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’ Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed people

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People gather around the body of a woman still clutching a child’s school bag after she was shot in an apparent drug-related killing while walking with her two children to school in a poor neighborhood in Manila on Dec. 8. | AP

AFP-JIJI Japan Times Dec 14, 2016

MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of a southern city to set an example for police.

Duterte made the comments in a speech to businessmen on Monday night as he discussed his campaign to eradicate illegal drugs, in which police and unknown assailants have killed thousands of people since he became president on June 30. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed people” →

For Taiwan, a Dilemma Over Identity, Economy and China

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New York Times

By PAUL MOZUR DEC. 13, 2016

President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan addressed naval officers in July, about two months after she took office. Some fear Ms. Tsai’s recent phone call with President-elect Donald J. Trump will destabilize United States-China relations, while others see a welcome rethinking of Washington’s ties to Taiwan. Office of The President Taiwan, via European Pressphoto Agency

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Pageant Silences Beauty Queen, a Critic of China, at U.S. Contest

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By ANDREW JACOBS DEC. 13, 2016 New York Times

Anastasia Lin in Toronto last year. The Chinese authorities later blocked her from attending the Miss World pageant in China. Ian Willms for The New York Times

After the Chinese authorities blocked the Canadian beauty queen Anastasia Lin from attending the 65th annual Miss World pageant in China last year, the event’s British organizers offered her a consolation prize, of sorts: They promised to allow her a chance to compete in the 2016 finals, which are currently underway in suburban Washington.

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Killings of land rights activists tripled in 2016

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ALJAZEERA Dec. 13, 2016

Roughly 16 land rights advocates have been killed each month from January through November.

Mapuche Indian activists demand their indigenous rights and land for their communities in Santiago, Chile [Reuters]

The battle over land and resources turned bloodier in the past year with treble the number of land rights defenders killed, according to a human rights group that fears that the violence will get even worse. Tiếp tục đọc “Killings of land rights activists tripled in 2016” →

North Korea’s Kim guides special operations drill targeting Blue House

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a combat drill by personnel from the Korean People’s Army special operation battalion Unit 525 in this undated photo released Sunday. | REUTERS

Reuters Dec 12, 2016

SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a special operations drill targeting the South, the North’s media reported on Sunday, as rival South Korea remained on alert for any attempt by the North to take advantage of political turmoil in the South.

The North’s KCNA state news agency report did not say when North Korean forces conducted the combat exercise, nor did it mention the South Korean parliament’s vote on Friday to impeach its president, Park Geun-hye. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea’s Kim guides special operations drill targeting Blue House” →

The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S.

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By ERIC LIPTON, DAVID E. SANGER and SCOTT SHANE DEC. 13, 2016

New York Times

A filing cabinet broken into in 1972 as part of the Watergate burglary sits beside a computer server that Russian hackers breached during the 2016 presidential campaign at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in Washington. Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk.

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Beijing ‘seriously concerned’ by Trump’s One China remarks: Govt

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BEIJING: Beijing is “seriously concerned” by US president-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that he could drop Washington’s One China policy unless the mainland makes concessions on trade and other issues.

It issued its first clear warning Monday (Dec 12) over Donald Trump’s fiery rhetoric, as state media said the Asian giant could back “forces hostile to the US” if the president-elect follows through with threats to drop Washington’s One China policy.

It was the strongest signal yet from Chinese authorities that abandoning the One China policy, which guides relations with self-ruling Taiwan, would upset decades of carefully managed Sino-US relations and end cooperation between the world’s top two economies. Tiếp tục đọc “Beijing ‘seriously concerned’ by Trump’s One China remarks: Govt” →

MÔI TRƯỜNG VÀ CON NGƯỜI Ở MIỀN SÔNG TIỀN, SÔNG HẬU – GS. THÁI CÔNG TỤNG

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Friday, December 9, 2016 Mekong-Cuu Long

  1. Nhập đề

Ngày nay, với thế kỷ 21, nhiều vấn đề môi sinh được đặt ra, vì dân số tăng, vì ô nhiễm, vì tài nguyên thiên nhiên thì có hạn mà sự tiêu thụ thì vô hạn; mãi đến những năm cuối cùng của thế kỷ 20, vào năm 1992, nhiều xứ họp tại  Rio ký bản thoả ước về bảo vệ tài nguyên trên trái đất, rồi đến hiệp ước Kyoto về giới hạn các sự phát thải các khí  trên bầu trời … Dĩ nhiên các đề tài  của những năm cuối thế kỷ 20 sẽ là tiền đề cho các cuộc thảo luận và thực thi để bảo vệ ngôi nhà chung của thế giới tránh khỏi các phá hủy môi sinh như phá rừng, nạn nhân mãn, thiên tai, sự liên hệ môi sinh và sức khoẻ, sự trở về thiên nhiên nối tâm linh vào khoa học.  Tiếp tục đọc “MÔI TRƯỜNG VÀ CON NGƯỜI Ở MIỀN SÔNG TIỀN, SÔNG HẬU – GS. THÁI CÔNG TỤNG” →

Cửu Long có phải là 9 Rồng?

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Mekong-Cuu Long Dec. 9, 2016

“BÁO VĂN HÓA-CALIFORNIA” THỨ  TƯ 02 MAR  2016

Sông Cửu Long ( người Âu Mỹ gọi là Mê Kông ) là một trong những con sông lớn nhất trên thế giới. Xuất phát từ vùng núi cao tỉnh Thanh Hải ( Trung Quốc), băng qua Tây Tạng theo suốt chiều dài tỉnh Vân Nam, qua các nước Myanma,Thái Lan, Lào, Campuchia trước khi đổ vào miền Nam Việt Nam. Tiếp tục đọc “Cửu Long có phải là 9 Rồng?” →

The leading global thinkers of 2016

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the leading global thinkers of 2016

THE CASE FOR OPTIMISM

An ugly strain of populism reared its head in America this year. After months of spewing sexist, racist, homophobic, and xenophobic rhetoric, Donald Trump stunned pollsters—and the citizens whose ballots earned Hillary Clinton the popular vote—by winning the White House. Nativist politics won out, and Americans joined other populations, including Brexit supporters and Colombians who rejected the long-awaited peace deal, in voting against their self-interest. Through democratic means, fear surpassed reason repeatedly in 2016, leaving many wondering who will handle the unprecedented crises that the world faces—the war in Syria, mass migration, climate change—and how. Tiếp tục đọc “The leading global thinkers of 2016” →

Vietnam dredging at disputed Spratly reef in South China Sea: Reuters

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Sand can be seen spilling from a newly dredged channel in this view of Vietnamese-held Ladd Reef, in the Spratly Island group in the South China Sea, Nov. 30in this Planet Labs handout photo received by Reuters on Tuesday. | TREVOR HAMMOND / PLANET LABS / HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

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KYODO DEC 9, 2016

HANOI – Vietnam has begun dredging work on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, Reuters news service reported Thursday, a move that will likely anger China, which claims virtually the entire sea.

A commercial satellite image taken on Nov. 30 shows activity on Vietnam-controlled Ladd Reef on the southwestern fringe of the Spratly group of islands, according to the report. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam dredging at disputed Spratly reef in South China Sea: Reuters” →

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

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New York Times

Photographs and Text by DANIEL BEREHULAK DEC. 7, 2016

Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.

YOU HEAR A MURDER SCENE before you see it: The desperate cries of a new widow. The piercing sirens of approaching police cars. The thud, thud, thud of the rain drumming on the pavement of a Manila alleyway — and on the back of Romeo Torres Fontanilla.

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China ‘blocks’ Mongolia border after Dalai Lama visit

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Al Jazeera

Mongolia says hundreds of trucks stuck at the border after move seen as a response to Dalai Lama’s visit to Ulaanbaatar.

Mongolia says drivers spend hours and in some cases days waiting in the cold [Al Jazeera]

Mongolia says China has closed a key border crossing, creating huge congestion, nearly a week after the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, visited the country.

Hundreds of truck drivers for the mining conglomerate Rio Tinto are stuck at the Gants Mod crossing in southeastern Mongolia in freezing temperatures. Tiếp tục đọc “China ‘blocks’ Mongolia border after Dalai Lama visit” →

China: The vanguard of globalisation

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ALJAZEERA

As isolationism is sweeping through the West, China is to become the unlikely champion of globalisation.

Workers assemble mobile phones on a product line at a factory in Sichuan Province, China [Getty]
Workers assemble mobile phones on a product line at a factory in Sichuan Province, China [Getty]

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Richard Javad Heydarian is a specialist in Asian geopolitical/economic affairs.

“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent,” Chairman Mao Zedong wrote in a letter to his wife on July 8, 1966. This was the height of the Cold War, as Moscow and Washington vied for global supremacy, and massive protests swept across the West, from Europe to the United States.

The Chinese leader thought that one should embrace a crisis not avoid it, since it is chaos (not stability) that carries in its bosom the seed of radical transformation. This was Marxist dialectical thinking in its finest and most dangerous form. Tiếp tục đọc “China: The vanguard of globalisation” →

How ‘Islands of Honesty’ Can Crush a System of Corruption

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New York Times

By AMANDA TAUB DEC. 9, 2016

Former President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, right, and former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina at a meeting in São Paulo, Brazil, on Friday. Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

For over a year, a global mystery has been growing: Why are so many governments around the world collapsing amid corruption scandals?

Attention is now focused on South Korea, where the Parliament voted Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye. The allegations against Ms. Park are unique in their colorful details — a mysterious adviser, Choi Soon-sil, is suspected of having secretly influenced Ms. Park’s public speeches and decision-making while also extorting millions from major corporations.

But beneath the salacious specifics, the story is familiar: a corruption scandal rocks a nation, reaching the highest levels of government and provoking a political crisis.

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