Conversations on Vietnam Development
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday ( Oct 1) negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear programme would be a waste of time after it emerged that Washington had channels of contact with Pyongyang.
Only hours after his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed that US officials were in touch with North Korean counterparts, Trump undercut his top diplomat by declaring on Twitter that any talks would be futile. Tiếp tục đọc “Negotiating with North Korea a waste of time: Trump”
| Trời và đất là một bộ phim điện ảnh về số phận cuộc đời con người trong chiến tranh Việt Nam do Oliver Stone viết kịch bản và đạo diễn năm 1993. Các diễn viên chính bao gồm: Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Joan Chen và Hiep Thi Le. Đây là bộ phim thứ ba và cũng là cuối cùng trong chùm ba phim Chiến tranh Việt Nam của Stone. Hai tập trước là Tiểu đội (năm 1996) và Sinh vào ngày 4/7 (1989).
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Mình đang xem vài tập đầu loạt phim tài liệu khá đình đám gần đây về Chiến tranh Việt Nam của Ken Burns và Lynn Novick. Tất nhiên dân tình còn bàn tán, bình luận, khen chê nhiều về loạt phim tài liệu này như bao phim tài liệu chiến tranh khác. Mình cũng không bàn nhiều về bộ phim ở đây.
Chỉ có một chi tiết, ở ngay tập đầu tiên nhà văn Bảo Ninh – một người lính của quân đội miền Bắc – một trong số người được phỏng vấn nói suy nghĩ của ông đại loại: chỉ có những ông không đánh nhau bao giờ mới thích đi bình luận và tự hào về chiến tranh và chuyện bắn giết. Những người thực sự tham chiến thì chẳng ai muốn nhắc đến mà tung hô tự hào.
Đúng vậy, thực sự chiến tranh, bạo lực là một sự thất bại, là thể hiện những nỗi sợ hãi của con người. Chiến tranh chẳng có ai là kẻ thắng người thua. Tất cả các bên tham chiến đều là kẻ bại trận. Có gì đáng tự hào đáng tung hô về số người lính mà bên này hay bến kia đã hay đã bị tiêu diệt? Tiếp tục đọc “Chiến tranh, điều không nói”
NEW YORK: North Korea may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, its foreign minister said on Thursday (Sep 21).
Ri Yong Ho was asked what leader Kim Jong Un might do after President Donald Trump warned that the United States would “totally destroy North Korea” if it was forced to defend itself or its allies. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea may test hydrogen bomb in Pacific: Foreign Minister”
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam: A Television History (PBS TV Channel – 1983)”
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Battle Field – Chiến trường Việt Nam (PBS 1999)”
China and Russia have started joint naval drills in the waters near the Russia-North Korea border, local media reported.
The exercises, which began on Monday off Russia’s southeastern port of Vladivostok, are the second part of China and Russia’s ‘Joint Sea-2017’ programme that started in June. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese-Russian naval drills begin off North Korea”
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| Friend of the war dead: Ngô Thị Thúy Hằng, Founder and Vice director of Centre of Legal Consultancy and Assistance for Families of Martyrs (MARIN). — Photo courtesy of CSIP |
Viet Nam News by Nguyễn Hữu Phùng Nguyên
Ngô Thị Thúy Hằng gave up her stable, high-paid job in Hồ Chí Minh City to move to Hà Nội, almost 1,800 kilometres away. She has seemingly forsaken her youth in the quest for martyrs’ remains, leading the Centre of Legal Consultancy and Assistance for Families of War Martyrs (MARIN) through a long development journey of trials and tribulations.
The stable present
Ten years after we first met, Hằng is still a slim woman, but wrinkles have appeared in the corners of her eyes. I was startled to realise that this woman really had spent all her youth on MARIN, forsaking marriage and wealth. Hằng still lives in a rented apartment, with recognition certificates and profiles covering the walls. I know Hằng will never stop that journey. Tiếp tục đọc “Hằng continues an endless journey”
Cambodia has shut down Pentagon programs in the southeast Asian country searching for the remains of US Vietnam War soldiers after Washington denied visas for senior Cambodian foreign ministry officials and their families – a response to Phnom Penh’s refusal to accept dual-Cambodian/US citizens who have been convicted of crimes in America.
Reacting to a new set of visa sanctions slapped on Phnom Penh by Washington on September 13 for the southeastern nation’s refusal to accept people deported by the United States, Cambodia has announced that it will no longer support US missions in the country searching for remains of Vietnam War combatants claimed to be missing in action.
According to a Thursday statement by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Phnom Penh has cancelled Pentagon MIA missions in the country, a move reported by Cambodia’s Fresh News media outlet and later confirmed by government spokesman Phay Siphan, cited by APnews.com. Tiếp tục đọc “Tit-for-Tat in a Tete-a-Tete: Cambodia Stops US MIA Searches After Visa Ban”
The US Embassy in Phnom Penh issued a security warning to Americans about possible violence in Cambodia amid the government’s anti-American rhetoric.
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PHNOM PENH: The US Embassy in Phnom Penh issued a security warning to its citizens late Wednesday (Sep 13) about rising tensions in Cambodia following the arrest of opposition leader Kem Sokha, the expulsion of an American NGO and anti-American rhetoric by Cambodian officials. Tiếp tục đọc “Violence can erupt in Cambodia without warning: US warns citizens”
By Minh Vu —
Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang speaks at the ceremony for the licensing of Fulbright University Vietnam on May 25, 2016. Source: State Department’s flickr photostream, used under a creative commons license.
Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV) has attracted much attention because it was born out of Vietnam-U.S. bilateral engagement. However, as the university welcomes its first class in September, FUV will become more than just a diplomatic achievement. It will mark another step in the ongoing effort by the government to lift Vietnam’s higher education to international standards through collaboration with the private sector and foreign governments. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s efforts to internationalize higher education achieves a milestone”
The prosecution of Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha is a message from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government for the United States, one that says “stop interfering with Cambodia’s internal affairs”.
06 Sep 2017 01:12PM (Updated: 06 Sep 2017 02:36PM)
“We’re not a slave but, like them, an independent country. We want to stand on our own feet. We don’t need someone to tell us to do this or do that,” said Cambodian government spokesperson Phay Siphan. Tiếp tục đọc “Cambodia tells US to back off after charging opposition leader”
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam ― Fifty-five years ago this month, the U.S. Army began spraying millions of gallons of the toxic defoliant known as Agent Orange over large swaths of southern Vietnam. Today, however, instead of resentment and isolation from the U.S., the country is awash with Americanophilia. Tiếp tục đọc “55 Years After Agent Orange Was Used In Vietnam, One Of Its Creators Is Thriving Here”
dailymail.co.uk_An artist is raising awareness about the horrific effects that warfare and poverty have on children in an arresting series of illustrations titled ‘Imagine’, which sees him transforming some of the world’s most iconic war-torn images into a picture filled with peace and love
Gunduz Aghayev, 34, of Azerbaijan, re-creates iconic photographs of children suffering in world conflicts, such as ‘Napalm Girl’ from the Vietnam War and a famous picture of child brides in Afghanistan, turning the devastating images into cartoons of the kids playing innocently and laughing.
The illustrator takes the horrific 1972 photo of a nine-year-old girl crying and running through the streets of Trang Bang, Vietnam, after she was severely burned by a napalm attack, and turns the image into a joyful cartoon which sees the girl holding a Statue of Liberty balloon with a smile on her face.
Donald Trump has asked aides to prepare for US withdrawal from a free trade agreement with South Korea, it was reported on Saturday – a potentially stunning development at a time of tense confrontation with North Korea.
Asked during his trip to Louisiana on Saturday if he was talking with advisers about the idea, Trump said: “I am. It’s very much on my mind.” Tiếp tục đọc “Trump’s push to quit South Korea trade pact would mark latest swerve in region on edge”
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