Conversations on Vietnam Development
The UN Security Council has approved a resolution toughening sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and missile programme.
The Security Council unanimously adopted on Saturday the US-led resolution, which bans mineral and seafood exports worth more than $1bn. Tiếp tục đọc “UN Security Council adopts new North Korea sanctions”
cập nhật lần cuối: Aug. 7, 2017 9:13am
Thông tin từ cuộc Họp các Ngoại trưởng ASEAN lần thứ 50 ở Manila, Phi Luật Tân, hồ hởi cho hay TQ đã thống nhất với ASEAN, chấp nhận khung của Code of Conduct (COC – Bộ Luật Ứng Xử ở Biển Đông), và mọi người hy vọng sẽ có thông báo về bắt đầu thảo luận và thương lượng chi tiết của COC vào cuộc Họp Thượng đỉnh ASEAN tháng 11/2017.
Đây có phải là một bước tiến đến đâu hay không, có lẽ là tùy thuộc 100% vào ASEAN muốn tiến đến đâu. Nhưng nếu phải đợi TQ, thì bước tiến có khả năng là zero hay dấu âm. Tiếp tục đọc “CÓC CÓC CÓC”
China has demanded India immediately remove troops from the border amid an increasingly tense stand-off in the remote frontier region beside the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Tiếp tục đọc “China demands India remove troops from disputed border region”
A government-appointed commission has cleared Myanmar security forces of systematic rape, murder and arson against Rohingya Muslims, dismissing UN allegations of widespread abuses during a recent crackdown. Tiếp tục đọc “Myanmar: Government dismisses claims of abuse against Rohingya”
The United States, China, Japan and South Korea have all welcomed tough new UN sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday praised the approval of new UN sanctions agreed a day earlier, calling the move a “very good outcome.” Tiếp tục đọc “US, South Korea laud new UN sanctions on Pyongyang”
The decision may be a good sign for the upcoming negotiation between ASEAN and China
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| Foreign ministers join hands for a family photo during the opening ceremony of the 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) meeting in Manila on August 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters |
VietNamNet Bridge – If 300-400 more small- and medium-sized hydropower plants are built, the total capacity would be 3,000-4,000 MW, or 15 billion kwh of electricity, according to the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA).
VEA’s chair Tran Viet Ngai has proposed reconsidering the decision to remove small & medium hydropower projects and allow investment to resume.
Many hydropower plants were built in 2010-2014, affecting the forest environment. Because of this, the NA decided to remove 400 projects from the hydropower development program. Tiếp tục đọc “VN Environment Administration proposes to revive hydropower plants”
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| Foreigners look for an apartment in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
The reality is in stark contrast with a government decree and new housing laws enacted in 2015, which relaxed requirements for foreigners to own properties in Vietnam. Tiếp tục đọc “Only 15 foreigners, Viet Kieu own houses in Ho Chi Minh City”
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| First responders: Local youth association members join farmers on the field during early harvest to cut losses. |
Early season flooding and heavy rainfall have severely damaged thousands of hectares of rice fields in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.Water levels in the province hit 2.37m last Friday, 1.53m higher than previous year’s figure. Water levels rose approximately 5-10cm every day. Tiếp tục đọc “Early floods threaten Mekong rice fields”
Vietnam on Friday night sought to insert tough language against China in an ASEANstatement that was scheduled to be released after the Southeast Asian ministers wrapped up their own talks on Saturday
MANILA: Vietnam urged other Southeast Asian nations to take a stronger stand against Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea on Saturday, as a tense regional security forum began with North Korea also under fire over its nuclear programme.
Ahead of the launch of the annual gathering of foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam made a a bold play against China with a raft of suggested changes to a planned joint communique.
It set the stage for a fiery few days of diplomacy in the Philippine capital, with the top diplomats from China, the United States, Russia and North Korea to join their ASEAN and other Asia-Pacific counterparts for security talks from Sunday.
The meetings will take place as the United Nations Security Council votes this weekend on a US-drafted resolution to toughen sanctions against North Korea to punish the isolated regime for its missile tests.
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Diễn ra từ 17h đến 22h thứ 6, 7 và chủ nhật hàng tuần, phiên chợ có nhiều hàng hóa đa dạng từ quần áo, mỹ phẩm, giày dép, khăn, thiệp đến mứt bánh, hoa quả. Tiếp tục đọc “Chợ phiên cuối tuần thu hút du khách ở Đà Nẵng”
About 150 million people risk a significant loss of protein if carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, leaving children in the worst-affected countries more vulnerable to death and disease, according to new research.
Today, 76 percent of the world’s population gets most of its protein from plants, but higher CO2 emissions will reduce the amount of protein – as well as iron and zinc – in a range of staple crops, said researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Tiếp tục đọc “Protein risk for millions from rising CO2 emissions – study”
 A small alley at 48 – 50 Hang Thiec Street. Tiếp tục đọc “Super-small alleys in Hanoi Old Quarter” |
VietNamNet Bridge – Associate Professor Nguyen Minh Due, chairman of the Viet Nam Energy Science Council speaks to Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper about the need to develop renewable energy in Viet Nam.
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| Associate Professor Nguyen Minh Due |
Following the revised national electricity development plan by 2020, electricity generated from coal-fired thermal power plants still accounts for nearly 50 per cent of the country’s total power, while electricity generated from wind and solar sources only makes up 1-2 per cent. Why is this? Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam needs to develop renewable energy”
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