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HUY ĐĂNG – 13/05/2023 07:01 GMT+7
TTCT – Với nhiều môn thể thao, tấm HCV ở các kỳ đại hội lớn (Olympic, Asiad, SEA Games) là mục tiêu đỉnh cao. Nhưng với một số khác, đó lại chỉ là bước đệm.
Danh sách này gồm bóng đá, bóng rổ, quần vợt, cầu lông, các môn đấu võ đài… Đó thường là những môn thể thao nhà nghề có tính giải trí cao với lực lượng người hâm mộ đông đảo.
HUY THỌ – 01/05/2023 10:52 GMT+7
TTCT – Đam mê thành tích thật ra không phải chuyện xấu.
Từ phương Đông tới phương Tây, có bậc phụ huynh nào không muốn con đi học có thành tích tốt, được vinh danh trên bảng vàng, được nguyên thủ quốc gia viết thư khen… Còn trong thể thao, đi thi đấu thì ai chẳng thích nhận huy chương.
Vấn đề nằm ở chỗ thành tích đạt được có đúng với thực lực hay không? Vì vậy, có phê phán bệnh đam mê thành tích cần thêm cụm từ “bằng mọi giá”.
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The ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute released “The State of Southeast Asia 2023 Survey Report” online at 1130 hr on 9 February 2023 (Singapore time).
Findings from the latest run of the State of Southeast Asia Survey conducted by the ASEAN Studies Centre at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute reveal that Southeast Asia’s top preoccupations are with recessionary pressures, potential military tensions, and a ‘slow and ineffective’ ASEAN. China continues to be regarded as the most influential economic and political power in the region and the US has sharpened its edge over China in the event of a forced choice while Japan remains its most trusted major power. Click to read the full Media Release.
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Tiếp tục đọc “The State of Southeast Asia – 2023 Survey Report”ASEAN FINANCE SECTORAL BODIES RELEASE ASEAN TAXONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
VERSION 2
The ASEAN Taxonomy Board (ATB), representing ASEAN finance sectoral bodies, today took the next
step towards meeting the Paris Agreement commitments, with the release of the ASEAN Taxonomy
for Sustainable Finance Version 2 (Version 2). While the first version laid out the broad framework of
the ASEAN Taxonomy, Version 2 consists of the (a) complete Foundation Framework comprising
detailed methodologies for assessing economic activities; and (b) Technical Screening Criteria (TSC)
for the first focus sector ie Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply sector (Energy sector)
under the Plus Standard. TSCs for other focus sectors will be published in the subsequent versions of
the ASEAN Taxonomy. Version 2 builds on the conceptual thinking of the multi-tiered framework
outlined in Version 1. The multi-tiered framework is intended to facilitate transition of ASEAN Member
States (AMS) recognising the diversity in economic development, financial sector, and infrastructure
maturity.
Through the Foundation Framework which adopts a principles-based approach, users are now able to
qualitatively assess economic activities using guiding questions, decision trees and use cases for all
the four environmental objectives(EOs) and three essential criteria (EC). The environmental objectives
and essential criteria, as well as guiding questions that make up the Foundation Framework are
designed to be readily applicable to all AMS as well as stakeholders in the financial sector and business
enterprises. Using the guiding questions, activities are classified as Green, Amber or Red.
The Plus Standard adopts a more advanced assessment and methodology that is based on specific TSC
and science-based thresholds in classifying activities. To further encourage and recognise transition
efforts by businesses, the Plus Standard contains Amber Tier 2 and Amber Tier 3 classifications which
will be retired over time. This is in addition to the Green tier that is aligned with other relevant
international taxonomies and benchmarked to the 1.50C Paris Agreement target.
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Version 2 also highlights the importance of social aspects in the Taxonomy, by incorporating it as the
ASEAN Taxonomy’s third EC, alongside “Do No Significant Harm” (DNSH) and “Remedial Measures to
Transition” (RMT). In combination with other features such as the expansion of the “Do No Significant
Harm” criteria, common building blocks are established to enable an orderly and just transition and
foster sustainable finance adoption by ASEAN countries.
In considering ASEAN’s specific circumstances, the Taxonomy recognises efforts to the early
retirement of coal-fired power plants. A global first for a regional taxonomy, the ATB has thoroughly
considered how and where coal phase-outs (CPOs) can play a role in decarbonisation in support of the
Paris Agreement goals and when approached correctly, provides a powerful tool for transition.
The ASEAN Taxonomy Version 2 can be found at the following websites: • Association of Southeast Asian Nations – https://asean.org/wpcontent/uploads/2023/03/ASEAN-Taxonomy-Version-2.pdf
The key question is whether ASEAN can make a constructive and meaningful contribution to resolving its own internal divisions, let alone to influencing the behavior of China and the United States. Such outcomes may be unlikely but not impossible if the ASEAN states can develop a coherent, continuing, and collective response to the challenges they face.
Mark Beeson Global Studies Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2022, ksab044, https://doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksab044 Published: 21 January 2022 Article history
Aljazeera – Vladimir Putin’s absence from the G20 Summit in Bali also undermines talk of a Russian pivot to the Asia-Pacific region.
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 15 Nov 202215 Nov 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has oozed a casual resentment when describing the “irreversible and even tectonic changes” that he says have led the West to become a spent force in the world.
“Western countries are striving to maintain a former world order that is beneficial only to them,” he told attendees at the Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian city of Vladivostok in September.
Tiếp tục đọc “Russia’s war in Ukraine challenges old comrades in Southeast Asia”
asiatimes – Democracy Perception Index survey shows most Southeast Asians would not support cutting economic ties with China if it invades Taiwan
By DAVID HUTTJUNE 1, 2022Print
Military helicopters carrying large Taiwan flags do a flyby rehearsal on October 5, 2021, ahead of National Day celebrations amid escalating tensions between Taipei and Beijing. Photo: AFP / Ceng Shou Yi / NurPhoto
A recent Democracy Perception Index survey of worldwide public opinion found that a majority of Southeast Asians would not support their governments cutting economic ties with China if Beijing launched an invasion of Taiwan.
The same report found that only Singaporeans, from the six Southeast Asian countries surveyed, favored cutting economic ties with Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine in February. Indonesians and Vietnamese were two of the three nationalities who believed most strongly that ties with Russia should be maintained.
The Democracy Perception Index 2022 survey, published this month by Latana and the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, asked respondents: “If China started a military invasion of Taiwan, do you think your country should cut economic ties with China?”
Tiếp tục đọc “Southeast Asians sticking with China on Taiwan: survey”
HANOI: The Southeast Asian Games open in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Thursday (May 12) after a six-month COVID-19 delay with Southeast Asian pride at stake in everything from football to bodybuilding and e-sports.
More than 5,000 athletes including Olympic champions are vying for more than 500 gold medals in the event, which is staged every two years, in what should be packed arenas.
The 11-nation Games include traditional Olympic sports such as athletics, swimming and boxing, but also regional ones like sepak takraw, an eye-catching volleyball-style game where teams kick a rattan ball.
Tiếp tục đọc “SEA Games to light up Hanoi after COVID-19 delay”
Is Myanmar heading into civil war — or already there?
Nikkei – Nikkei staff writers – February 5, 2022 09:29 JST
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Every week, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of interviews and reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.
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PUBLISHED 16 FEB 2022
The US has gained ground against China in the contest for regional influence in Southeast Asia, according to the latest State of Southeast Asia Survey. ASEAN continues to be seen as ineffective in the eyes of respondents; at the same time, they are willing to give it credit when it is due.
The United States is gaining significant ground against China in the battle to win friends and influence countries, with respondents across Southeast Asia confident that Washington would be able to lead on issues such as championing free trade and upholding the rules-based regional order.
A fresh reading of The State of Southeast Asia Survey also showed that pressing issues — the Covid-19 pandemic, unemployment and economic retraction as well as climate change – continue to be prioritised by respondents. In their view, however, ASEAN is seen as too slow and ineffective to cope with rapid developments.
Tiếp tục đọc “2022 State of Southeast Asia Survey: Diverse Perspectives and Hard Realities”
VOV – 25/01/2022 – 11:57
Cách đây hơn 1/4 thế kỷ, ý tưởng về COC đã được các Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Đông Nam Á đề cập nhưng cho đến nay, bộ quy tắc này vẫn chưa ra đời sau gần 30 năm “thai nghén”
Khi các tranh chấp là vấn đề nổi cộm ở Biển Đông, có rất nhiều ví dụ về các thỏa thuận quản lý nghề cá, khai thác dầu khí… có thể giúp ích cho các cuộc đàm phán về xây dựng Bộ Quy tắc ứng xử ở Biển Đông (COC) giữa Trung Quốc và các nước Đông Nam Á. Nhưng câu hỏi cơ bản là liệu Bắc Kinh đã sẵn sàng đưa ra bất kỳ nhượng bộ thiện chí nào để đạt được thỏa thuận như vậy hay chưa? Suốt hơn 20 năm qua, câu trả lời chỉ là không.
D.KIM THOA 18/1/2022 6:00 GMT+7
TTCT – Sau 3 năm rưỡi giữ cương vị đặc phái viên của tổng thư ký Liên Hiệp Quốc về Myanmar, cuối tháng 10-2021, bà Christine Schraner Burgener rời cương vị trong nỗi canh cánh về nguy cơ bùng nổ nội chiến toàn diện tại quốc gia Đông Nam Á dường như đã nhãn tiền.
Trong cuộc trả lời phỏng vấn Hãng tin AP trước khi mãn nhiệm, bà Burgener, một người Thụy Sĩ, đã dùng thẳng từ “nội chiến” để mô tả tình trạng bạo lực và bất ổn đang lan tràn khắp nơi tại Myanmar lúc này.
Bà kêu gọi cộng đồng quốc tế cân nhắc các biện pháp cụ thể và dứt khoát hơn để giúp quốc gia này sớm tìm được lối ra cho cuộc khủng hoảng chính trị hiện nay.
TT – 17/01/2022 – 15:56
Cục diện cấu trúc an ninh ở Biển Đông dường như đã tiến triển sang một giai đoạn mới khi Indonesia, nơi đặt trụ sở của tổ chức ASEAN, quyết định thúc đẩy các hoạt động hợp tác an ninh hàng hải mang tính đa phương với các quốc gia trong khu vực.
Một tàu hải cảnh Trung Quốc được nhìn từ tàu hải quân Indonesia đang trong cuộc tuần tra ở khu vực Biển Bắc Natuna – Ảnh: REUTERS
Điều này cũng trùng hợp với căng thẳng gần đây giữa Indonesia với Trung Quốc ở khu vực ngoài khơi quần đảo Natuna thuộc chủ quyền Indonesia.
29 December 2021 Author: Amitav Acharya, American University
Southeast Asia is no stranger to strategic competition. But its ‘new geopolitics’ is different from those that existed during the Cold War.
In fighting communism, the United States extended its security umbrella to the region. This gave ASEAN members breathing space and allowed them to focus on economic growth and domestic stability. It also stimulated unity among Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines due to fear of being entangled in great power intervention. Aid and investment from Japan, a US ally and Asia’s then fastest rising economy, helped industrialise several Southeast Asian countries.
Now, China has displaced Japan as Asia’s largest economy and ASEAN’s largest trade partner. China’s GDP today is more than five times that of ASEAN’s combined. It spends five times more on defence. Unlike the Soviet Union, China is Southeast Asia’s immediate neighbour — a dragon breathing down its neck.
Tiếp tục đọc “ASEAN and the new geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific”
06:55, 22/05/2018
(VnMedia) – Theo thống kê, hiện năng suất lao động của Việt Nam đang thấp nhất trong khối Asean. Trong đó, năng suất các ngành công nghiệp chế biến, chế tạo, xây dựng, vận tải, kho bãi, truyền thông xếp sau cả Campuchia.
Năng suất lao động của Việt Nam xếp sau cả Campuchia ở các ngành công nghiệp chế biến, chế tạo, xây dựng, vận tải, kho bãi, truyền thông. Ảnh minh họa Tiếp tục đọc “Xếp sau Camphuchia, năng suất lao động Việt Nam kém nhất ASEAN”
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