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.

The Truth About The South China Sea: A Voice From Vietnam (6-part series)

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The Truth About The South China Sea [*] : A Voice From Vietnam (Part I)

 August 17, 2020 | 09:57 vietnamtimes.org

Increasingly complicated and tense developments related to the South China Sea are attracting international attention. Meanwhile, some information sources are trying to mislead the public in different countries as to the nature of the issue, its causes and actual developments. The Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation (VPDF) would like to introduce the collection of analysis by experts at the VPDF, with the hope of helping international friends and the people of various countries, including China, to have a better understanding of the issue.

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Australia’s delivery deaths: the riders who never made it and the families left behind

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TĐH: This can happen anywhere, even Vietnam. I imagine some people are hostile to delivery folks because they fear that delivery people may spread COVID-19.

Three food delivery riders recently died on the job, and their families are left with uncertain futures, and many questions

Lihong Wei is the window of Xiaojun Chen, a delivery gig worker who died on the job in Australia, October 2020.

Lihong Wei is the window of Xiaojun Chen, a delivery gig worker who died on the job in Sydney. Photograph: Naaman Zhou/The Guardian

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Naaman Zhou@naamanzhouFri 20 Nov 2020 19.00 GMT, The Guardian

Chow Khai Shien died three days before the Melbourne lockdown lifted, holding someone else’s food.

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Biden’s US to remain active in South China Sea, but confront China less: analysts

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By Viet Anh   November 21, 2020 | 08:00 am GMT+7U.S. VNExpress

President-elect Joe Biden is likely to mobilize the power of multilateral mechanisms to deal with the South China Sea and other issues involving China, analysts say.

“I expect President-elect Biden will be considerably more hawkish on China than some fear, the entire Democratic Party has shifted in that direction given China’s moves in the South China Sea, Xinjiang, Hong Kong,” Gregory Poling of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a U.S. think tank, told VnExpress International.

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Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top cosmetic brands: AP

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Al Jazeera

AP investigation on treatment of women workers in palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia finds sexual and other forms of abuse.

A female worker sprays herbicide in a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia [Binsar Bakkara/AP]
A female worker sprays herbicide in a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia [Binsar Bakkara/AP]

18 Nov 2020

A 16-year-old girl describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that feeds into some of the world’s best-known cosmetic brands. He then put an axe to her throat and warned her: “Do not tell.”

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Vietnam faces gender inequality as consequence of gender-biased sex selection

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Thursday, November 19, 2020, 18:04 GMT+7 tuoitrenews

Vietnam faces gender inequality as consequence of gender-biased sex selection
There are about 1.2 million to 1.5 million missing female births annually worldwide due to gender-biased sex selection, of which 40,800 are in Vietnam, according to the UNFPA’s the State of the World Population 2020 report. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Vietnam is on the verge of gender inequality as a result of gender-biased sex selection since many families in the country still favor boys over girls, resulting in more than 40,000 baby girls unborn every year.

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US national security advisor to visit Vietnam

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By Nguyen Quy   November 19, 2020 | 11:46 am GMT+7 VNExpressUS national security advisor to visit VietnamNational security adviser Robert O’Brien speaks to the media outside the White House in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2020. Photo by Reuters/Leah Millis.U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien left Thursday for Vietnam and the Philippines to discuss regional security cooperation, the White House National Security Council said.

He would meet leaders in both countries “to reaffirm the strength of our bilateral relationships,” it tweeted on Thursday.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswomen Le Thi Thu Hang said at a press meet the same day that O’Brien will be in Vietnam from Friday to Sunday for high-level meetings to discuss bilateral relations and regional and international issues that concern both Vietnam and the U.S.

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Trump on China – Putting America First

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Also report by the US State Department: The Elements of the China Challenge

Until now, senior American officials had never spoken publicly with such candor and consistency about the challenge posed by China to our nation. Earlier this year, President Trump asked four of his most senior national security officials, myself [National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien], Christopher Wray, William Barr, and Michael Pompeo, to explain current U.S. policy on China to the American people. Over the summer of 2020, we did so in a series of speeches delivered around the country.

Collectively, the remarks contained in this book achieve several important objectives. They educate our citizens about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party to their livelihoods, businesses, freedoms, and values.

These speeches also alert our allies and partners so that they, too, should stand up for their own people, and for our mutual interests and values.

The competition with which we are faced is not China versus the United States. It is the Chinese Communist Party, with its MarxistLeninist and mercantilist vision for the world, versus freedom-loving people everywhere.

Following France and Germany, the Netherlands Pivots to the Indo-Pacific

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The new Dutch policy could foreshadow a joint European policy toward the strategically vital region.

By Sebastian Strangio, The Diplomat, November 18, 2020   

Following France and Germany, the Netherlands Pivots to the Indo-Pacific
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The government of the Netherlands has released a new policy document outlining a new strategy for the Indo-Pacific region, following similar recent moves by its European neighbors France and Germany.

The new policy document, which was released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 13, foreshadows a greater focus on Asia, in apparent recognition of China’s growing assertiveness and the European Union’s increasing economic and trade partnerships with the region.

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US, Britain say China breached Hong Kong deal following disqualification of lawmakers

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Pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers tell a news conference on November 11, 2020 that they will resign
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Pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers tell a news conference on November 11, 2020 that they will resign in solidarity with four colleagues disqualified by the city’s pro-Beijing authorities AFP/Anthony WALLACE

19 Nov 2020 08:29AM(Updated: 19 Nov 2020 08:36AM)

WASHINGTON: The United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand on Wednesday (Nov 19) jointly accused China of violating its commitments following the disqualification of pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong’s legislature.

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Vietnamese woman jailed for four years for beating elderly mother

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 13:24 GMT+7 tuoitre

Vietnamese woman jailed for four years for beating elderly mother
Nguyen Thi Hoa stands her trial at the People’s Court in Can Duoc District, Long An Province, Vietnam, November 17, 2020. Photo: An Long / Tuoi Tre

A woman in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has been sentenced to four years in prison after being caught on camera beating and pouring feces onto her elderly mother.

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Hanoi sidewalks with projected 70-year lifespan crumble after 3 years in use

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 15:30 GMT+7 vnexpress

Hanoi sidewalks with projected 70-year lifespan crumble after 3 years in use
Stone tiles are seen in poor conditions on the sidewalk of Nguyen Trai Street in Hanoi. Photo: Pham Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Claimed to last for at least 50-70 years, stones used to pave major streets in Hanoi are falling apart only a few years after they were installed.

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Glass ceiling prevents Vietnamese women from advancing careers: ILO

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By Dat Nguyen   November 18, 2020 | 05:30 pm GMT+7 vnexpressGlass ceiling prevents Vietnamese women from advancing careers: ILOVietnamese women work in an office in Hanoi. Photo by Shutterstock/Jimmy Tran.Gender bias is preventing Vietnamese women from climbing the corporate ladder, a recent study by the International Labor Organization has found.

The survey polled executives and employees at 300 companies of whom 54 percent agreed or strongly agreed that women with equal skills and qualifications as men have greater difficulty reaching top management positions.

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Canada opposes military build-up in South China Sea

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By Phuong Vu   November 18, 2020 | 08:30 pm GMT+7 vnexpressCanada opposes military build-up in South China SeaChinese structures are pictured at Vietnam’s Spratly Islands in the East Sea, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Erik De Castro.Canadian defense minister Harjit Sajjan has made it clear that his nation is against militarization in the South China Sea.

“Canada opposes unilateral actions that have escalated tensions in the region and undermined stability in the South China Sea. We are against the threat or use of force, large-scale land reclamation, building outposts on disputed entities and using them for military purposes in the sea,” he said.

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SECNAV Braithwaite Calls for New U.S. 1st Fleet Near Indian, Pacific Oceans –

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SECNAV Braithwaite Calls for New U.S. 1st Fleet Near Indian, Pacific Oceans

By: Megan Eckstein
November 17, 2020 1:02 PM • Updated: November 17, 2020 2:41 PM USNI NEWS

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Đông Nam Á – trái tim trong chiến lược Ấn Độ Dương – Thái Bình Dương của Nhật

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13/10/2020 10:45 GMT+7 tuoitre

TTO – Nhật Bản đã đạt được những bước tiến to lớn trong việc trở thành một trong những quốc gia được các nước Đông Nam Á ủng hộ nhiều nhất. Trước Thủ tướng Suga, ông Abe cũng từng chọn thăm các nước Đông Nam Á đầu tiên.

Đông Nam Á - trái tim trong chiến lược Ấn Độ Dương - Thái Bình Dương của Nhật - Ảnh 1.

Từ trái sang: Chủ tịch Trung Quốc Tập Cận Bình, Tổng thống Indonesia Joko Widodo và Thủ tướng Nhật Bản Shinzo Abe trong một lần xuất hiện chung ở Jakarta, Indonesia hồi năm 2015 – Ảnh: REUTERS

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