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.

Investors pump billions into offshore wind power plants

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By Anh Minh   June 16, 2021 | 04:57 pm GMT+7 VNExpressInvestors pump billions into offshore wind power plantsWind turbines in the province of Bac Lieu, southern Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyet Nhi.Foreign and local investors have poured billions of dollars into developing offshore wind farms.

Thang Long Wind, a $11.9-billion, 3.4 GW offshore plant, is being built in the central province of Binh Thuan.

Installation of floats will be completed in July to gather oceanographic data related to waves, wind and currents.

La Gan, another offshore wind farm, a joint venture between Asia Petroleum Energy Corporation (Asia Petro), Novasia Energy Company and Danish fund management firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), will have a capacity of 3.5 GW and cost $10.5 billion.

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Vietnam Biodiversity

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Vietnam has been ranked the 16th most biologically diverse country in the world! Diverse ecosystems provide clean water, soil stability, buffers against storms and climate shocks as well as a basis for tourism. Biodiversity conservation is an essential component of achieving sustainable, resilient development. This Biodiversity Week we are celebrating Vietnam’s biodiversity status with 16 facts! 

BIODIVERSITY FACT 1

On the mainland, there are 15.986 species of flora and 10% among them are endemic species. As for fauna, or more commonly known as animals, there are more than 100 endemic species of birds alone, and almost 80 types of mammals! Vietnam is home to 30 National Parks with more animal species than popular safari destinations such as Kenya and Tanzania. 

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G7 Leadership for Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Economic Recovery and Growth

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Virt - G7 Leadership for Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Economic Recovery and Growth Report Launch | Your guide to the world's most meaningful events

An independent report requested by the UK Prime Minister for G7

by Nicolas Stern (June 2021)

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OVERVIEW

Challenge, vision and overarching strategy at a critical moment in history

The COVID-19 pandemic is a continuing human tragedy. It has exacerbated the risks and vulnerabilities that had been building in the global economy. It follows a decade that was characterised by reduced investment, by slowing growth of productivity, by faltering employment, by weakening social cohesion, by increasing pressure on public finances, and by an accelerating destruction of natural capital. Tiếp tục đọc “G7 Leadership for Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Economic Recovery and Growth” →

2021 G7 Leaders’ communiqué: Our shared agenda for global action to build back better

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  • European Council
  • Press release
  • 13 June 2021
  • 15:25
G7 2021 — Final Communiqué

2021 G7 Leaders’ communiqué: Our shared agenda for global action to build back better

We, the leaders of the Group of Seven, met in Cornwall on 11-13 June 2021 determined to beat COVID-19 and build back better.  We remembered everyone who has been lost to the pandemic and paid tribute to those still striving to overcome it. Inspired by their example of collaboration and determination, we gathered united by the principle that brought us together originally, that shared beliefs and shared responsibilities are the bedrock of leadership and prosperity.  Guided by this, our enduring ideals as free open societies and democracies, and by our commitment to multilateralism, we have agreed a shared G7 agenda for global action to:

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The PLA Beyond Borders: Chinese Military Operations in Regional and Global Context

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No longer confined to China’s land territory or its near abroad, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is conducting increasingly complex operations farther and farther from China’s continental borders. Within Asia, the PLA now regularly operates into the far reaches of the South China Sea and deep into the Western Pacific, enforcing China’s territorial claims and preparing to counter U.S. intervention in a regional conflict. Beyond Asia, the PLA is present on the ground, at sea, or in military exercises with foreign partners across the Indian Ocean and into the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Foreign militaries now regularly encounter the PLA, whether in tense incidents or friendly contacts, on their home turf and in the global commons.

Drawn from a 2019 conference jointly organized by NDU, the RAND Corporation, and Taiwan’s Council on Advanced Policy Studies, The PLA Beyond Borders surveys the dimensions of Chinese operations within the Indo-Pacific region and globally. The international contributors look both at the underlying enablers of these activities, including expeditionary capabilities and logistics, command and control, and ISR systems, as well as new and evolving operational concepts and operational patterns. Employing different analytic lenses, they portray a reformed PLA accelerating the pace of its overseas operations and increasing its modernization not only in the traditional domains, but also in space and cyber.
 
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Contents
 
Acknowledgments
 
 
Introduction: The PLA Beyond Borders
Joel Wuthnow
 
Part I: Enabling Operations: Capabilities, Infrastructure, and Organizations

1 The PLA’s Expeditionary Force: Current Capabilities and Future Trends 
Kristen Gunness
2 Crossing the Strait: Recent Trends in PLA ‘Strategic Delivery’ Capabilities
Chung Chieh and Andrew N.D. Yang
3 China’s Overseas Base, Places, and Far Seas Logistics 
Isaac B. Kardon
4 PLA Command and Control of Overseas Operations 
Phillip C. Saunders
5 China’s Air and Maritime ISR in Coastal Defense and Near Seas Operations
Shinji Yamaguchi
6 The PLA Strategic Support Force: A “Joint” Force for Information Operations
John Chen, Joe McReynolds, and Kieran Green

Part II: Into Action: PLA Operational Concepts and Practice
 
7 Reassessing China’s Use of Military Force
Andrew Scobell
8 Bomber Strike Packages with Chinese Characteristics
Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga
9 PLA Operational Lessons from UN Peacekeeping
Joel Wuthnow
10 China’s Security Assistance in Global Competition: The Case of Africa
Jonah Victor
11 A New Type of Cross-Border Attack: The PLA’s Cyber Force
Ying-Yu Lin
12 Space and Chinese National Security: China’s Continuing Great Leap Upward
Dean Cheng

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Thành lập hải đội dân quân thường trực đầu tiên ở miền Tây

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KIÊN GIANG — Hải đội dân quân thường trực có nhiệm vụ tuần tra, trinh sát, khẳng định và bảo vệ chủ quyền biển đảo, kết hợp khai thác hải sản…

Đại tá Đàm Kiến Thức - Chỉ huy trưởng Bộ chỉ huy quân sự tỉnh Kiên Giang trao quyết định thành lập Ban chỉ huy hải đội. Ảnh: Nguyễn Phương
Đại tá Đàm Kiến Thức – Chỉ huy trưởng Bộ chỉ huy quân sự tỉnh Kiên Giang trao quyết định thành lập Ban chỉ huy hải đội. Ảnh: Nguyễn Phương

Hải đội dân quân thường trực đầu tiên ở khu vực Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long được công bố thành lập ngày 9/6, tại Kiên Giang. Theo quyết định của Quân khu 9, hải đội trực thuộc Bộ chỉ huy quân sự tỉnh Kiên Giang.

Đơn vị được tổ chức biên chế 9 tàu, 3 trung đội và 9 tiểu đội; được trang bị vũ khí, thiết bị chuyên dụng, phương tiện kỹ thuật, công cụ hỗ trợ đồng bộ. Nhiều người được đào tạo về chỉ huy, chuyên môn kỹ thuật tại Học viện Hải quân, trường quân sự làm nòng cốt xây dựng hải đội.

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Trung Quốc trả giá với ngoại giao chiến lang

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Thứ tư, 9/6/2021, 08:00 (GMT+7) VNExpress

Khi Trung Quốc quyết liệt gia tăng ảnh hưởng bằng ngoại giao chiến lang, ngày càng nhiều nước trên thế giới “quay lưng” với Bắc Kinh.

Trong cuộc gặp song phương tại Alaska hồi tháng 3, khi nhà ngoại giao hàng đầu Trung Quốc Dương Khiết Trì “lên lớp” về những thất bại của Mỹ, trong đó có các vụ cảnh sát giết chết người da màu, cố vấn an ninh quốc gia Mỹ Jake Sullivan không tranh luận.

Tuy nhiên, Sullivan nhắc nhở nhà ngoại giao Trung Quốc về cái mà ông gọi là “phẩm chất đặc biệt” của chính quyền Mỹ: khả năng thừa nhận và sửa chữa sai lầm. “Một quốc gia tự tin có thể nhìn thấu những thiếu sót của mình và không ngừng tìm cách cải thiện”, ông Sullivan nói.

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Offshore Wind Farms Show What Biden’s Climate Plan Is Up Against

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The New York Times

The U.S. has fallen way behind Europe partly because of an old shipping law and opposition from homeowners and fishing groups.

Dominion Energy’s wind turbine project off Virginia Beach took a year to install. In Europe, it would have taken a few weeks.Credit…Eze Amos for The New York Times

Ivan Penn

By Ivan Penn

  • June 7, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET

A constellation of 5,400 offshore wind turbines meet a growing portion of Europe’s energy needs. The United States has exactly seven.

With more than 90,000 miles of coastline, the country has plenty of places to plunk down turbines. But legal, environmental and economic obstacles and even vanity have stood in the way.

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Ba lãnh đạo chủ chốt tham gia Đảng ủy Công an Trung ương

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Ban thường vụ Đảng ủy Công an Trung ương nhiệm kỳ 2020 – 2025 gồm 10 người, trong đó có Tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính.

Lễ công bố quyết định của Bộ Chính trị chỉ định nhân sự Đảng ủy Công an Trung ương nhiệm kỳ 2020 – 2025 và hội nghị Đảng ủy Công an Trung ương lần thứ nhất diễn ra sáng 4/6.

Theo đó, Đảng ủy Công an Trung ương nhiệm kỳ 2020 – 2025 gồm 27 người; Ban Thường vụ gồm 10 người, ngoài ba lãnh đạo chủ chốt của Đảng, Nhà nước nêu trên, còn có 7 cán bộ lãnh đạo Bộ Công an. Đây là nhiệm kỳ thứ 2 Tổng bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng tham gia Ban thường vụ Đảng ủy Công an Trung ương.

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Advancing sustainable development with FDI: Why policy must be reset

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Simon Evenett and Johannes Frit z3 June 2021
Advancing sustainable development with FDI-1
In many countries, foreign direct investment, or FDI, outperforms aid, remittances, and portfolio investments as the largest source of external financing. FDI creates jobs, boosts productivity, and brings management expertise and technology. Since the Global Financial Crisis of 2009, however, annual inflows of FDI have been in decline. New greenfield investments into developing countries have been particularly hard hit, falling by 57 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2020. Developing countries in Asia have been more resilient but not entirely spared. Supported by the Hinrich Foundation, a new report delves into this critical issue of declining FDI and explores the policy options that can help reverse the trend. In this 27th Global Trade Alert report, entitled Advancing sustainable development with FDI: Why policy must be reset, renowned trade experts Simon Evenett and Johannes Fritz detail the developments that have contributed to FDI’s decline and show what can be done to reinvigorate FDI as an engine for sustainable development.
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From Orbit to Ocean—Fixing Southeast Asia’s Remote-Sensing Blind Spots

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Gregory B. Poling, Center for Strategic and International Studies

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Abstract

Improving maritime domain awareness (MDA) in Southeast Asia is critical not only for regional states but for the national-security interests of the United States. MDA in the coming decades will be dominated by cheaper, more-efficient remote-sensing tools, and the United States and other outside parties should shift toward introducing partners to the booming private-sector offerings in remote sensing.

Recommended Citation

Poling, Gregory B. (2021) “From Orbit to Ocean—Fixing Southeast Asia’s Remote-Sensing Blind Spots,” Naval War College Review: Vol. 74 : No. 1 , Article 8.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol74/iss1/8

A number of theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam

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TĐH: At the least, read this article to understand Mr. Secretary General’s thinking

29/05/2021    12:25 GMT+7 vietnamnet

Professor, Dr Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has written an article titled “A number of theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam.”

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    Socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam is a truly fundamental theoretical and practical topic of great importance. It covers a broad array of diverse and complex issues under various approaches, and requires both painstaking and serious investigation, and a deep and scientific stocktaking of practice. Within the scope of this writing, I would like to touch upon some aspects from Vietnam’s practical perspective. I would only focus on answering the following questions: What is socialism? Why did Vietnam choose the socialist path? How to gradually build socialism in Vietnam? How significant have the “Doi Moi” (Renewal) and the building of socialism been in Vietnam over the past years? And what are the issues facing this process?

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What Vietnam needs to produce Covid vaccines under license

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By Viet Anh    May 29, 2021 | 09:00 am GMT+7Vietnam should standardize manufacturing facilities and get expertise if it wants to make Covid-19 vaccines, experts have said.

Professor Thomas Preiss of the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, said the production of mRNA vaccines is a new technology and involves several distinct steps.

Preiss said mRNA is the basis for certain Covid vaccines like those made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, while AstraZeneca uses the viral vector technology.

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Huy động mọi nguồn lực mua vắc xin

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30/05/2021 09:06 GMT+7100Lưu

TTO – Phải vận dụng mọi biện pháp để tiếp cận, huy động nguồn lực hợp pháp mua vắc xin. Người dân, doanh nghiệp, các cơ quan, tổ chức và địa phương có thể đóng góp ý kiến, phương pháp, tiền của và phát huy các mối quan hệ để mua vắc xin.

Huy động mọi nguồn lực mua vắc xin - Ảnh 1.

Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính yêu cầu các bộ ngành kịp thời tháo gỡ khó khăn cho các địa phương, nhất là các địa phương trọng điểm, với phương châm “ba không” – không nói thiếu tiền, không nói thiếu nguồn nhân lực và không nói thiếu thể chế – Ảnh: VGP

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