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.

Sun Group slides to the top with new Phu Quoc water park

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By Phat Dat   January 1, 2020 | 09:00 am GMT+7 VNExpress

Designed by leading global experts, Aquatopia in Phu Quoc may well be the most modern water world in Southeast Asia.

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Vietnam’s premier developer of theme parks and entertainment complexes, Sun Group has officially opened the doors of Aquatopia Water Park on Hon Thom Island in the island district of Phu Quoc, southern Kien Giang Province.

The modern water park will immediately draw more travelers looking to ring in 2020 or celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year holiday) on the pearl island, now one of the world’s leading beach destinations.

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Indonesia rejects China’s claims over South China Sea

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JANUARY 1, 2020 / 7:02 AM / UPDATED 16 HOURS AGO Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia said on Wednesday it rejected China’s claims over a disputed part of the South China Sea as “having no legal basis”, after two days earlier protesting to Beijing over the presence of a Chinese coastguard vessel in its territorial waters.

FILE PHOTO: Indonesia’s Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno points at the location of North Natuna Sea on a new map of Indonesia during talks with reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo

The boat trespassed into Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone off the coast of the northern islands of Natuna, leading Indonesians officials to issue a “strong protest” and summon the Chinese ambassador in Jakarta.

Speaking in Beijing on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang had said China had sovereignty over the Spratly Islands and their waters and that both China and Indonesia have “normal” fishing activities there. Tiếp tục đọc “Indonesia rejects China’s claims over South China Sea” →

ASEAN Outlook to solve South China Sea dispute?

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This year marks one of the most important years for ASEAN’s geopolitical landscape. During the plenary session of the 34th ASEAN Summit in June, all member states agreed to adopt the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific. The brief five-page document emphasised the ASEAN led mechanism in dealing with strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific region. It could not be denied that one of the most important ongoing issues in the region is still the South China Sea dispute, so will the Outlook help to solve the ongoing dispute? Tiếp tục đọc “ASEAN Outlook to solve South China Sea dispute?” →

ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific

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ASEAN

The Asia–Pacific and Indian Ocean regions are amongst the most dynamic in the world as well as centers of economic growth for decades. As a result, these regions continue to experience geopolitical and geostrategic shifts. These shifts present opportunities as well as challenges. On the one hand, the economic growth of the region opens up possibilities of cooperation to alleviate poverty and elevate living standards of millions of people. On the other hand, the rise of material powers, i.e. economic and military, requires avoiding the deepening of mistrust, miscalculation, and patterns of behavior based on a zero–sum game.

Download the full statement here.

‘We are losing control’: China’s ‘dangerous’ South China Sea plan almost complete

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It’s a mission that has existed in the shadows, seizing control little-by-little – and now China’s ultimate plan is almost complete.

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news.com.au JANUARY 2, 20209:56AM

Nghề hạ bạc, vài ba chữ dùng trong giới bình dân

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TĐH: Các footnotes số và chữ đỏ là của TĐH thêm vào bài.

Lương Thư Trung, Luân Hoán net

Trong lời tựa cuốn “Văn Minh Miệt Vườn”, Sơn Nam có viết “văn minh là nếp sống vật chất, là ăn, mặc, ở, cách thức sinh nhai.”(1) Là một người lớn lên ở miệt vườn ấy với địa thế đất ruộng bao la của một cõi Nam phần được tưới tràn một mạng nhện sông rạch chằng chịt, chúng tôi biết được “cách sinh nhai”, một mảng văn minh ở miền này, ngoài nghề chánh là làm ruộng, còn có nghề bắt cá mà ông bà xưa thường gọi là nghề hạ bạc.(i)

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More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk

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by Jack McClamrock Jack McClamrock, Lihuan Zhou and Giulia Christianson – October 10, 2019  
A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath
A thermal power plant in Rajasthan. Flickr/vedantlath

On July 5, 2015, the first of six thermal power generation units at the Parli Thermal Power Station in Maharashtra, India shut down. Unable to draw enough water from the nearby Majalgaon dam, which had nearly run dry, the coal-powered unit was unable to run its cooling system and was forced to halt electricity production. This was just the start, as each of the five additional units subsequently shut down as well. Between July 2015 and December 2016, Parli stopped generating electricity entirely for 226 days solely due to water shortages, and during the days it wasn’t entirely shut down, it was largely paralyzed. Tiếp tục đọc “More Water Shortages Mean Energy Investors Need New Ways to Manage Drought Risk” →

Wind Energy

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Wind Energy Potential – Vietnam, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, July 27, 2018

Sổ tay đầu tư năng lượng gió tại VN, DAVI Renewable Energies, 30/10/2106

Toàn cảnh chính sách điện mặt trời tại VN tháng 12, 2019

Provincial Wind Power Development Plans – Maps of Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Binh Thuan, Ca Mau, Ninh Thuan, Quang Tri, Soc Trang, Tra Vinn Provinces

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‘Beautifying Phnom Penh’: Muslim Cham face eviction in Cambodia

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TĐH: These Muslim Chams in Cambodia are descendants of the Vietnamese Chams from the Champa Kingdom that VN annexed from the 14th century and completed the annexation in the 17th century. Should the Vietnamese government come to Cambodia and help them?

Future of minority group living along Mekong River unclear as government seeks to ‘beautify’ city before world summit.

by 10 hours ago December 13, 2019
The Cham is an ethnic minority living in parts of Cambodia and Vietnam's southern region [Thomas Cristofoletti/Ruom via Al Jazeera]
The Cham is an ethnic minority living in parts of Cambodia and Vietnam’s southern region [Thomas Cristofoletti/Ruom via Al Jazeera]

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – On a good day, fish vendor Sen Ror can make about $7.50 but that is on a good day.

Usually, she only makes about a third of that, taking home roughly $2.50, which is all she has to buy food for her four children and elderly father, for whom she is the sole support after divorcing her husband a few years ago because of his drug addiction.

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After Samsung shifts operation to Vietnam, Chinese city turns into ghost town

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by Neoma Tran 

Huizhou city has turned a “ghost town” after Samsung closed its last smartphone factory in China.

Huizhou city on the north of China’s flourishing Pearl River Delta has turned into a ghost town after Samsung closed its three-decade old factory and shifted operations to Vietnam and India in October, in the first visible fallout of the ongoing trade war between China and the US. India Times reports.

The bustling city turned a “ghost town” after Samsung closed its last smartphone factory in China, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday. Tiếp tục đọc “After Samsung shifts operation to Vietnam, Chinese city turns into ghost town” →