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.

Công bố dự thảo các văn kiện Đại hội XIII của Đảng để lấy ý kiến Nhân dân

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Cập nhật lúc 05:00, Thứ ba, 20/10/2020 (GMT+7)

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(ĐCSVN) – Thực hiện Chỉ thị số 35-CT/TW của Bộ Chính trị về Đại hội đảng bộ các cấp, tiến tới Đại hội XIII của Đảng; Thông báo Kết luận số 159-TB của Bộ Chính trị về việc thảo luận các văn kiện Đại hội XIII của Đảng tại Đại hội Đảng bộ các cấp, gửi lấy ý kiến nhân dân và tổng hợp các ý kiến đóng góp vào văn kiện Đại hội XIII của Đảng, Báo điện tử Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam trân trọng giới thiệu toàn văn dự thảo các văn kiện quan trọng này.

Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Trưởng Tiểu ban Văn kiện Đại hội XIII của Đảng, chủ trì cuộc họp của Tiểu ban ngày 11/9/2020. Ảnh: Trí Dũng/TTXVN 

Dưới đây là dự thảo các văn kiện trình Đại hội đại biểu toàn quốc lần thứ XIII của Đảng (Bạn đọc có thể tải về để xem chi tiết bằng cách bấm vào tên từng dự thảo văn kiện):

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Pompeo Heads to South Asia as US-China Tensions Escalate

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By Nike ChingOctober 21, 2020 04:02 PM VOA

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo puts on a face mask after speaking at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Oct. 21, 2020.

STATE DEPARTMENT – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo embarks on a week-long trip to South Asia on Sunday, as the United States looks to confront Chinese geopolitical and economic challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
 
The top U.S. diplomat is traveling to New Delhi, India; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Male, Maldives; and Jakarta, Indonesia from October 25-30.
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THE CHALLENGES FACING PHILIPPINES–CHINA JOINT DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

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BY AARON RABENA | OCTOBER 16, 2020
AMTI UPDATE, CSIS

Territorial and maritime disputes in the South China Sea have been a major irritant in Philippines–China relations. When Rodrigo Duterte became president in 2016, a policy decision to underscore pragmatism in relations with China and opt for a moderated approach to dispute settlement in the South China Sea became clear. In November 2018, China and the Philippines signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Oil and Gas Development, raising the prospect of an eventual joint development agreement (JDA) in the South China Sea.

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Iran behind threatening pro-Trump emails to U.S. voters, feds say

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Politico

Federal officials also said Iran and Russia have obtained voter registration data.

John Ratcliffe

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe called the measures “desperate attempts by desperate adversaries.”
| Gabriella Demczuk /The New York Times via AP

By ERIC GELLER

10/21/2020 07:49 PM EDT

Updated: 10/21/2020 08:54 PM EDT

The Iranian government is behind recent emails threatening Americans with retribution if they do not vote to reelect President Donald Trump, national security officials said on Wednesday.

In addition, Iran and Russia have obtained the voter registration data of some Americans, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said during an abruptly scheduled evening news conference.

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Will hydro-power plants cause more floods in Vietnam?

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21/10/2020    15:00 GMT+7 vietnamnet

If there were no hydroelectric dams, floods would still occur, even at a higher level. In many cases, without hydropower reservoirs, floods would be more serious.

VietNamNet introduces an article by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Thanh Ca, lecturer at the Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, and former Director of the Institute for Marine and Island Studies under the Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands.

Thủy điện có gây thêm lũ?
Half of a landslide hill buries the operating office of Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue.


I taught river environmental engineering at Saitama University in Japan for six years. In 1995, Mr. Phan Van Khai (Deputy Prime Minister at that time) visited Japan and he was impressed by anti-landslide works in Japan.

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US-China decoupling: is Beijing ramping up its diversification away from the US dollar?

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US-China frictions and the threat of American financial sanctions have renewed debate in Beijing about reducing dependence on the US dollarChina cut its holdings of US government debt to US$1.07 trillion in late August, the lowest level since March 2017, the US Department of Treasury says

Frank Tang

Frank Tang in Beijing

Published: 12:00am, 21 Oct, 2020 SCMP

China has long tried to undermine the US dollar’s dominant role in the international monetary system, despite the fact that the bulk of its reserves are in dollar-denominated assets. Photo: Reuters

China has long tried to undermine the US dollar’s dominant role in the international monetary system, despite the fact that the bulk of its reserves are in dollar-denominated assets. Photo: Reuters

China may be speeding up the diversification of its foreign exchange reserves away from US dollar assets in response to potential American financial sanctions, but there are clear limits on how far it can go in its de-dollarisation push, according to analysts.China has long tried to undermine the US dollar’s dominant role in the international monetary system, despite the fact that the bulk of its reserves are in dollar-denominated assets.

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Bộ trưởng Công an cam kết đủ điều kiện bỏ sổ hộ khẩu từ 1/7/2021

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21/10/2020    14:38 GMT+7 vnexpress

Quốc hội sáng nay (21/10) thảo luận về một số nội dung còn khác nhau của dự thảo Luật Cư trú (sửa đổi).Bộ trưởng Tô Lâm: Nên bỏ điều kiện nhập hộ khẩu vào Hà Nội, TP.HCMHà Nội nhất trí bỏ điều kiện riêng nhập hộ khẩuÔng Vương Đình Huệ lo áp lực tăng dân số lớn nếu bỏ điều kiện nhập hộ khẩu

Báo cáo giải trình, tiếp thu, chỉnh lý dự thảo, Chủ nhiệm UB Pháp luật của Quốc hội Hoàng Thanh Tùng cho biết ý kiến của đa số ĐBQH tán thành với việc cần chuyển đổi sang phương thức quản lý cư trú mới và quy định luật sẽ có hiệu lực thi hành từ ngày 1/7/2021 như đề xuất và cam kết của Chính phủ. 

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2,75 triệu tỷ đầu tư công trung hạn 5 năm tới

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Quy mô đầu tư công trung hạn giai đoạn 2021-2025 tăng hơn 37% so với giai đoạn 2016-2020, tương đương 2,75 triệu tỷ đồng.

Báo cáo trước Quốc hội, Bộ trưởng Kế hoạch & Đầu tư Nguyễn Chí Dũng cho biết, tổng mức vốn đầu tư trung hạn từ nguồn ngân sách giai đoạn 2021-2025 là 2,75 triệu tỷ đồng, tăng 37,5% so với kế hoạch giai đoạn 2016-2020. Trong đó, nguồn từ ngân sách trung ương là 1,38 triệu tỷ, còn vốn cân đối ngân sách địa phương là 1,37 triệu tỷ đồng. Mức dự phòng chung là 10%.

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China says US should stop meddling after exiled Tibetan leader visits State Department

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Lobsang Sangay, PM of the Tibetan government-in-exile, poses for a picture after an interview with

20 Oct 2020 09:43PM CNA

Lobsang Sangay, the president of the Tibetan Central Administration (CTA), met the new US special coordinator on Tibet last week. Sangay said it was the first time that the head of the CTA had been received at the State Department.Advertisement

“China will take all necessary measures to protect its interests,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said during a daily news conference in Beijing on Tuesday (Oct 20).

China’s irritation with the United States over Tibet comes at a time when relations between the two world powers are at their lowest point in decades over a range of issues, including trade, Taiwan, human rights, the South China Sea and COVID-19.

Describing Sangay as an anti-China separatist, Zhao said the United States should cease any official contact with him.

The meeting “sent a seriously wrong signal to Tibetan independence forces”, he said.Advertisement

“The US should immediately stop using the Tibet issue to interfere in China’s internal affairs.”

READ: US’ Pompeo to visit Sri Lanka and Maldives as China threat looms

China seized control over Tibet in 1950 in what it describes as a “peaceful liberation”. International human rights groups and exiles routinely condemn what they call China’s oppressive rule in Tibetan areas.

Since its formation in 1959, the Tibetan government-in-exile has been based in Dharamshala in northern India. China’s relations with India became fraught in recent months following a bloody clash between troops stationed on the disputed Himalayan border.
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Government names SOEs incurring losses of trillions of VND

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Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy LinkInterested020/10/2020    20:12 GMT+7

The government has sent a report to the National Assembly on investment of state capital in enterprises, and the use of the fund for enterprise support and development in 2019.

As of the end of the 2019 fiscal year, there were 818 enterprises with state capital, including 491 wholly state owned (SOEs) and 327 state invested enterprises.

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China warns India on eyeing trade talks with Taiwan; slams US-Tibet meeting

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian (Photo: Reuters)

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian (Photo: Reuters)

3 min read. Updated: 20 Oct 2020, 09:20 PM IST Elizabeth Roche, livemint.com

  • ‘There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory,’ says Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian
  • The comments come against the backdrop of tensions between India and China along their common border in Ladakh

NEW DELHI: China on Tuesday warned India against launching any talks with Taiwan on trade saying such a move would be violative of the one China policy New Delhi has so far supported.

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Vietnam endures world’s ‘worst weather impacts’: experts

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By Viet Anh   October 20, 2020 | 02:42 pm GMT+7 VNexpressVietnam endures world’s 'worst weather impacts': expertsHouses are submerged in flood waters in Thua Thien Hue Province, central Vietnam, October 10, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Vo Thanh.

Experts believe flooding in central Vietnam is a result of complex, future “new normal” weather patterns.

“According to our global assessment of current meteorological conditions, Vietnam is experiencing the worst weather impacts in the world at present,” said Grahame Madge, a spokesman for U.K. Met Office that provides critical weather services and world-leading climate science.

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Decree trues to ‘clean up’ digital space by controlling spam

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vietnamnet 20/10/2020    11:31 GMT+7

As the compiler of Decree 91 on fighting spam SMS, calls and messages, an official with the Authority for Information Security, Dang Huy Hoang, said he was happy that he could contribute to reducing ‘garbage’ in digital space.

Spam messages, e-mails and calls have been a burning issue for years. How to prevent spam is a topic of discussion at many National Assembly’s sessions.

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