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.

Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze

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By Jeremy Herb, Phil Mattingly, Jeff Zeleny and Alayna Treene, CNN

 8 minute read 

Published 6:17 PM EST, Wed January 29, 2025

The White House.

The White House. POOLWashingtonCNN — 

The Trump administration’s biggest swing at radically reshaping federal spending lasted just under 45 hours.

A sweeping freeze on trillions in federal spending for grants and loans, issued Monday night by the White House budget office to federal agencies without fanfare, sparked outrage and confusion – even among fellow Republicans. The impact touched all corners of the country, with state Medicaid funding portals briefly shuttered and programs like Meals on Wheels and Head Start scrambling to figure out if they were about to lose their funding.

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DeepSeek is giving the world a window into Chinese censorship and information control

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Analysis by Simone McCarthy, CNN

 7 minute read 

Published 9:19 PM EST, Wed January 29, 2025

This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in Beijing this month.

This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in Beijing this month. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty ImagesHong KongCNN — 

Previously little-known Chinese startup DeepSeek has dominated headlines and app charts in recent days thanks to its new AI chatbot, which sparked a global tech sell-off that wiped billions off Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and shattered assumptions of America’s dominance of the tech race.

But those signing up for the chatbot and its open-source technology are being confronted with the Chinese Communist Party’s brand of censorship and information control.

Ask DeepSeek’s newest AI model, unveiled last week, to do things like explain who is winning the AI race, summarize the latest executive orders from the White House or tell a joke and a user will get similar answers to the ones spewed out by American-made rivals OpenAI’s GPT-4, Meta’s Llama or Google’s Gemini.

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New York Times newsletter – January 26, 2025 – President Trump’s first week back in office

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Good morning. Today, my colleague Peter Baker reflects on President Trump’s first week back in office. We’re also covering South Korea, the Covid lab leak theory and a parenting poem. —David Leonhardt

Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office.
President Trump in the Oval Office.  Doug Mills/The New York Times

Testing the limits

By Peter BakerI’m the chief White House correspondent.

On his first full day back in the White House, President Trump vowed to do what no president had ever done before. “We’re going to do things that people will be shocked at,” he declared. Of all the thousands of words that Trump uttered during his fact-challenged, talkathon-style opening days as the nation’s 47th president, those may have been the truest. Tiếp tục đọc “New York Times newsletter – January 26, 2025 – President Trump’s first week back in office” →

Trump’s slew of actions at inauguration

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The president ordered the withdrawal of the country from the Paris climate agreement and took action on immigration policy and other issues such as creating the Department of Government Efficiency.

Trump Signs Executive Orders at Inaugural Celebration

President Trump signed several executive orders in front of his supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington.

“So I am revoking nearly 80 destructive, radical executive actions of the previous administration, they’ll all be null and void within about what, five minutes. Is that them over there? Five minutes.” “The first item that President Trump is signing is the rescission of 78 Biden era executive actions, executive orders, presidential memoranda and others.” [cheering] “Thank you, sir.” [cheering] “The next item here is the withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty.” [cheering]

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NY Times newsletter Jan. 18, 2025

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Here are some stories you might have missed this week, curated by Times editors and personalized for you.

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Trump’s Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in ChicagoThe size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz
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As Polio Survivors Watch Kennedy Confirmation, All Eyes Are on McConnellThere are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary is reviving their painful memories.By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
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Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for TrumpA new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.By Jeremy W. Peters and Ruth Igielnik
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Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.52 MIN LISTEN
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Under Trump’s Big Tent, Republicans Are Starting to ClashDonald J. Trump won his battle with establishment Republicans. Now, it’s disputes over immigration, taxes and foreign policy that will test his party’s unity.By Lisa Lerer and Michael C. Bender

Nhiều kênh truyền hình tại Việt Nam ngừng hoạt động

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13 kênh truyền hình VTC, cùng kênh VOV, truyền hình Nhân Dân, ngừng phát sóng từ 15/1.

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Từ 0h, khi truy cập các kênh này trên một số nền tảng truyền hình số, người dùng nhận được thông báo “gián đoạn”, tự động chuyển sang kênh khác, hoặc chỉ còn màn hình đen.

“Theo thông báo của Đài Truyền hình Kỹ thuật số VTC, đơn vị sẽ chấm dứt toàn bộ hoạt động từ 15/1. Vì vậy, các kênh thuộc VTC sẽ ngừng sản xuất, phát sóng trên tất cả hạ tầng tiếp phát sóng”, website của nhà cung cấp dịch vụ FPT Play nêu.

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The Arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol

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January 15, 2025By Victor Cha and Ellen Kim, CSIS


Photo credit: The Presidential Office/Handout Yoon Suk Yeol, the lionized prosecutor-turned-politician who led the impeachment of former president Park Geun-hye before becoming president himself, was arrested this morning at 10:33 am Seoul time on charges of insurrection related to his declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024. He is the first sitting South Korean president ever to be arrested. 
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Danish officials fear Trump is much more serious about acquiring Greenland than in first term

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By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN

Updated 4:48 PM EST, Wed January 8, 2025

When President-elect Donald Trump mused about buying Greenland from Denmark during his first administration, the Danish prime minister called the idea “absurd” and rebuffed him outright.

Now, Danish officials are being warned by Trump allies and advisers that he is serious, multiple Danish officials told CNN. And they’re carefully weighing how to respond without sparking a major rupture with a close ally and fellow NATO member.

“The ecosystem supporting this idea is totally different now” than it was in 2019, when Trump first proposed it, said one senior Danish official. “This seems much more serious,” said another senior Danish official.

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What’s the history of the Panama Canal, and why is Trump threatening to retake control of it?

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By Michael Williams, CNN

 6 minute read 

Updated 6:15 PM EST, Wed January 8, 2025

A ship is guided through the Panama Canal's Miraflores locks near Panama City on April 24, 2023. - The scarcity of rainfall due to global warming has forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships passing through the interoceanic waterway, in the midst of a water supply crisis that threatens the future of this maritime route. The Alhajuela lake, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, is one of the main lakes that supplies water to the locks of the Panama Canal and is at its lowest level of recent years. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)

A ship is guided through the Panama Canal’s Miraflores locks near Panama City on April 24, 2023. Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty ImagesCNN — 

Editor’s Note: This story originally published on December 23, 2024. It has been updated to reflect recent developments.

President-elect Donald Trump is not letting up on his suggestions that the US should retake the Panama Canal, an idea that has been rejected by the government of Panama, which has controlled the passage for decades.

In social media posts and remarks to supporters, Trump has accused Panama of charging the US “exorbitant rates” to use the canal and hinted at growing Chinese influence over the crucial waterway. And at an hour-long news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, he said the nearly half-century-old decision by the US to hand over control of the canal was a “terrible thing to do.”

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Học trò ngày xưa thi thế nào để đỗ trạng nguyên?

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Chủ Nhật, 30/06/2019 16:00:00 +07:00 VTCNews.vn

Để đỗ trạng nguyên, nho sinh thường phải trải qua quá trình học tập vất vả, thuộc lòng nhiều sách kinh nghĩa, thông thạo làm thơ phú, ứng đối.

Theo “Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư”, nền khoa cử nước ta bắt đầu từ năm 1075, dưới thời vua Lý Nhân Tông.

Trong buổi đầu, thể lệ thi cử chưa ổn định. Về sau, theo sự phát triển của giáo dục và khoa cử, thể lệ thi cử ngày càng đi vào nền nếp, khuôn khổ, gồm 3 kỳ thi là Hương, Hội, Đình.

Nhiều vòng thi nghiêm ngặt

Thi Hương được tổ chức quy mô tỉnh hoặc liên tỉnh để chọn người vào thi Hội. Theo sách “Khâm Định Đại Nam Hội điển sự lệ”, kỳ thi Hương thời Nguyễn có ba vòng (tam trường) hoặc bốn vòng (tứ trường).

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Luật hôn nhân và gia đình

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QUỐC HỘI
——–		CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc
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Số: 52/2014/QH13Hà Nội, ngày 19 tháng 06 năm 2014

LUẬT HÔN NHÂN VÀ GIA ĐÌNH

Căn cứ Hiến pháp nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam;

Quốc hội ban hành Luật hôn nhân và gia đình.

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NHỮNG QUY ĐỊNH CHUNG

Điều 1. Phạm vi điều chỉnh

Luật này quy định chế độ hôn nhân và gia đình; chuẩn mực pháp lý cho cách ứng xử giữa các thành viên gia đình; trách nhiệm của cá nhân, tổ chức, Nhà nước và xã hội trong việc xây dựng, củng cố chế độ hôn nhân và gia đình.

Điều 2. Những nguyên tắc cơ bản của chế độ hôn nhân và gia đình

1. Hôn nhân tự nguyện, tiến bộ, một vợ một chồng, vợ chồng bình đẳng.

2. Hôn nhân giữa công dân Việt Nam thuộc các dân tộc, tôn giáo, giữa người theo tôn giáo với người không theo tôn giáo, giữa người có tín ngưỡng với người không có tín ngưỡng, giữa công dân Việt Nam với người nước ngoài được tôn trọng và được pháp luật bảo vệ.

3. Xây dựng gia đình ấm no, tiến bộ, hạnh phúc; các thành viên gia đình có nghĩa vụ tôn trọng, quan tâm, chăm sóc, giúp đỡ nhau; không phân biệt đối xử giữa các con.

4. Nhà nước, xã hội và gia đình có trách nhiệm bảo vệ, hỗ trợ trẻ em, người cao tuổi, người khuyết tật thực hiện các quyền về hôn nhân và gia đình; giúp đỡ các bà mẹ thực hiện tốt chức năng cao quý của người mẹ; thực hiện kế hoạch hóa gia đình.

5. Kế thừa, phát huy truyền thống văn hóa, đạo đức tốt đẹp của dân tộc Việt Nam về hôn nhân và gia đình.

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CFR – Daily News Brief December 18, 2024

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Daily News BriefDecember 18, 2024
Top of the Agenda
International Envoys Call for Accountability, Aid, and Peace in Syria Amid Transition

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen says that the war in Syria has not fully ended. In a testimony to the UN Security Council yesterday, he flagged the risk of ongoing fighting between armed groups in the country’s north. A cease-fire between U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters and Turkish-backed forces in the town of Manbij was extended to the end of this week, Washington announced. UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said that continued combat could impede the flow of aid into Syria, where the UN refugee agency expects some one million refugees to return in the first six months of 2025. An agency official called on countries not to force refugees to return. 

Some three million refugees are in Turkey. Yesterday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged more than $1 billion to support Syrian refugees in or returning from Turkey, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for an upgrade to Turkey’s relationship with the European Union. Meanwhile, as mass graves in Syria have become accessible to outside investigators, the U.S. government, UN bodies, and human rights groups have begun compiling evidence on abuses under the Bashar al-Assad regime in order to seek accountability. (AFP, Reuters, Euronews)
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Dwarfed by China in shipbuilding, US looks to build its defense base to fend off war

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By  DIDI TANGUpdated 6:55 AM GMT+7, December 6, 2024 AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. severely lags behind China in shipbuilding capacity, lawmakers and experts have warned, as the Biden administration tries to build up the country’s ability to develop and produce weapons and other defense supplies to fend off war.

Speaking at a congressional hearing Thursday, Rep. John Moolenaar, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said the country lacks the capacity to “deter and win a fight” with China and called for action.

“Bold policy changes and significant resources are now needed to restore deterrence and prevent a fight” with China, Moolenaar said.

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