ trước kết cục bi thương này. Giáo sư Hoàng Dũng, một nhà hoạt động xã hội tại Việt Nam, cho biết vụ Đồng Tâm là một ”cú sốc”, tạo một tiền lệ ”hết sức nguy hiểm”, trong hành xử của chính quyền với người dân.
Tiếp tục đọc “”Vụ Đồng Tâm”: Một tiền lệ ”hết sức nguy hiểm” cho Việt Nam”
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