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.

Khám phá kho ảnh quý giá về VN năm 1980

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Nhiếp ảnh gia người Thụy Điển Philip Jones Griffiths (1936 –2008) được cả thế giới biết đến với nhứng bức ảnh kinh điển về cuộc chiến tranh ở Việt Nam. Nhưng không phải ai cũng biết đến một loạt ảnh đặc sắc được ông thực hiện ở Việt Nam năm 1980, 5 năm sau khi cuộc chiến chấm dứt. Sau đây là những hình ảnh của ông được đăng tải trên trang Magnum Photos.

Trong chiến tranh, do điều kiện y tế thiếu thốn nên cắt bỏ chi là một biện pháp được thực hiện phổ biến với những người lính bị thương. Vào thời hậu chiến có rất nhiều người bị mất chi, và sản xuất chân tay giả trở thành một ngành công nghiệp quan trọng ở Việt Nam. Tiếp tục đọc “Khám phá kho ảnh quý giá về VN năm 1980” →

Nam Du island: Enchanting pearl in southern pole

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Last update 21:47 | 03/09/2017

Located in southeast of Phu Quoc island, untouched Nam Du archipelago with more than 21 islands, has become an attractive destination for both domestic and foreign tourists.

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Nam Du island is surrounded by lush green coconut tree rows and poetic landscapes Tiếp tục đọc →

Theft escalates in industrial parks in southern Vietnam

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Thieves have even stolen a bowl of pork bones and a chopping knife

By Tuoi Tre News

Rooms rented by low-income workers and peddlers in Tan Tao Ward, Binh Tan District in Ho Chi Minh City are often ‘visited’ by thieves, even in broad daylight. Photo: Tuoi Tre

An increase in theft, muggings and robberies have worried neighborhoods around industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces, despite law enforcers’ best efforts to reduce them.

Tan Tao Industrial Park and Pou Yuen Factory, both in the city’s Binh Tan District, are among the identified ‘hotpots.’ Tiếp tục đọc “Theft escalates in industrial parks in southern Vietnam” →

Trump’s push to quit South Korea trade pact would mark latest swerve in region on edge

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Guardian

Analysis: As tensions swirl between US and North Korea, president’s reported effort to exit 2007 deal may bring stunning development in twisting tale

Donald Trump shakes hands with South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, in August. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Julian Borger in Washington

Sunday 3 September 2017 02.00 EDT Last modified on Sunday 3 September 2017 05.29 EDT

Donald Trump has asked aides to prepare for US withdrawal from a free trade agreement with South Korea, it was reported on Saturday – a potentially stunning development at a time of tense confrontation with North Korea.

Asked during his trip to Louisiana on Saturday if he was talking with advisers about the idea, Trump said: “I am. It’s very much on my mind.” Tiếp tục đọc “Trump’s push to quit South Korea trade pact would mark latest swerve in region on edge” →

World leaders unite in condemnation of North Korea

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Al Jazeera

Criticism of Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear test is voiced around the world from South Korea and the US to China and Russia.

Pyongyang claimed a "perfect success" with its sixth and most powerful nuclear test [Toru Hanai/Reuters] — Pyongyang claimed a “perfect success” with its sixth and most powerful nuclear test [Toru Hanai/Reuters]

President Donald Trump has reacted to what he is calling “a major nuclear test” by North Korea, branding the North “a rogue nation” whose “words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous” to the United States.

Trump said on Sunday “we’ll see” when asked by reporters if he planned to attack North Korea. Tiếp tục đọc “World leaders unite in condemnation of North Korea” →

China ‘strongly condemns North Korean nuclear test’: Foreign ministry

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channelnewsasia

This undated picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Sep 2 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attending a photo session in Pyongyang. (Photo: AFP/STR)

03 Sep 2017 03:56PM (Updated: 03 Sep 2017 04:47PM)

North Korea “has ignored the international community’s widespread opposition, again carrying out a nuclear test. China’s government expresses resolute opposition and strong condemnation toward this”, the foreign ministry said in a statement on its website. Tiếp tục đọc “China ‘strongly condemns North Korean nuclear test’: Foreign ministry” →

North Korea announces successful hydrogen bomb test hours after tremors

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channelnewsasia

A tremor of 6.3-magnitude at a depth of 10km struck North Korea, according to the US Geological Survey, (USGS) on Sunday (Sep 3). (Image: USGS)

03 Sep 2017 11:55AM (Updated: 03 Sep 2017 04:22PM)

The hydrogen bomb test ordered by leader Kim Jong Un was a “perfect success” and was a “meaningful” step in completing the country’s nuclear weapons programme, state television said. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea announces successful hydrogen bomb test hours after tremors” →

“Ha Long Bay on Land” in Vietnam

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Last update 08:00 | 24/07/2016

vietnamnet

VietNamNet Bridge – Let’s discovery the following destinations in Vietnam, which are dubbed “Ha Long Bay on Land”.

Duong Coc lake, Thanh Hoa province

It is also called Thach Minh lake, with an area of 57 hectares and a depth of up to 40 meters.

The lake is located in Mang Den valley, surrounded by Nac moutains and Trau hill. The water is clean and green, and always full around the year even in dry season.

Inside the lake, there are 3 small islands named Khang Cao, Giang Ruou, and Vit in the center, which make the shape of a triangle. The lake is the center of 3 sources of waters from the Den mountain stream, lake and the groundwater sources beneath the lake. Tiếp tục đọc ““Ha Long Bay on Land” in Vietnam” →

A new dawn breaks over Ngoi Village

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Last update 09:00 | 03/09/2017

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VietNamNet Bridge – Disconnected from the outside world for a long time, a village in the middle of a huge reservoir is discovering the benefits of community-based tourism, Luong Thu Huong reports.

Winding down: Sunset in Ngoi Village. VNS Photos Thai Ha

Not too long ago, Ngoi Village was living in a world of its own, quietly minding its own business, virtually unnoticed in the midst of a massive reservoir created by a hydropower project.

Accessible only by boat, its inhabitants wiled away their time fishing and farming.

That was until two months ago. Tiếp tục đọc “A new dawn breaks over Ngoi Village” →

The seamstress who patches up lives

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VietNamNet Bridge – Under the hot noon sun, more than 20 women at Nguyen Thi Thu Ha’s sewing workshop seem oblivious of the sweat pouring down their faces as they work at their sewing machines.

Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (right) guides a worker on how to sew a bag. — Photo hanoimoi.com.vn

The seamstresses in Thach That Commune of the capital’s Quoc Oai District are not like most garment sector workers in Viet Nam. At least half are women with disabilities.

Ha, their boss, is too. Her father was a victim of Agent Orange and she suffers some enduring side effects of the toxic herbicide sprayed by American forces in Viet Nam. In addition to her sewing work she heads up the Club of Women with Disabilities in Quoc Oai District. Tiếp tục đọc “The seamstress who patches up lives” →

Poverty-stricken district plagued by suicides

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vietnamnet

Authorities of Gia Lai Province’s Kon Chro District are struggling to deal with suicide in the locality, with hundreds of locals having killed themselves in recent years, with poverty in the region seen as the root cause.

Dinh Thi Eo sits in her house in Gia Lai Province.

Statistics from the district showed nearly 450 people, including children, reportedly committed suicide since 2014. Since early this year, 69 cases have been recorded, Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper reported. Tiếp tục đọc “Poverty-stricken district plagued by suicides” →

Consumers prefer small convenience stores over giant supermarkets

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VietNamNet Bridge – Some years ago, analysts predicted that modern distribution channels would develop rapidly in Vietnam as income continued to rise.

The prediction has been realized, but convenience stores, not large supermarkets, are the favored channel.

Market analysts have found that consumers now prioritize convenience when choosing shops. They are no longer excited about the opening of new hypermarkets as they were in the past, but often prefer to shop at convenience stores near their houses. Tiếp tục đọc “Consumers prefer small convenience stores over giant supermarkets” →

Tens of trillions of dong of state capital nearly lost in equitization

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VietNamNet Bridge – More than 96 percent of SOEs slated for equitization have been equitized, but only 8 percent of the state’s capital has been transferred to the private sector.
According to Tran Dinh Thien, the number of SOEs has decreased significantly over the last 15 years of restructuring, from 6,000 in 2001 to 700 in 2016.

The equitization has led to a significant decrease in the number of business fields in which the State invests. In 2001, SOEs were operating in 60 business fields, but the figure has dropped to 19. This has given more ‘space’ and opportunities to the private sector to make investments. Tiếp tục đọc “Tens of trillions of dong of state capital nearly lost in equitization” →

Vietnam’s Vingroup starts construction on $1-1.5 billion first phase car factory

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Tuoitrenews

The company expects to produce 100,000-200,000 vehicles per year in the first phase

By Reuters

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the launch of Vingroup’s car factory in Hai Phong City, September 2, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Vietnam’s leading property developer Vingroup [VIC.HM] said on Saturday it launched construction of a car factory in a project worth US$1-1.5 billion in the first phase.

The project is part of Vingroup’s expansion plan into the heavy industry of Vietnam, its vice chairman was quoted as saying in a statement, following similar moves in other major sectors such as retail and health care. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s Vingroup starts construction on $1-1.5 billion first phase car factory” →

US planning more regular South China Sea patrols: Report

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Channelnewsasia

The US has conducted three “freedom of navigation” operations in the South China Sea since January — the last one by the USS John S. McCain, a destroyer that collided with a cargo ship days later off Singapore, killing 10 sailors AFP/James Vazquez

02 Sep 2017 04:51PM (Updated: 02 Sep 2017 04:59PM)

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is planning to conduct more regular patrols in the South China Sea – as many as two to three a month – to assert freedom of navigation in disputed waters claimed by China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (Sep 1).

The newspaper said the aim is to create a more consistent posture to counter China’s maritime claims, rather than a more ad hoc approach favored during Barack Obama’s administration. Tiếp tục đọc “US planning more regular South China Sea patrols: Report” →

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SEOUL: North Korea said on Sunday (Sep 3) it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb designed to be mounted on its newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile, producing a greater yield than any of its previous nuclear tests