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.

Vietnam embraces opportunities to be renewable viable

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Last update 14:29 | 13/04/2019

VietNamNet Bridge – In 2010, Prime Ministry approved the national programme on developing non-fired construction materials by 2020. United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam and Global Environment Fund have supported efforts to reduce pollution by sponsoring the project of “Accelerating production and use of non-fired bricks”. Việt Nam News’s Khoa Thu talks with UNDP Viet Nam Country Director Caitlin Wiesen on how Vietnam can promote green expenditure in the future.

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UNDP Viet Nam Country Director Caitlin Wiesen.

Non-fired bricks are still new to Vietnam’s market. Why have the UNDP and GEF decided to invest in the project and what are major achievements so far?

This is a very important project for the UNDP since non-fired bricks support companies to use waste from fossil fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a way that can be greener, more effective and healthier for the planet. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam embraces opportunities to be renewable viable” →

Blooming mulberry season in Hanoi

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vietnamnet 15/04/2019   15:26 GMT+7

The last days of March and early April is the busy period for local farmers in the mudflat areas along the Red and Day Rivers, as the mulberry harvest season begins.

In Hiep Thuan commune, Hanoi’s Phuc Tho district, in recent years, local people have transformed their crops from corn and peanuts to mulberry farming which has helped to bring about high economic efficiency.

Phuong’s family is one among many households in Hiep Thuan growing mulberries. In the harvesting season, she has to hire more workers to harvest ripe mulberries. Every day each person can collect around one tonne of berries. Tiếp tục đọc “Blooming mulberry season in Hanoi” →

Street carnival at Sam Son Sea Festival 2019

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15/04/2019    23:34 GMT+7

A street carnival was held to open the Sam Son Sea Festival 2019, drawing in thousands of local people and tourists who came to enjoy the events in Thanh Hoa province.

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The street carnival has been organised by Sun Group for the first time. The event took place as part of the Sam Son Sea Festival 2019 and aims to mark the beginning of the tourist season in Thanh Hoa province. Tiếp tục đọc “Street carnival at Sam Son Sea Festival 2019” →

Finally, Assange Will Face the Legal Cases Against Him

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Julian Assange supporters demonstrate outside of Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on April 11. After weeks of speculation, the WikiLeaks founder was arrested by Metropolitan Police inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. (Photo: Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finally going to face the music. According to many across the political spectrum, he is no hero. To a handful of others, he is.

For the last seven years, Assange has avoided accountability for his conduct by holing up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, at a cost of over $3 million. But that ended this week. At a news conference on Thursday, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said, “We’ve ended the asylum of this spoiled brat.” Tiếp tục đọc “Finally, Assange Will Face the Legal Cases Against Him” →

Các nước hướng về Nga, chống Mỹ cấm vận kiểu…’xã hội đen’

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Đất Việt

Mỹ đe dọa trừng phạt Ai Cập vì mua vũ khí Nga

Mới đây, Nhà Trắng cam kết sẽ áp đặt các lệnh trừng phạt đối với Ai Cập và các quốc gia khác muốn mua vũ khí của Nga.

Một quan chức chính quyền cấp cao của Mỹ nói với các phóng viên hôm 10/4 rằng, Ai Cập và các quốc gia khác muốn mua vũ khí Nga, nên biết về những hậu quả có thể xảy ra khi Mỹ thông qua bộ luật “Về việc chống lại các đối thủ của Mỹ bằng các lệnh trừng phạt” (CAATSA). Tiếp tục đọc “Các nước hướng về Nga, chống Mỹ cấm vận kiểu…’xã hội đen’” →

Slow and Steady: Vietnam’s Spratly Upgrades

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April 8, 2019  |  AMTI BRIEF

Vietnam continues to quietly upgrade its facilities in the Spratly Islands, though apparently without facing the same reaction from China’s maritime militia forces as the Philippines recently has. Vietnam occupies 49 outposts spread across 27 features in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. Of those 27 features, only 10 can be called islets while the rest are mostly underwater reefs and banks.

Spratly Island is the largest of Vietnam’s outposts and the administrative center of its presence in the area. In 2015-16, Vietnam undertook an expansion of the island to extend its small runway and create a protected harbor. In total, Hanoi created about 40 acres of new land at Spratly Island through a process that involved the use of construction equipment to dredge up part of the reef surrounding the island and cover it in sand. This process was more time-consuming and less environmentally disastrous than the methods used for China’s industrial-scale dredging and landfill at its facilities in the Spratlys, but still involved the intentional destruction of coral reef. Tiếp tục đọc “Slow and Steady: Vietnam’s Spratly Upgrades” →

Compostable Wild Grass Straws Are Vietnam’s Newest Zero-Waste Straw Option

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SOURCE: ỐNG HÚT CỎ
BY SOPHIE HIRSH Greenmatters

As the world becomes increasingly aware of the plastic crisis, more and more people are saying no to plastic straws. To combat the issue, people all over the world have come up with new, more sustainable materials to make straws from. Most recently, a young Vietnamese entrepreneur released a straw made of wild grass, which has been taking off on social media. Tiếp tục đọc “Compostable Wild Grass Straws Are Vietnam’s Newest Zero-Waste Straw Option” →

Conquering Y Ty to chase clouds on Lao Than Mount

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Last update 14:51 | 05/04/2019 vietnamnet
Backpacking tourism has become thriving in Vietnam and trekking activities to conquer mountains have drawn much interest from young adventure lovers. Lao Than Mount in Y Ty commune, Lao Cai province, is one of the most checked-in summits by backpackers where they can bathe their eyes in seas of cloud.

When it is seen from a distance, Lao Than catches the eye of visitors with a triangular monument, which is situated on its peak.

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Singapore seizes record haul of pangolin scales enroute to Vietnam

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Singapore seizes record haul of pangolin scales enroute to Vietnam
Pangolin scales that were seized from Customs and were taken by the National Parks Board are pictured in Singapore April 4, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Dozens of businesses join hands to reduce plastic waste to protect the environment

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The Earth Day Compostable Campaign to minimize the use of plastic bags and replace them with compostable bags made from corn starch has been officially launched on the occasion of Earth Hour by An Phat Holdings. It is estimated that dozens of tons of plastic bags will be replaced thanks to the campaign.

Supermarket, restaurant chains and residential areas in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are working with An Phat Holdings to minimize the use of plastic bags.

In the first phase of the campaign, BigC, Aeon, Intimex, Ls Place, Unik Mart, Seika, Teekiu, V + Hoa Binh and Nam An all joined together. For restaurants and café chains, Saint Honore stores and a number of others took part. For urban areas, the EcoSunday fair in Ecopark enthusiastically responded thanks to a shared common orientation: green development and environmental protection. Tiếp tục đọc “Dozens of businesses join hands to reduce plastic waste to protect the environment” →

Local shrimp farmers to operate on trading floor

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Last update 07:40 | 06/04/2019 vietnamnet

Local shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta region and across the country will be able to sell their shrimp products on a trading floor in the coming period.

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Representatives of Cuu Long Investment and Technology JSC and participants pose for a group photo at a ceremony to launch a shrimp trading floor in Can Tho on April 5

A ceremony to launch the trading floor was held today, April 5, in Can Tho City.

Addressing the ceremony, Nguyen Manh Trieu, vice chairman of the board of directors at Cuu Long Investment and Technology JSC, which operates the trading floor, said that the trading floor is a website on which shrimp farmers, processing plant operators and buyers can conduct shrimp trading activities. Tiếp tục đọc “Local shrimp farmers to operate on trading floor” →

Visiting Hon Khoi salt field in Khanh Hoa province

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Last update 07:30 | 06/04/2019 vietnamnet

Covering hundreds of hectares in Ninh Hoa town, Khanh Hoa province, Hon Khoi is one of the largest salt fields in Vietnam. Visiting the area early in the morning, tourists can admire the stunning sunrise.

The field is most crowded when it enters the harvest season

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Salt farmers have to go work from the early morning and manage to finish their work as soon as possible in order to avoid the burning sunlight in the field Tiếp tục đọc “Visiting Hon Khoi salt field in Khanh Hoa province” →

Vietnamese researchers repurpose plastic waste with world’s first PET aerogel

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Last update 16:00 | 01/04/2019 vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being a fairly new material with a little over 100 years of history, plastic has permeated every part of modern life.
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A woman walks on trash-covered Hai Binh Beach in the central province of Thanh Hoa. — VNS Photo Viet Thanh

But plastic’s very strengths – convenience, cost and durability – have proved a double-edged sword and turned it into an increasingly menacing, ubiquitous and resilient threat to the environment once the one million bottles produced a day have outlived their original purpose. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese researchers repurpose plastic waste with world’s first PET aerogel” →