Conversations on Vietnam Development
Having lost to Park Geun-hye in South Korea’s 2012 presidential election, Moon Jae-in has become the chief beneficiary of the abuse-of-power scandal that engulfed his erstwhile opponent. Tiếp tục đọc “Who is Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s new president?”
JAKARTA: Jakarta’s Christian governor was sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy, a harsher-than-expected ruling that critics fear will embolden hardline Islamist forces to challenge secularism in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.
Tuesday’s guilty verdict comes amid concern about the growing influence of Islamist groups, who organised mass rallies during a tumultuous election campaign that ended with Basuki Tjahaja Purnama losing his bid for another term as governor. Tiếp tục đọc “Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy against Islam”
PATTANI, Thailand: More than 50 people including children were injured on Tuesday (May 9) when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a civilian target there.
The Muslim-majority border region has seethed with violence for over a decade as ethnic Malay insurgents battle the Buddhist-majority state for more autonomy. Tiếp tục đọc “Car bomb hits Thailand’s troubled south, injures 51”
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Everyone knows that it is costly to obtain a license to export rice, but rice exporters had never revealed how much a license costs until the director of a rice export company mentioned this at a seminar recently.
Ngo Van Nam, general director of ADC Company Ltd, said that one license ‘costs no less than $20,000’. Tiếp tục đọc “$20,000 for a rice export license – fact or fiction?”
Posted May 8, 2017 4:29 am EDT
Last Updated May 8, 2017 at 5:20 am EDT
BANGKOK – An environmental watchdog has accused Vietnamese government and military officials of taking payoffs to ignore vast smuggling of lucrative lumber from neighbouring Cambodia.
Millions of dollars in bribes have been paid by Vietnamese timber traders to both Vietnamese and Cambodian officials, the report issued Monday by the U.K.-based Environmental Investigation Agency alleges. Tiếp tục đọc “Watchdog says Vietnamese officials bribed by log smugglers”
Vàm Nao dài khoảng 7 km, rộng bình quân 700 m, độ sâu trên 17 m. Đây là một đoạn sông được hợp thành bởi đuôi cù lao huyện Phú Tân và đầu cù lao Ông Chưởng (Chợ Mới), chảy qua địa phận các xã: Kiến An, Mỹ Hội Đông (Chợ Mới), Tân Trung (Phú Tân), Bình Thủy (Châu Phú). Vàm Nao có vai trò quan trọng trong việc giao thông – vận tải và phục vụ sản xuất. Tuy nhiên, vào mùa nước nổi, đoạn sông Vàm Nao là nơi khá nguy hiểm cho tàu thuyền lưu thông qua lại. Bởi, tại đoạn ngã ba sông Vàm Nao, nơi tiếp giáp giữa hai nhánh sông Tiền, sông Hậu có hai luồng nước từ hai con sông Tiền, sông Hậu đổ về. Tiếp tục đọc “Sông Vàm Nao – An Giang”
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Thông cáo của Liên minh cứu sông Mê Kông
Cần hoãn Quy trình Tham vấn trước đối với dự án thủy điện Pak Beng cho đến khi hoàn thiện Nghiên cứu Hội đồng và đánh giá tác động trên toàn lưu vực
Liên minh cứu sông Mê Kông gồm các thành viên thuộc các quốc gia thuộc Lưu vực sông Mê Kông. Chúng tôi hoạt động dựa trên nhận thức rằng sông Mê Kông là tài sản chung, mang lại nguồn tài nguyên nuôi sống hàng triệu người dân Đông Nam Á và đóng góp một cách bền vững cho sự phồn thịnh về kinh tế và xã hội của khu vực. Liên minh cứu sông Mê Kông và các thành viên đã và đang giám sát quá trình ra quyết định đối với các đập trên dòng chính Hạ lưu sông Mê Kông, bao gồm cả việc tham gia các cuộc họp Tham vấn trước cấp quốc gia và khu vực đối với dự án thủy điện Xayaburi và Don Sahong. Trải nghiệm từ các cuộc tham vấn khiến chúng tôi càng thêm lo ngại cho tương lai của con sông Mê Kông và người dân lưu vực. Tiếp tục đọc “Thông cáo của Liên minh cứu sông Mekong về quy trình tham vấn thủy điện Pak Beng (VNese – English)”
Updated : 05/08/2017 15:32 GMT + 7
Print ads aimed at crushing stereotypes about physical beauty are the theme of a competition held for young designers in Vietnam.
The designs send a haunting message about body shaming, the practice of making negative comments on a person’s body shape or size.
The 16 best designs were voted on by Facebook users, ten of which will be selected by a board of judges for exhibition at a festival this weekend at the Ho Chi Minh City campus of the Foreign Trade University. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese designers raise body-shaming awareness through print ads”
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| Something to smile about: A boy plays with a train made by Nam. VNS Photo Huê Phong |
He was not the only one, of course.
The mattresses produced by artisans of Phò Trạch Village in the northern part of Thừa Thiên-Huế Province using craft skills handed over through generations have also welcomed the birth of generations of babies in the village and beyond. Tiếp tục đọc “Weaving a new future for rush mattresses”
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| Female director Hồng Ánh (left), actress Ngọc Thanh Tâm and AIFFA 2017 Best Actor Phạm Hồng Phước, of Đảo Của Dân Ngụ Cư, at the Asean International Film Festival & Awards. — Photo courtesy of Blue Productions |
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| Experts release a pangolin into the wild. Photo courtesy Save Vietnam’s Wildlife |
German authorities are under pressure to remove unexploded WWII bombs [Peter Steffen/AFP]More than 50,000 people were evacuated from Germany’s northern city of Hanover on Sunday in one of the country’s largest post-war operations to defuse unexploded World War II-era bombs.
Residents in a densely populated part of the city were ordered to leave their homes for the operation, planned since mid-April, to remove several recently discovered unexploded bombs.
Authorities had expected to remove at least five explosive devices, but only three were found. Two were defused successfully, while the third required special equipment to be made safe.
Tiếp tục đọc “50,000 evacuate German city over unexploded WWII bombs”
VietNamNet Bridge – In Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province, which is dubbed the “capital of resorts”, tourists should not miss a chance to visit the breathtaking sand dunes and Bau Sen (lotus lagoon).
Located in Hong Lam Village, Hoa Thang Commune, Bac Binh District, around 40 kilometers from Phan Thiet, Bau Sen is a natural fresh water lagoon which is divided into two smaller lagoons by a sand dune.
The lagoon is a primary source of fresh water for Cham ethic people in the locality. Tiếp tục đọc “Bau Sen – An oasis in Mui Ne’s sand dunes”
Being well-known as a grave statue–carving artisan and wooden statue–maker, artisan A Doan in Dac Ha Commune, Tu Mo Rong District in the Central Highlands Province of Kon Tum, has greatly contributed to preserving this unique art, promoting the culture of the Central Highlands.
Artisan A Doan and his set of wooden statues reproducing the activities of a family
Keeping values
Artisan A Doan worries about the future of many aspects of the culture of ethnic minority groups including Bana, Giarai, Ede and Mnong. He said, “I’m always afraid of the disappearance of the cultural beauties of the Central Highlands people”. Tiếp tục đọc “Preserving statue sculpting in Central Highlands”
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