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.

CHINESE MILITARY BEEFS UP COASTAL FORCES AS IT PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE INVASION OF TAIWAN

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Missile bases have been upgraded and equipped with the most advanced hypersonic missile the DF-17, according to one military sourceBuild-up of forces comes as the PLA continues with a series of exercises designed to keep up the pressure on the island

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Coastal rocket bases have been equipped with DF-17 ballistic missiles. Photo: AP

Coastal rocket bases have been equipped with DF-17 ballistic missiles. Photo: APBeijing is stepping up the militarisation of its southeast coast as it prepares for a possible invasion of Taiwan, military observers and sources have said.

The People’s Liberation Army has been upgrading its missile bases, and one Beijing-based military source said it has deployed its most advanced hypersonic missile the DF-17 to the area.

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China threatens to detain innocent Americans after DOJ arrests Chinese ‘spies,’ Gen. Keane warns

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‘What China will likely do is detain Americans who have done nothing,’ Keane warns

By Yael Halon | Fox News

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The Chinese government is threatening to detain innocent U.S. nationals in China in retaliation to the Justice Department’s prosecution of Chinese military-affiliated scholars, Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane warned Sunday.

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“China wants to retaliate,” Keane told “Fox & Friends.” “They’ve done this kind of retaliation with the Canadians — right now they’ve got two of them arrested…and they’ve also done it with the Australians and Swedes.

“The difference is, ” Keane continued, “we’re arresting spies. What China will likely do is detain Americans who have done nothing. They are not guilty of anything.”

Chinese officials reportedly issued several retaliatory warnings to U.S. government representatives through the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and other channels — according to the Wall Street Journal — who spoke with people familiar with the matter.

CHINA WARNS AMERICANS COULD BE ARRESTED AFTER DOJ PROSECUTION OF CHINESE SCHOLARS: WSJ

“The Chinese message, the people said, has been blunt: The U.S. should drop prosecutions of the Chinese scholars in American courts, or Americans in China might find themselves in violation of Chinese law,” according to the newspaper.

China began issuing warnings this summer after the U.S. arrested multiple Chinese scientists who were said to be visiting American universities to conduct research. They were charged with hiding their connection to the People’s Liberation Army from U.S. immigration authorities, the Journal reported Saturday.

KEANE WARNS CHINA MOST LIKELY TO MEDDLE IN ELECTION

Keane said Chinese authorities have a history of detaining foreign nationals in what he characterized as “hostage” diplomacy.

“It’s not like the Cold War with the Soviet Union, [where] we arrested their spies, they arrested ours, and we exchanged them at some point,” he explained. 

‘So, yes… hostages, that would be an appropriate description of what the Chinese intend to do.”Yael Halon is a reporter for Fox News.

Thủy điện và thiên tai: Tìm con nơi đất lạ

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Tìm con nơi đất lạ

Thứ sáu, 16/10/2020, 03:43 (GMT+7) VNExpress

Nghe tin thuỷ điện Rào Trăng 3 nơi con trai đang làm việc bị sạt lở, ông Tạ Văn Chính vội bắt xe từ Thanh Hoá vào Huế.

Cùng đi với ông trên chuyến xe khách còn có anh vợ Lê Văn Phùng. Con trai cả hai ông cùng làm máy xúc ở Rào Trăng 3. Suốt chuyến đi 10 tiếng đồng hồ, người ở nhà gọi điện liên hồi, hai ông càng thêm rối bời, chỉ biết nén những tiếng thở dài.

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Vietnamese men remain mired in macho norms

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By Linh Do   October 16, 2020 | 07:50 pm GMT+7Vietnamese men remain mired in macho normsAlmost all Vietnamese men think they need to be the “shoulders” for women to cry on. Illustration photo by Shutterstock.

Vietnamese men remain patriarchal, smoke and drink a lot, and feel pressured in life, a study by the Institute for Social Development Studies in Hanoi has found.

According to the study, which surveyed 2,567 men aged 18-64 from four representative geographical regions for two years, to be a “true man” in Vietnam still revolves around conservative values such as prioritizing work and career, being able to feed one’s wife and kids as the family’s breadwinner and “pillar”, daring to take risks and challenges, and being physically strong and possess sexual ability.

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Provinces convene Party congresses for 2020-2025 tenure

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vietnamnet 16/10/2020    11:21 GMT+7

The Party Committees of many provinces across the country convened their congresses for the 2020-2025 tenure on October 15 in the presence of senior Party and State leaders.

Provinces convene Party congresses for 2020-2025 tenure
Politburo member and Head of the PCC’s Commission for Communication and Education Vo Van Thuong speaks at the 11th Congress of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee on October 15.

Addressing the convention in Dong Nai, Politburo member and Head of the Party Central Committee (PCC)’s Commission for Communication and Education Vo Van Thuong recommended the province strengthen the removal of difficulties in and barriers to socio-economic development and accelerate industrialisation, modernisation, the restructuring of economic sectors and the shifting of its growth model.

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Two Chinese patrol ships enter Japan’s waters

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Two Chinese patrol ships enter Japan's waters

Two Chinese patrol ships have temporarily entered Japan’s territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The patrol ships exited the waters after attempting to approach a Japanese fishing boat.

The Japan Coast Guard has been warning the vessels not to reenter Japan’s waters.

The Coast Guard says two of the four Chinese patrol vessels that had been sailing just outside the territorial waters made the intrusion off Taisho Island shortly before 11 a.m. on Thursday. Taisho is one of the Senkaku Islands.

Coast Guard officials say the Chinese ships sailed in Japan’s waters for an hour and a half and left the waters by half past noon.

The Japan Coast Guard says that as of 3 p.m., four Chinese vessels, including the two that had made intrusion on the same day, were sailing just outside Japan’s waters off Taisho Island.

The two vessels, which made intrusion on Thursday, had stayed in Japan’s waters off the Senkaku Islands for more than 57 hours from Sunday morning to Tuesday evening, and attempted to approach a Japanese fishing boat.

It was the longest intrusion since Japan’s government purchased some of the Senkaku Islands from a private Japanese owner in 2012.

Japan controls the islands. China and Taiwan claim them. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan’s territory, in terms of history and international law. It says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved over them.

Vietnam protests establishment of so-called Sansha city

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15/10/2020    23:54 GMT+7 vietnamnet

Vietnam strongly protests the establishment of the so-called Sansha city in Phu Lam Island in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago and related activities as they seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.

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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang (Photo: VNA)

Hang made the statement regarding reports that China has more than 400 enterprises at the so-called Sansha city, at a regular press conference of the Foreign Ministry.

“Vietnam has firmly stated many times that it has full historical evidence and legal ground to attest to its sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa archipelagos,” the spokesperson said, underlining Vietnam’s consistent stance on protesting against the establishment of the so-called Sansha city and related activities.

Such activities are neither valid nor recognised, and at the same time they do not benefit the friendship among nations while causing more complications to the situation in the East Sea, the region and the world as a whole, according to Hang.

Commenting on the US Presidential election 2020, Hang noted that Vietnam, as a partner of the US, has always closely followed the situation in the US.

“The Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership has made very positive developments in recent years, and Vietnam wants to work together with the US to continue promoting the bilateral ties in the interest of people of the two countries, thus contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world,” the spokesperson said.

Also at the press conference, the spokesperson took the occasion to extend thanks to international friends, partners, individuals and organisations for their sympathies to Vietnamese people who have been affected by floods and storms recently./.VNA

Vietnam among top countries of sex ratio imbalance at birth

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16/10/2020    08:16 GMT+7 vietnamnet

As Vietnam is listed among three countries with the highest rate of sex ratio imbalance at birth, local authorities are making efforts to raise public awareness and tighten regulations to shorten the gap.

Vietnam’s imbalance rate in 2019 was 111.5 boys per 100 girls. 

According to the latest report on the world’s population conducted by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Vietnam’s imbalance rate in 2019 was 111.5 boys per 100 girls, behind only China and India – the two most populous countries in the world.

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Infrastructure development at the centre of PPP decree direction

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16/10/2020    06:38 GMT+7

Further clarifying the legal framework for infrastructure development via wider participation of private investors is expected to help the country attract more funding into the industry.

   
Infrastructure development at the centre of PPP decree direction. Photo: Le Toan/VIR

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is now compiling two decrees to guide the implementation of the Law on Public-Public Partnership Investment. They include a decree on detailing the law and another one on selecting investors.

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US appoints Tibet coordinator amid tensions with China

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OCt. 14, 2020 Al Jareeza

Senior US human rights official named as special coordinator for Tibetan issues amid increasingly tense relations between Washington and Beijing.

Human rights activists say Beijing suppresses local culture, the Buddhist religion and minorities in Tibet [File: He Penglei/CNS via Reuters]
Human rights activists say Beijing suppresses local culture, the Buddhist religion and minorities in Tibet [File: He Penglei/CNS via Reuters]

14 Oct 2020

The United States has appointed a senior human rights official as special coordinator for Tibetan issues, amid increasingly tense relations between Washington and Beijing.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that Robert Destro, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, would assume the additional post, which has been vacant since the start of President Donald Trump’s term in 2017.

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Would the U.S. protect Taiwan from China? Taiwan’s new envoy hopes for ‘clarity.’

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By Adam TaylorOctober 15, 2020 at 12:00 AM EDT Washington Post

The U.S.-Taiwan security relationship has been purposely ambiguous for four decades. But amid increasing Chinese threats of invasion, America’s commitment to Taiwan needs to be clearer, the island’s de facto ambassador to the United States said this week.

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Thủ tướng mong muốn TP.HCM giữ vững vai trò đầu tàu kinh tế của cả nước

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15/10/2020 13:22 GMT+770Lưu

TTO – Thủ tướng cho biết trong nhiệm kỳ này, Thủ tướng đã trực tiếp làm việc với thành phố 8 lần để cùng tháo gỡ khó khăn, vướng mắc, bất cập để ‘con tàu’ thành phố tiến nhanh hơn, mạnh hơn, hiệu quả hơn, vững chắc hơn.

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Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc phát biểu chỉ đạo tại đại hội – Ảnh: TỰ TRUNG

Phát biểu tại phiên khai mạc Đại hội Đảng bộ TP.HCM lần thứ XI sáng 15-10, Thủ tướng đề nghị đặc biệt chú trọng công tác tổ chức và nhân sự để từ sau đại hội này “chúng ta sẽ có được một bộ máy tốt, đội ngũ cán bộ dám nghĩ, dám làm, biết làm, tận tụy, nhiệt tâm, năng động, sáng tạo, tất cả vì sự nghiệp chung, vì sự phát triển của thành phố mang tên Bác Hồ”.

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Nâng cao trách nhiệm nêu gương và năng lực lãnh đạo, xứng đáng với niềm tin của nhân dân

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15/10/2020 09:30 GMT+

TTO – Sáng 15-10, Đại hội đại biểu Đảng bộ TP.HCM lần thứ XI nhiệm kỳ 2020 – 2025 đã chính thức khai mạc.

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Bí thư Thành ủy TP.HCM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân phát biểu khai mạc đại hội – Ảnh: TỰ TRUNG

Đến dự đại hội có các nguyên lãnh đạo Đảng, Nhà nước: nguyên Tổng bí thư Nông Đức Mạnh, các đồng chí nguyên Chủ tịch nước: Trần Đức Lương, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Trương Tấn Sang, nguyên Thủ tướng Chính phủ Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, nguyên Chủ tịch Quốc hội Nguyễn Văn An.

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The West’s Cambodia Dilemma

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PacNet #56 – The West’s Cambodia Dilemma

An earlier version of this article was published in New Mandala.

The European Union and the United States face a Cambodia dilemma: Both have imposed sanctions in response to Cambodia’s drift from democracy, risking Phnom Penh’s further alignment with Beijing and thus strengthening China’s ascent, something Europe and the US have also sought to prevent. However, too soft of an approach risks encouraging the rise of authoritarianism in Southeast Asia.

What, then, is to be done?

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Japan Trains with U.S. Navy after Port Call in Vietnam

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Drake Long, Washington
2020-10-13

A Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force SH-60 helicopter lands on the flight deck of the USS John S. McCain in the South China Sea, Oct. 12, 2020. A Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force SH-60 helicopter lands on the flight deck of the USS John S. McCain in the South China Sea, Oct. 12, 2020.U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda

Japan joined the U.S. for an exercise in the South China Sea after engaging in a bit of defense diplomacy with Indonesia and Vietnam that was not welcomed by the region’s other key power – China.

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