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.

‘Chemical attack’ in Syria draws international outrage

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Al Jazeera

UN to investigate potential war crimes after dozens, including children, die in rebel-held town of Idlib province.

WARNING: The above report contains images some may find distressing.

A suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in Syria’s Idlib province has drawn widespread international condemnation, with the United Nations saying it will investigate the bombing raid as a possible war crime.

At least 72 people, including 11 children, were killed in Khan Sheikhoun on Tuesday, according to the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), which runs several field hospitals in the area. More than 550 people were injured. Tiếp tục đọc “‘Chemical attack’ in Syria draws international outrage” →

Indonesians take ‘concrete stand’ against cement plant

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AL JAZEERA

Farmers in Indonesia are resorting to extreme measures of protest to show the government how the construction of a cement factory will paralyse their lives.

Sticking their feet in cement and thus unable to move for days, the women behind the rallies are called the Kartinis of Kendeng – named after Indonesia’s most famous female fighter for women’s rights, Raden Adjeng Kartini.

The women say that cement factories built in the Karst Mountains in central Java will ruin their land and pollute their water-supply and irrigation systems.

“I will fight to my last drop of blood because our ancestors fought for this land for hundreds of years, and that’s why we now can enjoy the water and the fruits from this land,” Sukinah, a protest leader, said.

“We won’t allow it to disappear like that.”

Women say cement factories built in Karst Mountains will ruin their land [Bagus Indahono/EPA]

Kendeng Mountain is a part of the Karst Mountains that contains not only springs and underground rivers but also chalk that is used in the production of cement.

While smaller companies have been mining here for years, now larger ones are coming.

But the legal battle is ongoing.

READ MORE: Indonesian tribes rally for land rights

One factory was due to start production last November, until the Supreme Court revoked its permit, saying the company’s environmental programme was unclear.

The state governor re-issued the permit after PT Semen Indonesia nearly halved the area it planned to mine. Tiếp tục đọc “Indonesians take ‘concrete stand’ against cement plant” →

North Korea fires missile into Sea of Japan days ahead of first Xi-Trump summit

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North Korea fires missile into Sea of Japan days ahead of first Xi-Trump summit
People watch a television displaying file news footage at a railway station in Seoul on Wednesday of a North Korean missile launch after the nuclear-armed North fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan earlier in the day. | AFP-JIJI

japan  times

by Staff writer

 Apr 5, 2017Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lashed out at North Korea’s firing Wednesday of a medium-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, just days ahead of a key summit between the U.S. and Chinese leaders expected to focus on reining in Pyongyang’s weapons programs.

The U.S. Pacific Command said it detected the launch at 6:42 a.m. from a land-based facility near Sinpo, home to a North Korean submarine base. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea fires missile into Sea of Japan days ahead of first Xi-Trump summit” →

50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech

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Tuesday, April 4th 2017

Veterans in the U.S. remember Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech on 50th Anniversary

April 4, 2017:  veterans in the U.S. and in Viet Nam acknowledge the 50th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s powerful and courageous speech at the Riverside Church in New York, entitled Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.  In that remarkable speech, Dr. King publicly spoke out eloquently and passionately in opposition to the continuing war in Viet Nam.  He confronted the deeply rooted racism, militarism and materialism of the United States. Dr. King described the United States as the greatest purveyor of violence in the world.

In the U.S., in remembrance of Dr. King’s groundbreaking speech, chapters of Veterans For Peace planned public readings across the country.  In Viet Nam, later this month we plan to host a public discussion of the important message which Dr. King conveyed to the nation on that date a half century ago.  Copies of Dr. King’s speech will be made available in English and  Vietnamese.

For the past 32 years, Veterans For Peace have called for the abolishment of war as an instrument of national policy.

“U.S. global policy of endless war and filling the coffers of an already bloated military budget has merged into a global response of violence. We need a global response that meets human needs and aspirations. Militarization is not the foundation on which to build peace. U.S. efforts have proven that war is the breeding ground for more violence and hatred. We need increased spending in social programs here at home, including significant resources dedicated to our veterans who are suffering devastating effects as a result of their service. We need an increase in diplomacy to end the wars. We need to dedicate resources to helping bring relief to the refugee crisis resulting from endless war.

“We, as veterans, know that peace is possible, but only if resources are directed towards caring for one another, not perpetuating militarization across the globe.”

                     Excerpted from VFP Statement Regarding Military Budget


4 April 1967 
Beyond Vietnam** 
New York, N.Y.

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Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight, and how very delighted I am to see you expressing your concern about the issues that will be discussed tonight by turning out in such large numbers. I also want to say that I consider it a great honor to share this program with Dr. Bennett, Dr. Commager, and Rabbi Heschel, some of the most distinguished leaders and personalities of our nation. And of course it’s always good to come back to Riverside Church. Over the last eight years, I have had the privilege of preaching here almost every year in that period, and it’s always a rich and rewarding experience to come to this great church and this great pulpit. Tiếp tục đọc “50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech” →

India-China row deepens as Dalai Lama arrives in NE India

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japan times

AP

Apr 4, 2017GAUHATI, INDIA – India said Tuesday that China should not interfere in its internal affairs, as the Dalai Lama began a weeklong visit to India’s remote northeast that Beijing has protested.

The Tibetan spiritual leader was greeted by cheering supporters as he arrived in Arunachal Pradesh. China claims the partly ethnically Tibetan Himalayan state as its own territory, and warned last month of “severe damage” to relations with India and increased regional instability if the Dalai Lama proceeds with his trip. Tiếp tục đọc “India-China row deepens as Dalai Lama arrives in NE India” →

Anger burns on Vietnam’s poisoned coast a year after spill

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channelnewsasia

  • Posted 04 Apr 2017 14:20
  • Updated 04 Apr 2017 15:45

Fish which an employee says are contaminated and decomposed are pictured at a frozen food storage facility in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province April 1, 2017. Photo taken April 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kham

QUANG TRI, Vietnam: “The big fish are all dead,” complained 50 year-old Mai Xuan Hoa, picking small fish from a net as he tried to rebuild his livelihood a year after Vietnam’s worst environmental disaster.

Sea life began washing up on April 6, 2016 near a steel plant being developed by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Corp . Within weeks, more than 200 km (125 miles) of coast had been sullied by the accidental release of chemicals including cyanide, phenols and iron hydroxide. Tiếp tục đọc “Anger burns on Vietnam’s poisoned coast a year after spill” →

218,000 holders of post-secondary degrees unemployed

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Last update 17:03 | 04/04/2017
218,000 holders of post-secondary degrees unemployed

Holders of bachelor, Master’s or doctorate degrees struggling with unemployment grew to more than 218,000 in the fourth quarter of last year, making up nearly half the number of skilled workers without a job.

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The latest Labor Market Newsletter of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shows unemployment in the final quarter of last year slightly declined from the preceding quarter in terms of both number and rate.

Specifically, the jobless numbered 1.1 million, around 7,000 fewer than in the

third quarter of last year. The overall unemployment rate for the fourth quarter of 2016 was 2.31%, versus 2.34% in the preceding three months. Tiếp tục đọc “218,000 holders of post-secondary degrees unemployed” →

Modern slaves: labour trafficking in the south

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Update: April, 04/2017 – 08:00

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Fishermen unload tuna at Cát Lở Port in Vũng Tàu City. Workers face risks of being kidnapped for labour trafficking in the area. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Trường
Viet Nam News BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU — At about 5pm on the last day of January, 24-year-old Nguyễn Đức Hiển from An Giang Province jumped off a fishing vessel as it was getting ashore near Cát Lở Port in Vũng Tàu City.

After being rescued by another fishing boat and handed over to the border guards of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, Hiển revealed that he was tricked by a xe ôm driver in HCM City and sold to the leader of a labour trafficking ring for VNĐ3.5 million (US$154). Tiếp tục đọc “Modern slaves: labour trafficking in the south” →

Formosa Vietnam evaluated for furnace launch, one year after fish deaths

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TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 04/04/2017 16:00 GMT + 7

Vietnam’s environment watchdog is inspecting a steel mill developed by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Group to decide whether or not it can put a blast furnace into use, one year after the facility’s wastewater caused mass fish deaths the along country’s central coast.

The mass fish deaths, affecting four central provinces, was first recorded on April 6, 2016, but Formosa only admitted its responsibility in June the same year, pledging US$500mn in compensation.

The Taiwanese company has promised to fix all of its violations and make sure its steel mill, located in Ha Tinh Province, follows all environmental standards and requirements set by the Vietnamese authorities. Tiếp tục đọc “Formosa Vietnam evaluated for furnace launch, one year after fish deaths” →

Vietnam’s economic growth slips to 3-year low in Q1

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TUOI TRE Reuters

Updated : 03/29/2017 16:34 GMT + 7

Vietnam’s economy grew at its slowest pace in three years in the first quarter, government data showed on Wednesday, as production was weak in agriculture, mining and manufacturing.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) said annual growth in January-March was 5.1 percent. That was the slowest expansion for any quarter since the first three months of 2014.

Nguyen Bich Lam, head of GSO, said that if current trends are maintained, Vietnam is “unlikely to reach” its 2017 growth target of 6.7 percent. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s economic growth slips to 3-year low in Q1” →

World Bank report on Vietnam’s pork safety sparks concern, doubt

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TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 04/03/2017 16:28 GMT + 7

Consumers are seen at a pork stall at a small market in Ho Chi Minh City.
A recent World Bank report claiming that up to 40 percent of pork in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is potentially contaminated with the salmonella bacteria has raised concern and doubt as to whether the ratio is too high compared with Vietnam’s own statistics.

The World Bank data may not truly reflect the meat safety situation in those cities, according to local insiders.

The report, released on March 27, points out several alarming issues in Vietnam’s food safety risk management, such as the fact that 80 percent of pork is sold in wet markets, and 76 percent of meat is slaughtered in small and dirty facilities.

The World Bank also underlined that the most prevalent microbiological hazard in pork in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is salmonella, with the bacteria found in 30 percent of the pork samples taken at slaughterhouses, and 40 percent of the pork found on sale at local markets. Tiếp tục đọc “World Bank report on Vietnam’s pork safety sparks concern, doubt” →

‘Biggest insurgent attack in years’ in Thai south wounds 12 police officers

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 03 Apr 2017 17:10
  • Updated 03 Apr 2017 17:33

Thai Rangers patrol in the Rangae district of Thailand’s restive southern province of Narathiwat on Mar 4, 2016. (Photo: AFP/Madaree Tohlala)

YALA, Thailand: Insurgents fired hundreds of shots into a police booth in restive Muslim-majority southern Thailand on Monday, wounding 12 officers in what police called the biggest such attack in years.

A decades-old separatist insurgency in the provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat has claimed more than 6,500 lives since it escalated in 2004, according to independent monitoring group Deep South Watch. Tiếp tục đọc “‘Biggest insurgent attack in years’ in Thai south wounds 12 police officers” →

Indonesia sinks more boats in war on illegal fishing

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 03 Apr 2017 17:30

JAKARTA: Indonesia destroyed 81 mostly foreign boats at the weekend that had been caught illegally fishing in its waters, taking to more than 300 the number sunk since President Joko Widodo launched a battle against the poaching of fish in 2014.

The Southeast Asian country has some of the world’s richest fishing grounds, but authorities have struggled to prevent trawlers, often from Asian neighbours, from making incursions into the seas around the vast archipelago. Tiếp tục đọc “Indonesia sinks more boats in war on illegal fishing” →

Himalayan glaciers granted status of ‘living entities’

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Himalayan glaciers granted status of ‘living entities’
An Indian boy walks along a flooded bank of the Ganges River in Allahabad on July 10, 2016. | AFP-JIJI

japan times

AFP-JIJI

DEHRADUN, INDIA – An Indian court has recognized Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as “legal persons” in an effort to curb environmental destruction, weeks after it granted similar status to the country’s two most sacred rivers.

In a decision that aims to widen environmental protections in the mountainous region, the court granted the legal standing to the glaciers Gangotri and Yamunotri,m which feed India’s venerated Ganges and Yamuna rivers, which won the status in a landmark judgment in March. Tiếp tục đọc “Himalayan glaciers granted status of ‘living entities’” →

Japan kills more than 300 whales in annual Antarctic hunt

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Guardian

Whaling fleet returns to port after slaughtering hundreds of minke whales, in defiance of moratorium on hunting and global criticism

A dead minke whale onboard the Nisshin Maru, part of the Japanese whaling fleet, at sea in Antarctic waters.
A dead minke whale onboard the Nisshin Maru, part of the Japanese whaling fleet, at sea in Antarctic waters. Photograph: Glenn Lockitch/AFP/Getty Images

Agence France-Presse

Friday 31 March 2017 02.09 EDT

A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port on Friday after an annual Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the mammals, as Tokyo pursues the programme in defiance of global criticism.

The fleet set sail for the Southern Ocean in November, with plans to slaughter 333 minke whales, flouting a worldwide moratorium and opposition led by Australia and New Zealand.

The fleet consisted of five ships, three of which arrived on Friday morning at Shimonoseki port in western Japan, the country’s Fisheries Agency said.

More than 200 people, including crew members and their families, gathered in the rain for a 30-minute ceremony in front of the Nisshin Maru, the fleet’s main ship, according to an official of the Shimonoseki city government. Tiếp tục đọc “Japan kills more than 300 whales in annual Antarctic hunt” →