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.
NDO – Quan hệ giữa Tòa thánh Vatican, Giáo hội Công giáo Việt Nam với chính quyền các cấp hiện nay diễn ra trên tinh thần hiểu biết, đối thoại và tôn trọng lẫn nhau.
Guterres: Hottest Month on Record Means ‘Global Boiling’ Has Arrived July is “virtually certain” to be the hottest month (WMO) in human history by a significant margin, scientists from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in an announcement yesterday. The month has already seen the hottest three days and highest ocean temperatures ever recorded. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned an era of “global boiling” rather than global warming has arrived (UN News) and said the year of burning heat must translate into accelerated action by states to curb emissions of heat-trapping gasses, as well as more vigorous efforts to bolster climate adaptation. Catastrophic heat waves and wildfires across North America, Asia, and Europe in recent weeks have underscored the changing temperature’s costs for human health. U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday that extreme heat is costing the United States $100 billion (Bloomberg) per year and threatening lives and business, as he issued a hazard alert to ramp up heat-related protections for workers.
Authors: Alex Wooley, Sheng Zhang, Rory Fedorochko, Sarina Patterson
Citation
Wooley, A., Zhang, S., Fedorochko, R., and S. Patterson. 2023. Harboring Global Ambitions: China’s Ports Footprint and Implications for Future Overseas Naval Bases. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary.
Abstract
China has emerged as a dominant maritime nation, with significant commercial and military influence across the world’s seas. Beijing has rapidly increased its investments in global port infrastructure, and the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has evolved from a coastal force to the world’s largest blue-water navy. Yet, China has just one official overseas naval base: a facility in Djibouti. In Harboring Global Ambitions: China’s Ports Footprint and Implications for Future Overseas Naval Bases, we scrutinize China’s options for establishing additional overseas naval bases. Leveraging a new dataset and additional research, we “follow the money” to identify the top 20 ports that have received the most official financing from China; analyze potential basing options ocean by ocean; and propose a shortlist of eight locations for future bases. Our accompanying dataset, China’s Official Seaport Finance Dataset, 2000-2021, tracks 123 seaport projects worth $29.9 billion financed by Chinese state-owned entities to construct or expand 78 ports in 46 countries. We argue that the potential for additional Chinese overseas naval bases has significant implications for global politics and requires cautious strategic responses from the West and developing countries.
Pace International Law Review Volume 14 Issue 1 Spring 2002 Article 2 April 2002 Coastal State’s Jurisdiction over Foreign Vessels Anne Bardin Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pilr Recommended Citation Anne Bardin, Coastal State’s Jurisdiction over Foreign Vessels, 14 Pace Int’l L. Rev. 27 (2002) DOI: https://doi.org/10.58948/2331-3536.1188 Available at: https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pilr/vol14/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law at DigitalCommons@Pace. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pace International Law Review by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Pace. For more information, please contact dheller2@law.pace.edu.
Hiện nay, việc hình thành và mở rộng các quỹ xã hội, từ thiện là xu thế tất yếu để giúp Chính phủ cung cấp hàng hóa công cộng và phúc lợi cho các đối tượng yếu thế, góp phần giảm chênh lệch khoảng cách giàu, nghèo. Thông qua phân tích, đánh giá một số chính sách thuế, kế toán hiện đang áp dụng đối với các quỹ xã hội, từ thiện ở Việt Nam, bài viết chỉ ra những hạn chế, khoảng trống trong các quy định này và đề xuất giải pháp nhằm hoàn thiện chính sách thuế, kế toán đối với các quỹ xã hội, từ thiện, giúp cho việc thực hiện nghĩa vụ của các quỹ này thuận tiện, minh bạch.
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Cơ sở pháp lý về tổ chức, hoạt động của quỹ xã hội, từ thiện ở Việt Nam
Hiện nay, các tổ chức, hoạt động của quỹ xã hội, từ thiện ở Việt Nam hoạt động dựa trên căn cứ pháp lý sau: Nghị định số 93/2019/NĐ-CP ngày 25/11/2019 của Chính phủ về tổ chức, hoạt động của quỹ xã hội, từ thiện và Nghị định số 93/2021/NĐ-CP ngày 27/10/2011 của Chính phủ về vận động, tiếp nhận, phân phối và sử dụng các nguồn đóng góp tự nguyện hỗ trợ nhân dân khắc phục khó khăn do thiên tai, hỏa hoạn, sự cố nghiêm trọng, các bệnh nhân mắc bệnh hiểm nghèo (thay thế Nghị định số 64/2008/NĐ-CP ngày 14/5/2008 của Chính phủ).
Nghị định này quy định về tổ chức, hoạt động và quản lý nhà nước về quỹ xã hội, quỹ từ thiện (sau đây gọi chung là quỹ) được thành lập và hoạt động tại Việt Nam.
Cựu thứ trưởng Tô Anh Dũng cho rằng phạm tội vì nhận thức quá giản đơn, “không phân biệt được ranh giới giữa nhận tiền cảm ơn và nhận hối lộ”, giống cách biện hộ phổ biến của nhiều quan chức trước tòa.
TAND Hà Nội đang nghỉ nghị án sau 12 ngày xét xử đại án “chuyến bay giải cứu“, sẽ tuyên án ngày 28/7. Nói những lời cuối, 21 cựu cán bộ thuộc Văn phòng Chính phủ, Bộ Ngoại giao, Bộ Công an, Bộ Y tế, Bộ Giao thông Vận tải, tỉnh Quảng Nam và Hà Nội đều xin lỗi, dành nhiều thời gian phân trần về động cơ khiến vướng lao lý.
Cựu thứ trưởng Ngoại giao Tô Anh Dũng khẳng định “chưa bao giờ đòi hỏi”, chỉ vì “nhận thức quá giản đơn, không phân phân biệt được ranh giới giữa nhận tiền cảm ơn và nhận hối lộ”.
Nói về số tiền bị cáo buộc nhận hối lộ 4,2 tỷ đồng, trước tòa, cựu trợ lý Phó thủ tướng Nguyễn Quang Linh cũng khai “nhận thức đơn giản”, cho rằng cứ giúp đỡ tận tâm, nhiệt tình, chu đáo, “doanh nghiệp làm ăn tốt sẽ nhớ đến mình”.
Seven years have passed since the July 2016 South China Sea arbitral ruling was issued. Through 2022, most countries’ positions on the arbitration had remained the same as their initial positions taken in the weeks following the ruling. But in the last year, amid renewed concern for international rules and norms in the wake of the war in Ukraine and with a more active Philippine policy on the South China Sea, numerous countries have voiced their support for the ruling as legally binding.
Hoang Thi Ai holds up her phone showing a photo of her son, Hoang Van Tiep, who she later discovered was among the 39 people who were found dead in a truck container in Essex, the UK, in 2019 [File: Hau Dinh/AP Photo]
In late October 2019, ambulance crews in the United Kingdom were called to a scene of horror.
On a quiet road in a nondescript industrial park in Essex, the bodies of 39 people were found when the heavy steel doors of a refrigerated truck trailer were opened.
The victims had suffocated. Death came slowly as oxygen levels inside the airtight container depleted for the 28 men, eight women and three children as their attempt to be smuggled into the UK ended tragically.
The youngest were two 15-year-olds. All were from Vietnam and the majority were from one province – Nghe An.
“I’m sorry Dad and Mum,” 26-year-old Pham Thi Tra My tapped out in a final text message she composed for her parents.
Renewable energy skeptics argue that because of their variability, wind and solar cannot be the foundation of a dependable electricity grid. But the expansion of renewables and new methods of energy management and storage can lead to a grid that is reliable and clean.
As wind and solar power have become dramatically cheaper, and their share of electricity generation grows, skeptics of these technologies are propagating several myths about renewable energy and the electrical grid. The myths boil down to this: Relying on renewable sources of energy will make the electricity supply undependable.
Indonesia, this year’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chair, held a flurry of ministerial meetings earlier this month. From July 11-12, it hosted the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Jakarta. Timor Leste, which became an ASEAN observer state last year, sent a delegation for the first time. Chief among the ministers’ conversation topics was the ongoing civil war in Myanmar; moreover, ministers shared their continued concerns regarding aggressive Chinese behavior in the South China Sea. On July 13, ASEAN foreign ministers, joined by their counterparts from Japan, China, and South Korea, met for the 24th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ meeting. Lastly, Indonesia hosted the ASEAN Regional Forum on July 14, setting the stage for ASEAN partners such as the United States, Russia, and China, to meet on the sidelines.
This artist’s rendering provided by Solar AquaGrid, shows a wide-span solar canal canopy being piloted in California’s Central Valley. Solar AquaGrid is preparing to break ground in the fall of 2023 on the first solar-covered-canal project in the United States. Solar panels are installed over canals in sunny, water-scarce regions where they make electricity and reduce evaporation. (Solar AquaGrid via AP)
FILE – Indian laborers work amid installed solar panels atop the Narmada canal at Chandrasan village, outside Ahmadabad, India, Feb. 16, 2012. The project brings water to hundreds of thousands of villages in the dry, arid regions of western India’s Gujarat state. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
FILE – A worker washes his hands as installed solar panels are visible atop the Narmada canal at Chandrasan village, outside of Ahmadabad, India, Feb. 16, 2012. The project brings water to hundreds of thousands of villages in the dry, arid regions of western India’s Gujarat state. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
BY BRITTANY PETERSON AND SIBI ARASUPublished 11:27 PM GMT+7, July 20, 2023
DENVER (AP) — Back in 2015, California’s dry earth was crunching under a fourth year of drought. Then-Governor Jerry Brown ordered an unprecedented 25% reduction in home water use. Farmers, who use the most water, volunteered too to avoid deeper, mandatory cuts.
Brown also set a goal for the state to get half its energy from renewable sources, with climate change bearing down.
Yet when Jordan Harris and Robin Raj went knocking on doors with an idea that addresses both water loss and climate pollution — installing solar panels over irrigation canals — they couldn’t get anyone to commit.