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Israel’s ongoing blockade on Gaza has led to an alarming rise in the number of people who have been starved to death. Gaza’s health ministry says 19 Palestinians have died of hunger in 24 hours.
The UN says it’s receiving ‘desperate messages of starvation’ while aid is stockpiled just outside and remains blocked.
Al Jazeera’s Um-e-Kulsoom Shariff reports.
visualcapitalist.com June 30, 2025
Emerging markets often attract foreign investors with prospects for higher economic growth and diversification.
Where are global business leaders placing their foreign direct investment (FDI) bets in 2025?
This chart highlights the top 25 emerging markets by FDI confidence score in 2025, based on a survey conducted by Kearney. The rankings are drawn from responses by 536 senior executives at global companies with annual revenues above $500 million.
China (including Hong Kong) remains the top emerging market for foreign investor confidence in 2025. However, FDI inflows have slowed in recent years, hitting multi-year lows in 2023.
Following China, the UAE and Saudi Arabia also retain their places as the second and third-most favored developing economies for FDI.
Here’s a look at the full list of top emerging markets for FDI confidence in 2025:Search:
| Rank | Country | FDI Confidence Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (including Hong Kong) 🇨🇳🇭🇰 | 1.97 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 | 1.86 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 | 1.76 |
| 4 | Brazil 🇧🇷 | 1.59 |
| 5 | India 🇮🇳 | 1.53 |
| 6 | Mexico 🇲🇽 | 1.51 |
| 7 | South Africa 🇿🇦 | 1.48 |
| 8 | Poland 🇵🇱 | 1.46 |
| 9 | Argentina 🇦🇷 | 1.46 |
| 10 | Thailand 🇹🇭 | 1.45 |
Brazil and India—two of the biggest emerging economies by GDP—round out the top five, with Brazil overtaking India in FDI confidence in the 2025 rankings.
These rankings align with investors’ FDI priorities from the same survey, where the efficiency of legal and regulatory processes and domestic economic performance top the list.
South Africa made the largest upward move in 2025, jumping from 11th to 7th in the rankings. It also recorded FDI inflows of around $661 million in Q1 2025, up 56% from the fourth quarter of 2024.
Overall, 11 of the top 25 emerging markets for FDI confidence are in Asia and the Middle East.
The factors driving FDI confidence vary for each economy.
In China, tech innovation was the leading driver of investor confidence, while economic performance ranked highest for the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, the talent/skill of the labor pools in India and Mexico were the strongest factors attracting investors.
Israel has abducted and jailed 1,000,000 Palestinians since 1967 — US group’s reportTel Aviv has jailed Palestinians at an average of 47 per day, says a new study, adding US “bankrolled this oppression” against Palestinians for nearly 700 months.
On February 24, Israeli occupation troops abducted Fidaa Assaf from the village of Kafr Laqif in Palestine’s Qalqilya governorate. She was returning from Ramallah Medical Complex after undergoing medical examinations.
Palestinian officials later revealed that the female prisoner, who is married and a mother, was subjected to multiple strip searches and verbal abuse.
They also noted that she was detained in a cell described as unhygienic and infested with insects, and was deprived of water and food for several days.
Tiếp tục đọc “Israel has abducted and jailed 1,000,000 Palestinians since 1967 — US group’s report.”
ODI.org 10 June 2025~ Written by. Freddie Carver
Hero image description: A Palestinian healthcare worker wades through the destroyed remains of a pharmaceutical warehouseImage credit:A Palestinian healthcare worker inspects the damage to a pharmaceutical warehouse after it was targeted by Israeli warplanes in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, in May 2025. Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock
Over the next fortnight, crucial discussions will be made in Geneva and New York that will shape the future of humanitarian action, as United Nations (UN) agencies and donor governments try to agree a way forwards after the sweeping cuts of the first half of 2025.
A fight is underway: on one side, those who recognise that this has to be the moment for long-awaited change; on the other, those who are trying to hold on to past ways of working. For anyone still uncertain about the right path, all they need to do is to look at the situation in Gaza.
Tiếp tục đọc “What does the failure of humanitarianism in Gaza mean?”
Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA
We are running out of time to save lives. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic, as a result of the ongoing Israeli-imposed siege that has lasted for over two months. We call on the Israeli authorities and their supporters to abide by International Humanitarian Law and follow the principles which allow for unhindered humanitarian aid for people trapped inside the Strip. Tiếp tục đọc “Palestinians in Gaza are facing a death sentence”
Two maimed children, two iconic images – and no end to barbarity in sight.
This month, Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year award for her image titled Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine, taken last year for The New York Times.
Ajjour had both of his arms blown off by an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip, where Israel’s ongoing genocide has now killed at least 52,365 Palestinians since October 2023. In the award-winning photograph, the boy’s head and armless torso are cast in partial shadow, his gaze nevertheless intense in its emptiness.
Tiếp tục đọc “From Gaza to Vietnam, what is the value of a photo?”
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children. We discussed that with out guest Arwa Damon, founder of the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance (INARA)
The World Food Programme has run out of food 54 days after Israel imposed a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip. NBC News’ Matt Bradley reports on what families in Gaza are facing as Israel’s blockade continues.
EDGAR MET Rita on LinkedIn. He worked for a Canadian software company, she was from Singapore and was with a large consultancy. They were just friends, but they chatted online all the time. One day Rita offered to teach him how to trade crypto. With her help, he made good money. So he raised his stake. However, after Edgar tried to cash out, it became clear that the crypto-trading site was a fake and that he had lost $78,000. Rita, it turned out, was a trafficked Filipina held prisoner in a compound in Myanmar.
In their different ways, Edgar and Rita were both victims of “pig-butchering”, the most lucrative scam in a global industry that steals over $500bn a year from victims all around the world. In “Scam Inc”, our eight-part podcast, The Economist investigates the crime, the criminals and the untold suffering they cause. “Scam Inc” is about the most significant change in transnational organised crime in decades.
Pig-butchering, or sha zhu pan, is Chinese criminal slang. First the scammers build a sty, with fake social-media profiles. Then they pick the pig, by identifying a target; raise the pig, by spending weeks or months building trust; cut the pig, by tempting them to invest; and butcher the pig by squeezing “every last drop of juice” from them, their family and friends.
The industry is growing fast. In Singapore scams have become the most common felony. The UN says that in 2023 the industry employed just under 250,000 people in Cambodia and Myanmar; another estimate puts the number of workers worldwide at 1.5m. In “Scam Inc” we report how a man in Minnesota lost $9.2m and how a bank in rural Kansas collapsed when its chief executive embezzled $47m to invest in crypto, under the tutelage of a fake online woman, called Bella. A part-time pastor, he also stole from his church.
Online scamming compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. One reason is that everyone becomes a potential target simply by going about their lives. Among the victims we identify are a neuroscience PhD and even relatives of FBI investigators whose job is to shut scams down. Operating manuals give people like Rita step-by-step instructions on how to manipulate their targets by preying on their emotions. It is a mistake to think romance is the only hook. Scammers target all human frailties: fear, loneliness, greed, grief and boredom.
| QUỐC HỘI ——– | CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc —————- |
| Số: 52/2014/QH13 | Hà Nội, ngày 19 tháng 06 năm 2014 |
Căn cứ Hiến pháp nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam;
Quốc hội ban hành Luật hôn nhân và gia đình.
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.
Tiếp tục đọc “Luật hôn nhân và gia đình”Tiasang – Hồ Thị Thanh Trúc – Hoàng Xuân Sơn
Y học phát triển giúp nối liền sự sống sau khi chết. Nhưng khi kỹ thuật hiện đại giúp hiện thực hóa những mong mỏi rất nhân văn thì nhiều rắc rối pháp lý đã nảy sinh do chưa có quy định cụ thể về quyền lợi của các bên liên quan, đặc biệt là đứa trẻ sinh ra.
Việc sinh con từ noãn hoặc tinh trùng của người đã qua đời diễn ra ở nhiều nơi trên thế giới kể từ sau ghi nhận lần đầu tiên vào năm 1980. Nhưng kể từ đây nhiều vấn đề pháp lý đã nảy sinh xung quanh quyền của người đã mất, của thân nhân, và quyền của trẻ sinh ra. Tương tự, ở Việt Nam, câu chuyện cảm động và nhân văn của một người phụ nữ sinh con cho người chồng đã chết ba năm ở Hà Nội vào năm 2013 là trường hợp sinh con cho người chồng đã chết đầu tiên được ghi nhận ở Việt Nam1. Báo chí cũng phản ánh tình trạng này diễn ra nhiều trên thực tế nhưng được giấu kín2.
Tiếp tục đọc “Sinh con từ noãn/ tinh trùng của người đã mất: Những vấn đề pháp lý nảy sinh “This case is the first VN case handled by The Vietnam International Arbitration Centre undre UNICTRAL rules since 2017. Below is a report of the case in 2017. We (CVDVN) don’t have access to the current documents in the case.
10/30/2019
The Vietnam International Arbitration Centre has handled its first ad hoc international commercial arbitration under the UNCITRAL rules – a case over architecture design services that raised issues regarding the appointment of a sole arbitrator and the interplay between the rules and the law of the seat. This incident has been published in the Global Arbitration Review under the name of two authors, Mr. Chau Viet Bac and Mr. Nguyen The Duc Tam.
Chau Viet Bac, who is vice secretary general of the centre and Nguyen The Đuc Tam, a Vietnamese LLM at the University of Paris II, tell GAR the DP v VD case “sheds light on Vietnamese law concerning ad hoc arbitration by demonstrating how it operates in practice. Details of this first experience may be helpful for other Vietnamese arbitral institutions and for parties intending to use the UNCITRAL arbitration rules in Vietnam”.
The case arose from a 2014 agreement for architecture design services. The letter of appointment said the parties agreed that in the event of a dispute they would use their best efforts to settle their differences by negotiating with each other in good faith. If no solution was reached within 30 days, then either could refer the matter to arbitration in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese version of the agreement explicitly made reference to the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre, which was founded in Ha Noi in 1993 and, like the Vienna International Arbitration Centre, goes by the acronym VIAC.
The agreement continued that the parties would mutually appoint an arbitrator. In the event that they failed to reach an agreement on the appointment, an arbitrator could be “court-appointed according to the relevant regulations”.
It was agreed that all arbitration proceedings would be conducted in Vietnam and the UNCITRAL rules would be applied. The decision of the arbitrator would be final and costs and expenses would be apportioned as directed by the arbitrator or divided equally by the parties.
A dispute arose and the parties could not agree on the selection of the sole arbitrator. In September 2015, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City appointed a sole arbitrator who is a well-known VIAC arbitrator and professor of arbitration law.
Tiếp tục đọc “VIETNAM’S CHALLENGE TO PARTIAL AWARD IN UNCITRAL TREATY ARBITRATION IS STAYED, PENDING OUTCOME OF PARALLEL BID TO SET ASIDE EARLIER AWARD ON JURISDICTION”VNN – March 13, 2024 – 08:11
The current legal system does not have specific regulations on identifying key industries as well as specific policies to promote the development of these industries.
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| A supporting enterprise in Bắc Ninh Province. Việt Nam needs legal system to develop key industrial sectors, including the support industry. —VNA/VNS Photo |
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam needs a legal corridor to clearly define development for key industries in the process of industrialisation, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam needs to complete legal system for sustainable development of key industries”16:58 | 10/12/2019
LỜI MỞ ĐẦU
Trong lịch sử hàng nghìn năm dựng nước và giữ nước, dân tộc Việt Nam luôn coi trọng giữ ổn định bên trong và hòa hiếu, hữu nghị với các quốc gia, dân tộc khác để xây dựng và phát triển đất nước. Mỗi khi đất nước bị xâm lăng, toàn dân Việt Nam đồng lòng đứng lên đánh bại quân xâm lược, giữ vững núi sông, bờ cõi, độc lập, tự do. Kế thừa và phát huy truyền thống vẻ vang, dưới sự lãnh đạo của Đảng, quản lý của Nhà nước, nhân dân Việt Nam, trong đó Quân đội nhân dân làm nòng cốt, đã xây dựng nền quốc phòng toàn dân vững chắc, đẩy mạnh hội nhập quốc tế về quốc phòng, ngăn ngừa nguy cơ chiến tranh, bảo vệ Tổ quốc từ sớm, từ xa, bảo vệ nền hòa bình bền vững, thực hiện mục tiêu dân giàu, nước mạnh, dân chủ, công bằng, văn minh; đồng thời, duy trì sức mạnh quốc phòng cần thiết, sẵn sàng đánh bại mọi hình thái chiến tranh xâm lược.
Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam đã và đang được đổi mới về tổ chức, trang bị, nghệ thuật quân sự; sức mạnh tổng hợp tiếp tục được tăng cường; khả năng sẵn sàng chiến đấu được nâng cao; thực sự là quân đội của nhân dân, lực lượng chính trị, lực lượng chiến đấu trung thành, tin cậy của Đảng, Nhà nước và nhân dân, lực lượng nòng cốt bảo vệ Tổ quốc trong tình hình mới.
Tiếp tục đọc “Quốc phòng Việt Nam 2019 (Sách trắng Quốc phòng Việt Nam 2019)”
CVD 