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.

7 arrested in Malaysia for suspected involvement in terror activities

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 05 Mar 2017 16:13
  • Updated 05 Mar 2017 17:57

Malaysian police surround a Malaysian and an Indonesian suspected of planning to conduct terror attacks in the country. (Photo: Royal Malaysia Police)

KUALA LUMPUR: Seven men were in February arrested for their suspected involvement in terrorist activities, the Royal Malaysia Police said on Sunday (Mar 5).

In a statement, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar said two of the suspects were arrested on Feb 21 over links to a Daesh cell, referring to Islamic State (IS) by its Arabic name.

The 41-year-old Malaysian and 28-year-old Indonesian were working as factory technicians when they were arrested in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. Tiếp tục đọc “7 arrested in Malaysia for suspected involvement in terror activities” →

NIRAS’ first climate change adaptation project in Vietnam

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Published: 19-07-2016

Vietnamese women will benefit from NIRAS capabilities in comprehensive water planning (HELVA) at a new, local pilot projectExploiting Synergies between Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) and Urban Farming in Vinh Yen, Vietnam – such is the title of HELVAs first international project.

Local women in Vinh Yen will be involved in an urban farming initiative, where water for the vegetables will come from a SUDS system (local drainage of rain water, which is picked up locally, instead of being discharged into the sewer).

The project will run for 2.5 years and has a budget of approximately 500.000 EUR, of which about 63.000 EUR will be allocated to constructing the pilot project.

Preventing floods

The purpose of the project is to make the urban area more resilient to flooding, but also to benefit the local community’s social resilience by giving local women the opportunity to grow vegetables, herbs and spices.

“We hope that a low-budget system like this can inspire other local authorities and the local population to build SUDS systems that do not require large investments, but will add value to the local population,” says Morten Pedersen from water and utility division VAFO in NIRAS.

The project also hope to inspire similar solutions in the rest of Vietnam.

”The project and its ideas have potential for wide application in Viet Nam given the increasing flooding situation and heat island in cities due to both climate change and rapid urbanization. Willingness of the public and local authorities as well as innovative mechanisms for maintaining such a system play a crucial role in the sustainability and success of the project, “ says Luu Duc Cuong from the Ministry of Construction in Vietnam.

Interdisciplinary collaboration

NIRAS won the project in an international competition at Nordic Climate Facility (NCF), which is organized under the Nordic Development Nordic Development Fund (NDF). The project is a result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between:

• Morten Pedersen, water and utility, NIRAS
• Anja Wejs, water and energy, NIRAS
• NIRAS Vietnam (RCCE)
• Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning (VIUP) and
• Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction
• The City of Vinh Yen

Thai king strips wanted monk of his rank

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  • Posted 06 Mar 2017 00:55
  • Updated 06 Mar 2017 01:39

People walk past a portrait of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at a department store in central Bangkok. (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Files)

BANGKOK: The former Buddhist abbot at the heart of a standoff with authorities at Thailand’s biggest temple has been stripped of his monastic rank by the king, the military government said on Sunday.

The symbolic step comes more than two weeks after police surrounded the scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple and began searching for Phra Dhammachayo, who is accused of money laundering.

The standoff at the temple represents one of the biggest challenges to the authority of Thailand’s junta since it took power in 2014. The former abbot has not turned himself in and police say his followers have hampered the search. Tiếp tục đọc “Thai king strips wanted monk of his rank” →

Chinese protest against South Korea’s Lotte Group after land deal for THAAD missile-defense system

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Residents hold posters showing late Communist Party leader Mao Zedong during a protest in Jilin, China, on Sunday calling for a boycott of South Korean goods due to the planned deployment in that nation of a U.S. missile-defense system. | AFP-JIJI

AFP-JIJI, Reuters Mar 5, 2017

BEIJING/SEOUL – Dozens of people holding posters showing late Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong protested in northeastern Jilin province on Sunday, calling for a boycott of South Korean goods as part of a backlash against the country’s Lotte Group.

The retail giant has faced growing opposition in China since signing a deal last Tuesday to provide land for a U.S. missile-defense system.

The plan to install the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system was prompted by threats from North Korea, but Beijing fears the move will undermine its own military capabilities.

“No to THAAD! Boycott Korean goods!” chanted the protesters. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese protest against South Korea’s Lotte Group after land deal for THAAD missile-defense system” →

Malaysia expels North Korea Ambassador Kang Chol

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 Al Jazeera

Kang Chol declared persona non grata following the alleged murder of North Korean leader’s half-brother in Kuala Lumpur.

Kang Chol says Malaysia colluded with 'hostile forces' [File: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]
Kang Chol says Malaysia colluded with ‘hostile forces’ [File: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]

Malaysia has declared North Korea’s ambassador persona non grata over the alleged murder of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un‘s half-brother and ordered the diplomat to leave the country within the next 48 hours.

Kang Chol’s expulsion came on Saturday, just weeks after Kim Jong-nam was allegedly poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport on February 13.

“The expulsion of the DPRK [North Korea] ambassador is… an indication of the government’s concern that Malaysia may have been used for illegal activities,” Malaysia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

The decision was made after he failed to appear at Malaysia’s foreign ministry at 6pm local time on Saturday despite being summoned, said Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi, reporting from Kuala Lumpur. Tiếp tục đọc “Malaysia expels North Korea Ambassador Kang Chol” →

Molecular Breeding to Improve Salt Tolerance of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the Red River Delta of Vietnam

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International Journal of Plant Genomics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 949038, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/949038

Research Article
Molecular Breeding to Improve Salt Tolerance of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the Red River Delta of Vietnam
Le Hung Linh,1 Ta Hong Linh,1 Tran Dang Xuan,2 Le Huy Ham,1 Abdelbagi M. Ismail,3 and Tran Dang Khanh1

1Agricultural Genetics Institute, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam
2Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8529, Japan
3International Rice Research Institute, College, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Received 13 July 2012; Revised 13 September 2012; Accepted 14 November 2012

Academic Editor: Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi

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World’s most salt-resistant rice discovered

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World’s most salt-resistant rice discovered

| India Times, TNN | Apr 17, 2013, 04.34 PM IST

 

LONDON: A scientific breakthrough will bring a loud cheer among India’s farmers living in coastal areas.

Scientists have discovered a rice variety with double the salt tolerance of any other rice in the world.

Farmers lose their livelihoods when seawater encroaches on their farms in coastal areas, rendering them too salty to grow rice.

Scientists at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have crossed two different species of rice to produce new rice that has double the salt tolerance of existing rice varieties.

In another four years, this new type of rice with high tolerance of salinity may become available to Indian farmers. Tiếp tục đọc “World’s most salt-resistant rice discovered” →

BBC crew attacked in China and forced to sign confession

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Guardian

Journalist says crew trying to interview villager about land reform had cameras smashed and confiscated

A BBC camera crew reporting in China was attacked and later forced by police to apologise and sign a confession for trying to conduct an “illegal interview”, one of its reporters has said.

John Sudworth, a journalist with the BBC, and his team were attempting to interview a villager in rural China who claims her father was killed during a land dispute with the government. As they walked towards her house, a group of men blocked their way, pushed Sudworth and smashed and snatched the crew’s cameras. Tiếp tục đọc “BBC crew attacked in China and forced to sign confession” →