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.
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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.
Vietnam Mass Protests Expose Hanoi’s China Dilemma
June 21, 2018
The history of Vietnam-China relations is steeped in a thousand years of Chinese colonization, conflict, and rebellion. The last Chinese invasion was a two-month border war in 1979.
The recent protests centered on the Special Zone Act, a law that would create “special economic zones” (SEZs) with the goal of sparking investment and economic reform. However, the prospect of dodgy deals that allegedly would have handed land over to Chinese investors provoked a flood of angry demonstrations less than two weeks ago, with protesters holding placards that read “No Special Zone — No leasing land to China — Even for one day!” and “Down with those who sell our country.” The chants started in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi but soon spread to towns in six provinces, including Danang, Nha Trang, Binh Thuan, and Tai Ninh. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Mass Protests Expose Hanoi’s China Dilemma”
Tertiary education: how to start removing governing mechanism?
Last update 07:00 | 21/06/2018
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is building up a plan on removing the governing mechanism to be applied on a trial basis at three universities.
Three schools try the non-governing mechanism
However, leaders of the schools admitted they still do not know what they must do.
The removal of the governing mechanism was mentioned many years ago. Resolution No 14 in 2005 on reforming Vietnam’s tertiary education in the 2006-2020 period stipulates that Vietnam will ‘remove the governing body mechanism’ and build up the ‘state ownership representative mechanism’ for state-owned universities. Tiếp tục đọc “Tertiary education: how to start removing governing mechanism?”
US withdraws from United Nations Human Rights Council, condemns latter’s bias against Israel
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, came to Washington to announce the decision alongside President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
newindianexpress Published: 20th June 2018 04:02 AM | Last Updated: 20th June 2018 04:02 AM | A+A A-
US Ambassador Nikki Haley. (File |AP)
WASHINGTON: The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, condemning the “hypocrisy” of its members and its alleged “unrelenting bias” against Israel.
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, came to Washington to announce the decision alongside President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Both insisted the United States would remain a leading champion of human rights but, for many, the decision will reflect Trump’s general hostility to the world body and to multilateral diplomacy in general. Tiếp tục đọc “US withdraws from United Nations Human Rights Council, condemns latter’s bias against Israel”
Remembering Đinh Tôn: 50 years later
Update: June, 16/2018 – 09:00 vietnamnews
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Viet Nam News By Thomas Eugene Wilber
It began in Thọ Xuân District, Thanh Hóa Province, Việt Nam
At about 4pm local time on Sunday, the sixteenth day of June 1968, air force Captain Đinh Tôn and his wingman, Captain Nguyễn Tiến Sâm, taxied their MiG-21single seat fighter jets to the northwest end of Thọ Xuân airbase and lined up to take off. Completing final checks and accelerating to a normal launch transition, they climbed to about 300 metres altitude, banking to the right and heading south at a speed of 800 kilometres per hour. Tiếp tục đọc “Remembering Đinh Tôn: 50 years later”
Nhóm ‘đánh bom Tân Sơn Nhất’ không được giảm án
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Đăng bởi: Tiểu Nhi on Thứ Tư, 6 tháng 6, 2018 | 6.6.18
Đăng bởi: Tiểu Nhi on Thứ Tư, 6 tháng 6, 2018 | 6.6.18
Tòa phúc thẩm ở Việt Nam, sau hai ngày xét xử, hôm 5/6 giữ y án sơ thẩm với nhóm người bị cáo buộc tội âm mưu đánh bom sân bay Tân Sơn Nhất.
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| Phiên xử tại Tòa án Nhân dân TP. Hồ Chí Minh hôm 26/12 |
Ông Đặng Hoàng Thiện (24 tuổi), ông Nguyễn Đức Sinh (32 tuổi) cùng 13 đồng phạm hồi tháng 12/2017 bị đưa ra tòa sơ thẩm xét xử với tội danh “Khủng bố nhằm chống chính quyền nhân dân”, bà Lê Thị Thu Phương (21 tuổi, bạn gái ông Thiện) bị truy tố tội “Không tố giác tội phạm.”
Theo phán quyết của tòa sơ thẩm, ông Thiện bị mức án 16 năm tù.
Những người khác bị án từ 18 tháng tù treo cho đến 14 năm tù giam
Nhóm đã “cài bom xăng tại bãi đậu xe và tại sảnh tới của Sân bay Quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất” hồi tháng Tư năm ngoái, theo tuyên bố của Bộ Công an ra hồi tháng Giêng.
Tiếp tục đọc “Nhóm ‘đánh bom Tân Sơn Nhất’ không được giảm án”
Công an VN chính thức truy tố sinh viên Mỹ William Nguyễn
Ngày 15/6, Công an TP.Hồ Chí Minh chính thức ra quyết định khởi tố công dân Mỹ gốc Việt William Nguyễn về hành vi “Gây rối trật tự công cộng.”
Báo Công an thành phố nói vào ngày 10/6, thanh niên Mỹ 32 tuổi “không chỉ diễu hành trên đường phố mà còn chụp ảnh, quay phim cảnh đám đông đang tụ tập, tràn xuống đường bít cả lối đi rồi đăng trên trang Facebook và Twitter cá nhân.”
Tờ báo của ngành công an nói khi đám đông biểu tình di chuyển gặp phải hàng rào của công an và dân quân tự vệ chốt chặn trên đường Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, quận Phú Nhuận, William có động thái vẫy tay kêu gọi dòng người phá hàng rào để tiếp tục tiến về trung tâm thành phố. Tiếp tục đọc “Công an VN chính thức truy tố sinh viên Mỹ William Nguyễn”
Open Letter to Amnesty International by a Former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience
ALAINETORG
13/06/2018
13/06/2018
Open Letter to Amnesty International by a Former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience
Camilo Mejía, Foto: vebidoo.de
Through this letter I express my unequivocal condemnation of Amnesty International with regards to the destabilizing role it has played in Nicaragua, my country of birth. Tiếp tục đọc “Open Letter to Amnesty International by a Former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience”
Facebook and Google have to install servers in Vietnam from early 2019
Last update 17:12 | 14/06/2018
Facebook and Google will have to install servers in Vietnam from January 1, 2019 as the Law on Cybersecurity comes into effect.
The National Assembly on June 12 officially approved the Law on Cybersecurity with 423 out of the 466 delegates (86.96 per cent) attending the National Assembly meeting in favour of the proposal. 15 delegates disagreed and 28 delegates abstained.
The requirement for foreign firms to install servers in Vietnam is stipulated in Article 26 of the law. Accordingly, domestic and foreign firms providing telecommunications and internet services and value-added services in the Vietnamese cyberspace, have to authenticate and protect users’ information as they register digital accounts. Tiếp tục đọc “Facebook and Google have to install servers in Vietnam from early 2019”
American Is Detained After Joining Protest in Vietnam
By Austin Ramzy,
The American, Will Nguyen, was visiting Ho Chi Minh City ahead of his graduation this summer from a master’s program at the University of Singapore, according to a statement from his family and friends.
Tiếp tục đọc “American Is Detained After Joining Protest in Vietnam”
Smoking kills more than 40,000 every year in Vietnam
Last update 00:41 | 12/06/2018
One of the most urgent requirements of public health is to protect people from the risks of smoking as tobacco-related diseases claim more than 40,000 lives in Vietnam every year.
There are five major diseases of the 25 tobacco-related illnesses lung cancer, gastrointestinal-respiratory cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart attack, and stroke. Tiếp tục đọc “Smoking kills more than 40,000 every year in Vietnam”
Vietnam protests bigger than ‘anti-China’ nationalism
Massive demonstrations against sovereignty-eroding SEZ legislation gave voice to wider grievances about the Communist Party’s repressive rule
Phnom Penh, June 11, 2018 12:53 PM (UTC+8)
Vietnamese protesters shout slogans against a proposal to grant companies lengthy land leases during a demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10, 2018. Photo: AFP/Kao Nguyen
China warns citizens in Vietnam after protests over economic zones
China has warned its citizens in Vietnam after protesters clashed with police over a government plan to create new economic zones for foreign investment that has fuelled anti-Chinese sentiment in the country.
HANOI: China has warned its citizens in Vietnam after protesters clashed with police over a government plan to create new economic zones for foreign investment that has fuelled anti-Chinese sentiment in the country.
More than 100 protesters were arrested and dozens of police injured at a protest in central Vietnam on Sunday, one of several demonstrations nationwide against the special economic zones opponents fear will be dominated by Chinese investors.
102 held for vandalizing gov’t office in SEZ law protest in Vietnam
Vehicles burn outside the Binh Thuan People’s Committee office on June 10. Photo by Phuoc Tuan
Officers dispersed a rowdy protest in Binh Thuan Province near midnight on Sunday.
Police in Binh Thuan Province announced that they have detained 102 people pending investigation into Sunday’s vandalism at the local government office.
“There were no casualties. But dozens of police officers were injured,” police spokesman Nguyen Van Nhieu said.
Hundreds of protestors had stormed the office of the People’s Committee in Binh Thuan on Sunday, burnt vehicles, destroyed other property and clashed with the police, authorities said.
The situation was resolved near midnight with help from forces from the Ministry of Public Security, Nhieu said.
The vandalizing of the office took place at around 8 p.m., and authorities could only watch helplessly.
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A police offcer walks past burned motorbikes outside Binh Thuan’s People’s Committee office on Monday. Photo by VnExpress |
Earlier that night, authorities used smoke bombs and firefighting hoses to diffuse the protest after local officials could not convince the crowd to disperse, but such tactics also proved ineffective.
Nguyen Trung Truc, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of Tuy Phong District, said that traffic patrols had to direct vehicles to take detours because Highway 1A had been immobilized from the afternoon. Some of the protestors threw rocks at public vehicles.
Tiếp tục đọc “102 held for vandalizing gov’t office in SEZ law protest in Vietnam”
Migrants dream of establishing village
Last update 13:00 | 10/06/2018
VietNamNet Bridge – Half a year ago, the couple Ly Seo Xi and Trang Thi Tong moved to a temporarily iron-sheet house on barren land in which there remain tree roots.
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| Migrants build temporary houses on the isolated land. — Photo danviet.vn |
Their 18-month-old baby, Ly Thi Hoa, who had her hand burned by boiled water four days ago, is playing on the ground, and occasionally crying out in pain.
Xi said that he bought medicine for his young daughter. Tiếp tục đọc “Migrants dream of establishing village”
CVD 