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.

Philippines rights body to probe Duterte killing boast

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 23 Dec 2016 02:31
  • Updated 23 Dec 2016 02:40

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo: AFP/Wallace Woon)

MANILA: The Philippines’ independent rights watchdog said on Thursday (Dec 22) it will investigate President Rodrigo Duterte’s boasts he killed criminals years ago, invoking a strong rebuke from the Filipino leader against a United Nations official who called for the murder probe.

Duterte, who is waging an anti-drugs war that has left thousands dead, said last week that he helped police kill three suspected kidnappers early in the first of his several terms as mayor of the southern city of Davao. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippines rights body to probe Duterte killing boast” →

Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines Calls U.N. Human Rights Chief an ‘Idiot’

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“You there in the United Nations, you do not know diplomacy,” Mr. Duterte said. “You do not know how to behave, to be an employee of the United Nations. You do not talk to me like that, you son of a bitch.”

Mr. Duterte’s denunciations were directed at Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, who called on Tuesday for the authorities in the Philippines to begin an investigation after Mr. Duterte boasted about personally gunning down criminal suspects while mayor of Davao City.

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Chinese Propaganda Video Warns of West’s ‘Devilish Claws’

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Sinosphere

By CHRIS BUCKLEY DEC. 22, 2016

Joshua Wong, a student leader, delivering a speech in 2014 during protests in Hong Kong calling for greater democracy. A video spreading widely online in China depicts the city as a base for Western subversion, whipped up by figures like Mr. Wong. Carlos Barria/Reuters

BEIJING — The ominous images in the video pile up, set to darkly urgent music. Refugees fleeing failed uprisings in the Middle East. Western diplomats and politicians cast as puppet masters of subversion in China. Chinese lawyers abjectly confessing to subversion in show trials. Protests erupting in Hong Kong.

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Japan to bolster coastguard amid island row with China

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 21 Dec 2016 21:00

A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 2012. Mandatory credit. REUTERS/Kyodo/File Photo

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China cheers as Taiwan splits with one of few remaining allies

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Japan Times

AP Dec 21, 2016

BEIJING – Taiwan on Wednesday condemned the African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe’s “abrupt” move to break their diplomatic ties, while rival China welcomed the defection of one of the self-governing island’s small number of allies. Tiếp tục đọc “China cheers as Taiwan splits with one of few remaining allies” →

Smog chokes Chinese cities for fifth day, closing schools and factories

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An airport security guard masked against heavy smog stands on duty at Beijing’s international airport Wednesday. | AP

Japan Times

Smog chokes Chinese cities for fifth day, closing schools and factories

Reuters

SHANGHAI – Northern China was shrouded in almost-record pollution for a fifth day on Wednesday, closing factories and schools and disrupting flights, traffic and shipping, with some residents complaining that emergency anti-smog measures were not operating. Tiếp tục đọc “Smog chokes Chinese cities for fifth day, closing schools and factories” →

UK condemned for deporting survivors of trafficking back to Vietnam

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The Guardian

Activists say British authorities are failing to identify and protect victims who have been trafficked to the UK as slaves, many of them children

Detained Vietnamese migrants who were smuggled into the UK in a van
Detained Vietnamese migrants who were smuggled into the UK in a van. Many arrive with debts of up to £25,000 for their passage. Photograph: Solent News/Rex/Shutterstock
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Tuesday 20 December 2016 02.00 EST

 British authorities are failing to identify and protect Vietnamese victims of trafficking who are being deported back to Vietnam without adequate support or protection, according to anti-trafficking activists.

Despite having been identified as one of the groups most vulnerable to trafficking crimes in the UK, National Crime Agency (NCA) figures shows that suspected Vietnamese trafficking victims are half as likely to be granted protection compared with other victims. Just 11% of Vietnamese referrals were accepted and offered protection last year, well below the referral average of 27%. Tiếp tục đọc “UK condemned for deporting survivors of trafficking back to Vietnam” →

Chinese Navy Returns Seized Underwater Drone to U.S.

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By CHRIS BUCKLEY DEC. 20, 2016

The drone was launched by the Bowditch, an American ship, last week. Since the Pentagon demanded the return of the device, officials from the United States and China have verbally sparred over the legality of the seizure. U.S. Navy Visual News Service, via Associated Press

BEIJING — The Chinese Navy on Tuesday handed back an American underwater drone it had seized, returning the device to the United States after days of contention that drew the ire of President-elect Donald J. Trump.

A Chinese vessel returned the submersible drone to a United States Navy ship in international waters off the Philippines, near where it was taken on Thursday, a spokesman for the Department of Defense, Peter Cook, said on the Pentagon’s website.

Since the Pentagon disclosed the episode on Friday and demanded the return of the ocean-monitoring device, American and Chinese officials have engaged in verbal sniping over the legality of the seizure, which took place roughly 500 miles from the coast of mainland China. In the latest announcement, Mr. Cook pressed home the official American position.

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Philippines Should Investigate Rodrigo Duterte for Murder, U.N. Official Urges

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By NICK CUMMING-BRUCEDEC. 20, 2016

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, center, during a visit to Singapore this month. Mr. Duterte has said that he killed people when he was mayor of the city of Davao. Wong Maye-E/Associated Press

GENEVA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines should be formally investigated by judicial authorities in his country for murder after he claimed to have personally killed people suspected of committing crimes, the top human rights official at the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The official, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, was responding to comments that Mr. Duterte made at a news conference on Friday in which he said that he had shot and killed “about three” men during his years as mayor of the southern city of Davao.

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Where Buddhism’s Eight-Fold Path Can Be Followed With a Six-Figure Salary

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By SETH MYDANS DEC. 20, 2016 New York Times

Pathum Thani Journal

White-clad devotees at Dhammakaya Wat, Thailand’s largest temple, in February. The number of adherents has grown into the hundreds of thousands both in Thailand and abroad. Nicolas Asfouri/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

ASEAN offers Myanmar humanitarian assistance for Rakhine

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YANGON: The 10-member Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday (Dec 19) offered Myanmar humanitarian assistance, stressing that aid be distributed to those affected in northern Rakhine state.

Speaking after a closed-door meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers, ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh said that “we need to help Myanmar overcome this challenge”. Tiếp tục đọc “ASEAN offers Myanmar humanitarian assistance for Rakhine” →

Scientists discover 163 new species in Greater Mekong region: WWF

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 19 Dec 2016 11:05
  • Updated 19 Dec 2016 15:11

Some have likened this rainbow-headed snake native to Laos to David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” character. (Photo: WWF website/Alexandre Teynie)

BANGKOK: A rainbow-headed snake and a dragon-like lizard are among 163 new species that scientists recently discovered in the Greater Mekong region, conservation group WWF said on Monday, adding rapid development in the area, from dams to mines, was threatening wildlife survival.

The discoveries, published in a report on Monday, include a gecko in Laos with pale blue skin and a rare banana species discovered in northern Thailand that is critically endangered because of increasing deforestation. Tiếp tục đọc “Scientists discover 163 new species in Greater Mekong region: WWF” →

Muted U.S. Response to China’s Seizure of Drone Worries Asian Allies

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By JANE PERLEZ DEC. 18, 2016

BEIJING — Only a day before a small Chinese boat sidled up to a United States Navy research vessel in waters off the Philippines and audaciously seized an underwater drone from American sailors, the commander of United States military operations in the region told an audience in Australia that America had a winning military formula.

“Capability times resolve times signaling equals deterrence,” Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. told a blue-chip crowd of diplomats and analysts at the prestigious Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, the leading city in America’s closest ally in the region.

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Philippines to ‘set aside’ South China Sea tribunal ruling to avoid imposing on Beijing

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The Guardian

Philippines president Duterte says: ‘I will not impose anything on China’ despite fresh report showing militarisation of disputed reefs

A satellite image of what appears to be anti-aircraft guns and other systems on the artificial island Hughes Reef in the South China Sea.
A satellite image of what appears to be anti-aircraft guns and other systems on the artificial island Hughes Reef in the South China Sea. Photograph: DigitalGlobe/Reuters

Associated Press

Saturday 17 December 2016 00.56 EST

The Philippine president has said he would “set aside” a ruling by an international arbitration tribunal that invalidated Beijing’s claims to most of the South China Sea, because he doesn’t want to impose on China. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippines to ‘set aside’ South China Sea tribunal ruling to avoid imposing on Beijing” →

China agrees to return seized US underwater drone

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Beijing unhappy with the US “hyping up” the situation after the underwater drone was seized from South China Sea.

The USNS Bowditch, a T-AGS 60 class oceanographic survey ship, sails in open water in this undated photo [US Navy via AP]

China’s Defence Ministry said it had been in talks with the United States about returning an underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea, but the US was not helping by “hyping up” the issue. Tiếp tục đọc “China agrees to return seized US underwater drone” →