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.

UN: Rohingya may be enduring ‘crimes against humanity’

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UN: Rohingya may be enduring ‘crimes against humanity’

Bangladesh turns away Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar crackdown as the UN decries “pattern of violations”.

Rohingya Muslims have fled en masse as Myanmar cracks down on northern region [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
Rohingya Muslims have fled en masse as Myanmar cracks down on northern region [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims may be victims of crimes against humanity, the United Nation’s rights agency has said, as former UN chief Kofi Annan arrived to the country for a visit that will include a trip to the conflict-ravaged region of Rakhine.

The army has carried out a bloody crackdown in the western state and thousands of the Muslim minority have flooded over the border into Bangladesh this month, making horrifying claims of gang rape, torture and murder at the hands of security forces.

Some 30,000 have fled their homes and analysis of satellite images by Human Rights Watch found that hundreds of buildings in Rohingya villages have been razed. Tiếp tục đọc “UN: Rohingya may be enduring ‘crimes against humanity’” →

Vietnam, Australia hold fourth deputy-ministerial strategic dialogue

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VN People’s Army Newspaper

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 3:3 (GMT+7)
PANO – Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 10:26 (GMT+7)

PANO – Vietnam and Australia held the fourth foreign-defense strategic dialogue at the deputy-ministerial level on November 21 in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese delegation was led by Deputy Defense Minister, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh and Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy. The Australian delegation was led by its Deputy Secretary Defense People Rebecca Skinners and Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Gary Quinlan.

 
At the dialogue. Photo: mod.gov.vn

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India unveils the world’s largest solar power plant

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The country is on schedule to be the world’s third biggest solar market next year.

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Images have been released showing the sheer size of the new solar power plant in southern India.

The facility in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu, has a capacity of 648 MW and covers an area of 10sq km.

This makes it the largest solar power plant at a single location, taking the title from the Topaz Solar Farm in California, which has a capacity of 550 MW. Tiếp tục đọc “India unveils the world’s largest solar power plant” →

Cambodian court upholds sentences of Khmer Rouge chiefs

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aljazeera 23 November 2016

Cambodian court upholds sentences of Khmer Rouge chiefs

Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan were part of regime responsible for the deaths of up to two million Cambodians.

Cambodia’s UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes against humanity, a verdict welcomed by survivors of the brutal regime.

“Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea, 90, and ex-head of state Khieu Samphan, 85, were the first top leaders to be jailed in 2014, belonging to a regime responsible for the deaths of up to two million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979. Tiếp tục đọc “Cambodian court upholds sentences of Khmer Rouge chiefs” →

Chinese rights activist Jiang Tianyong missing

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Aljazeera 24 November 2016

Chinese rights activist Jiang Tianyong missing

Jiang, who had been lobbying on behalf of China’s rights lawyers, has not been heard from since Monday.

Jiang met relatives of a jailed lawyer in Changsha, in central China, shortly before going missing [AP]

One of China’s most prominent human rights campaigners, Jiang Tianyong, has disappeared during a trip to visit relatives of a detained rights lawyer, Jiang’s wife said.

Jiang, a legal activist, has not been heard from since Monday, when he was due to board a train to return to Beijing, his wife, Jin Bianling, said on Thursday.

Jiang’s defence work involved some of China’s most politically sensitive figures in recent years, including the dissident lawyer Gao Zhisheng and blind activist Chen Guangcheng. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese rights activist Jiang Tianyong missing” →

Rodrigo Duterte shrugs off ‘bulls***’ ICC threat

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Philippines president blasts calls for his trial at the international criminal court over bloody crackdown on drugs.

An ICC prosecutor said the court may have jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of Philippines killings [Reuters]
An ICC prosecutor said the court may have jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of Philippines killings [Reuters]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denounced what he called “bulls***” Western threats to seek his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his role in a bloody crackdown on drug dealers.

In a speech on Monday, Duterte, who has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings in his anti-narcotics campaign since taking office in June, scolded the US government for what he called hypocritical threats to try him in the Hague-based tribunal, to which Washington is not a signatory. Tiếp tục đọc “Rodrigo Duterte shrugs off ‘bulls***’ ICC threat” →

Scientists record biggest ever coral die-off on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

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Japan Times

Researcher Grace Frank completes bleaching surveys along a transect line on an area known as One Tree Reef, in the Capricorn Group of Islands, on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in this undated photo. | REUTERS

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Scientists record biggest ever coral die-off on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

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SYDNEY – Warm seas around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have killed two-thirds of a 700-km (435 miles) stretch of coral in the past nine months, the worst die-off ever recorded on the World Heritage site, scientists who surveyed the reef said on Tuesday. Tiếp tục đọc “Scientists record biggest ever coral die-off on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef” →

China Takes a Chain Saw to a Center of Tibetan Buddhism

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China Takes a Chain Saw to a Center of Tibetan Buddhism

By EDWARD WONGNOV. 28, 2016 New York Times

A Buddhist nun with a prayer wheel in Larung Gar, a monastic camp where thousands of nuns and monks live and study, in Sichuan Province, China. Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times

Indonesia proposes ‘ASEAN-Pacific axis’ alternative to TPP and Chinese initiative

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By PMC Editor – Asia Pacific Report
November 28, 2016
One of the many rallies in the United States against TPP. Image: Occupy

By Haeril Halim

Indonesia has proposed the setting up of a new trade bloc that could counterbalance the dominance of the United States and China.

The US dominated the APEC forum in Lima, Peru, last week with its lucrative Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), championed by outgoing US President Barack Obama, which comprises 12 of the 21 APEC members, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Tiếp tục đọc “Indonesia proposes ‘ASEAN-Pacific axis’ alternative to TPP and Chinese initiative” →

Cập nhật thực trạng nông nghiệp Việt Nam ngày nay – 27/11/2016

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Mekong – Cửu Long

Loay hoay chặt – trồng, nuôi – bỏ: Lên bờ xuống ruộng vì theo phong trào

24/11/2016 22:14

Từng có nhiều bài học cay đắng cho nông dân ĐBSCL khi ồ ạt chạy theo phong trào, thấy cây nào, con gì cho lợi nhuận cao thì đổ xô trồng, nuôi. Hậu quả là khi cung vượt cầu, nông dân lại trắng tay

Cách đây không lâu, thấy cam sành cho lợi nhuận cao, hàng loạt hộ dân tại Hậu Giang, Vĩnh Long đã chuyển diện tích làm lúa sang trồng loại cây này.

Phải bỏ xứ ra đi

Kết quả kiểm tra của Chi cục Bảo vệ thực vật tỉnh Vĩnh Long cho thấy trong 6 tháng đầu năm 2016, toàn tỉnh có 700 ha đất lúa chuyển sang trồng cam sành, nâng diện tích loại cây này lên 8.000 ha/41.000 cây ăn trái. Theo nhiều nông dân, nếu không bị dịch bệnh, 1 ha cam sành có thể thu được trên 200 triệu đồng trong 1 hoặc 2 năm đầu thu hoạch.

Nhiều hộ dân ở Vĩnh Long đang phát triển cây thanh long trong khi chưa có đầu ra ổn định Ảnh: NGỌC TRINH Tiếp tục đọc “Cập nhật thực trạng nông nghiệp Việt Nam ngày nay – 27/11/2016” →

Cập nhật tin tức về nạn cát tặc – 27 tháng 11 năm 2016

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Sunday, November 27, 2016 Mekong – Cửu Long

Cục Đường thủy nội địa “dán bùa” cho cát tặc trá hình: Trách nhiệm của ai?

LĐ – 247 NHÓM PV 9:28 AM, 21/10/2016

Cơ quan chức năng phát hiện DN tư nhân Sáu Hằng hút cát trái phép.

Bằng 3 văn bản nội dung có phần sơ sài, nhiều kẽ hở do phó Cục trưởng Cục Đường thuỷ nội địa phê duyệt, một DN tư nhân đã vô tư múc cát kiếm lời dưới chiêu bài nạo vét, xây dựng cảng thủy nội địa. Kết quả, cảng chưa thấy, lòng sông bị nạo vét thiếu kiểm soát mà trách nhiệm của cơ quan quản lý còn chưa rõ. Tiếp tục đọc “Cập nhật tin tức về nạn cát tặc – 27 tháng 11 năm 2016” →

50 Vietnamese media outlets fined over misleading fish sauce news

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TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 11/22/2016 11:48 GMT + 7

 

Employees are seen at a traditional fish sauce making facility on Phu Quoc Island, off Kien Giang Province, located in southern Vietnam.

Fifty newspapers and news websites have been dealt a blow by Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications, accused of publishing inaccurate reports on traditional fish sauce’s safety and thus causing widespread fear among consumers last month.

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Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia: The Future of the Rebalance

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The 2016 election campaign has revealed mounting concern and skepticism about American foreign policy commitments towards Asia, including signals towards anti-globalization and isolationism. Concerns have been raised about free trade and investment, the rise of China, territorial disputes, nuclear proliferation, and America’s presence in Afghanistan. The United States must not shrink from its leadership role in the international order and skillfully navigate a complex set of issues in Asia, according to a forthcoming policy report, Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia. This report presents policy recommendations for the incoming administration on issues most important to three sub-regions of Northeast Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The recommendations culminate a series of closed-door, high-level working group meetings held in Seoul, Bangkok, Colombo, and New York from April to June of 2016.

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Posted November 14, 2016

ASEM – Asia Europe Meeting

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About the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)

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The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an informal process of dialogue and cooperation bringing together the 28 European Union member states, 2 other European countries, and the European Union with 21 Asian countries and the ASEAN Secretariat. The ASEM dialogue addresses political, economic and cultural issues, with the objective of strengthening the relationship between the two regions, in a spirit of mutual respect and equal partnership.

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