Việt Nam có thể đạt 100% năng lượng tái tạo vào năm 2050

G.S Nguyễn Khắc Nhẫn ĐH Grenoble

A. Cách mạng năng lượng

Thế giới, vốn quen với nguồn dầu mỏ dồi dào và giá rẻ, chỉ bừng tỉnh sau cơn khủng hoảng dầu mỏ đầu tiên vào năm 1973. Trong suốt nhiều thập niên, các công ty công nghiệp nhiệt, im lặng trước sự lạm dụng quá mức năng lượng hóa thạch đầy carbon, đã đi vào con đường hủy diệt hệ sinh thái ở mức độ toàn cầu.

Hệ thống năng lượng khắp mọi nơi hiện nay, vẫn còn dựa trên các nguồn năng lượng lưu trữ (than, dầu mỏ, khí, uranium), đang chuyển biến mạnh mẽ.

Trên đường hướng đến một nền kinh tế xanh và số hóa, thế giới đang tiến sâu vào một cuộc cách mạng năng lượng. Ta chứng kiến những đột phá và thay đổi lớn lao. Công nghệ số và Internet cũng đóng một vai trò quan trọng trong lĩnh vực năng lượng. Các nguồn thông lượng (thủy điện, mặt trời, gió, sinh khối, năng lượng biển…), miễn phí và có mặt trên toàn cầu, sẽ chiếm lĩnh thị trường. Không nên quên rằng năng lượng mặt trời có thể cung cấp ít nhất là 20 lần tổng lượng điện tiêu thụ hiện nay của thế giới. Mặt trời, cũng như gió, sẽ cho phép 1.5 tỉ người chưa hề biết năng lượng là gì nhanh chóng có điện để sử dụng hàng ngày. Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam có thể đạt 100% năng lượng tái tạo vào năm 2050”

More renewable energy projects licensed

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The Binh Thuan provincial People’s Committee has accepted commitments from 20 investors to invest in the renewable energy sector in the province. This is a part of the province’s plan to become a large energy center of the country in the next few years.

These include a commitment to build three wind and power plants by Duc Long Gia Lai Group with total investment capital of VND13.8 trillion. The largest project is the 200 MW Plant to be located in Phan Thiet City, capitalized at VND6 trillion. Tiếp tục đọc “More renewable energy projects licensed”

Malaysia’s first lady linked to US$30m worth of jewellery bought with 1MDB funds

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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak and wife Rosmah Mansor arrives before Najib’s National Day speech in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files

KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly US$30 million of funds stolen from scandal-hit 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was allegedly used to buy jewellery for the prime minister’s wife, including a rare 22-carat pink diamond set in a necklace, according to the latest filings by the US Justice Department in a civil lawsuit.

The filings lodged at the US District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday (Jun 15) did not identify Prime Minister Najib Razak or his wife Rosmah Mansor by name, but said the jewellery purchases were for the wife of “Malaysian Official 1”. Tiếp tục đọc “Malaysia’s first lady linked to US$30m worth of jewellery bought with 1MDB funds”

Luật cho phép phá thai là tiếp tay với tội giết người và tạo bất ổn xã hội

Việt Nam ở trong top 5 nước có tỷ lệ phá thai cao nhất thế giới, và đứng đầu ở châu Á. Và mới đây bộ trưởng bộ Y tế đề xuất luật hoá cho phép phá thai từ 12 đến 22 tuần tuổi.

Điều này đặt ra vấn đề gì về đạo đức, năng lực quản lý y tế và chăm sóc sức khoẻ sinh sản ở VN?

Trước hết, không thể chối cãi phá thai là tội giết người. Sau 3 ngày thụ tinh là thai nhi bắt đầu phát triển, trong 4 tuần đầu thai đã bắt đầu phát triển chân tay, mặt mũi, tim phổi, chứ chưa phải đến cả 22 tuần tuổi. Thai nhi 22 tuần tuổi tức là 5 tháng rưỡi, là rất lớn! Tiếp tục đọc “Luật cho phép phá thai là tiếp tay với tội giết người và tạo bất ổn xã hội”

Việt Nam prioritises protecting rights of persons with disabilities

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Update: June, 14/2017 – 15:50

Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga, Việt Nam’s permanent representative to the United Nations.—VNA/VNS Photo

Viet Nam News NEW YORK – The promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities is high on Việt Nam’s agenda, said Ambassador Nguyễn Phương Nga, Việt Nam’s permanent representative to the United Nations.

She made the statement at the 10th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on June 13, with over 500 delegates from member states of the convention and organisations for people with disabilities worldwide in attendance. Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam prioritises protecting rights of persons with disabilities”

VN food products present, but invisible: experts

vietnamnews Update: June, 10/2017 – 09:00

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Leon Trujilo, an expert from the Netherlands’ Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), introduces the visual brand identity proposed for Việt Nam’s food products at a seminar held in Ha Noi on May 9. — VNS Photo Linh Anh
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI —Vietnamese food products have significantly increased their presence in world markets, but they remain unknown because they lack brand identification and consciousness in the consumer’s mind.

Urgent action would be required to change this situation, local and international experts said yesterday. Tiếp tục đọc “VN food products present, but invisible: experts”

US escalates pressure on China over South China Sea and North Korea

Rex Tillerson rules out negotiating on China’s island-building in disputed territory and says China must ‘step up their efforts’ to curb North Korea’s nuclear program

US secretary of defence James Mattis (left) and US secretary of state Rex Tillerson with Australia’s foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop in Sydney on Monday.
US secretary of defence James Mattis (left) and US secretary of state Rex Tillerson with Australia’s foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop in Sydney on Monday. Photograph: David Moir/EPA

The United States continues to escalate pressure on China over the twin issues of the South China Sea and North Korea, telling Beijing that with growing global influence comes increased responsibilities that it is failing to live up to.

Three delegations of high-profile US leaders – the vice president, Mike Pence, senior GOP senator John McCain, and now secretaries of state and defence Rex Tillerson and James Mattis – have visited the Asia Pacific region in the past six weeks, with China’s role in the region their highest public priority.

The US is trenchantly opposed to China’s island-building and militarisation in the South China Sea, and increasingly frustrated by China’s inaction on reining in the nuclear ambitions of neighbour North Korea. Tiếp tục đọc “US escalates pressure on China over South China Sea and North Korea”

Sự thật cay đắng phía sau những bọc hành lý dán băng dính chuyển về Việt Nam

English: The bitter truth behind sticky-tape wrapped luggage headed for Vietnam

Nếu bạn bắt gặp những túi hành lý được dán băng dính chằng chịt trên băng chuyền tại sân bay, rất có khả năng các vali hành lý đó đang được chuyển về Việt Nam.

Kim Van, một bạn đọc của báo Tuổi trẻ, nhớ lại việc cô đã cố gắng bảo vệ hành lý của mình khỏi bị lục lọi bởi các nhân viên kiểm tra hành lý khi về Việt Nam như thế nào – một tiết lộ cho thấy người Việt Nam đã mất niềm tin vào dịch vụ ở sân bay. Tiếp tục đọc “Sự thật cay đắng phía sau những bọc hành lý dán băng dính chuyển về Việt Nam”

Ho Chi Minh City estate official ‘rescues’ buildings violating construction permits

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Updated : 05/22/2017 15:01 GMT + 7

[Le Van Tan, an official at the Land Registration Office of District 7, looks through T.’s papers at his company, April 27, 2017.
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Updated : 05/22/2017 15:01 GMT + 7
An estate official in Ho Chi Minh City has been receiving money to turn a blind eye to buildings in violation of their construction permits, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper has discovered.

With the help of around VND100 million (US$4,400) and a good connection, a hotel built in violation of its permit can be ‘legitimized’ in Ho Chi Minh City.

Last month, T., an estate developer in Ho Chi Minh City, had planned on taking over a small hotel on Nguyen Thi Thap Street in District 7.

According to the building’s construction permit, the hotel is licensed to include one ground floor, one mezzanine, three floors and a partial roof. Tiếp tục đọc “Ho Chi Minh City estate official ‘rescues’ buildings violating construction permits”

20 nations sign up for climate change meet

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Update: May, 05/2017 – 09:16

Twenty countries registered to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on climate change response to be held in Hồ Chí Minh City from May 11-13, organisers reported yesterday. — VOV Photo

HÀ NỘI — Twenty countries registered to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on climate change response to be held in Hồ Chí Minh City from May 11-13, organisers reported yesterday.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tòng Thị Phóng said the symposium, co-organised by the IPU and the Vietnamese legislature, will discuss legislators’ actions to realise sustainable development goals (SDGs) amid climate change.

The head of the NA Committee for External Relations and deputy head of the organising board, Nguyễn Văn Giàu, said the symposium will focus on the SDGs and the role of parliaments; promotion of gender equality and public health when adapting to climate change; challenges and opportunities facing countries in the region; international commitments and requirements for legislators; and mobilisation of resources for realising the SDGs. — VNS

Philippines boat school offers hope for indigenous children

Millions of indigenous children in southern Philippines are deprived of a formal education.

They belong to a poor, nomadic community that was driven out of coastline areas during an armed rebellion.

A sailing school is reaching out to different communities so that hundreds of children are able to attend classes.

Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from Zamboanga city in southern Philippines.

Substandard, spurious, falsely labelled, falsified and counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products

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Key facts

  • SSFFC medical products may cause harm to patients and fail to treat the diseases for which they were intended.
  • They lead to loss of confidence in medicines, healthcare providers and health systems.
  • They affect every region of the world.
  • SSFFC medical products from all main therapeutic categories have been reported to WHO including medicines, vaccines and in vitro diagnostics.
  • Anti-malarials and antibiotics are amongst the most commonly reported SSFFC medical products.
  • Both Generic and Innovator medicines are falsified including very expensive products for cancer to very inexpensive products for treatment of pain.
  • They can be found in illegal street markets, via unregulated websites through to pharmacies, clinics and hospitals.

Tiếp tục đọc “Substandard, spurious, falsely labelled, falsified and counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products”

Wary of Trump, China launches EU charm offensive – diplomats

BRUSSELS/BEIJING: China has launched a charm offensive with the European Union since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, shifting its stance on trade negotiations and signalling closer cooperation on a range of other issues, European diplomats say.

European envoys in Brussels and Beijing sense a greater urgency from China to find allies willing to stand up for globalisation amid fears Trump could undermine it with his protectionist “America First” policies. Tiếp tục đọc “Wary of Trump, China launches EU charm offensive – diplomats”

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