Why Africa needs non-traditional partners like Vietnam

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The Africa report – Posted on Monday, 18 April 2022 08:04

New buildings are seen along the Saigon river in southern Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon City), Vietnam, April 26, 2015. REUTERS/Kham –

Much of Africa has been on the receiving end of the North-South development cooperation where Western donors and multilateral institutions provide aid and technical assistance to countries on the continent.

Progress has been made from this type of cooperation, but much is still needed to transform the continent.

The Chinese have arrived on the scene with the Belt and Road initiative to a mixed reception. While the North-South relations and the Chinese influence will continue to be a critical part of development cooperation for Africa, leaders on the continent are increasingly seeking more horizontal partnerships based on equity, trust, and shared prosperity.

What Vietnam has achieved in the last thirty years, and what it is on course to achieve in the next, makes the country a good candidate for low- and middle-income countries in Africa to partner with for shared prosperity.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ahead of U.S.-ASEAN Summit – Toàn văn bài phát biểu của Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính tại CSIS Hoa Kỳ

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May 11, 2022 CSIS

John J. Hamre: My name is John Hamre and I want to welcome all of you. This is a largest group we’ve had at CSIS in two years. And it’s great to have you here. I want to say a special thank you to the Prime Minister. We are honored to have him here. We have been privileged to have hosted several very important previous leaders in Vietnam. Back in 2015, we had the secretary general of the Communist Party. That was Nguyen Phu Trong. That was in 2015. In 2013, we had President Truong who was here with us. And so today it’s a real privilege to have Prime Minister Pham.

You know, it was just very interesting because today I had a meeting with my Board of Trustees and we spent much of the morning talking about the remarkable changes that are going on in the world today, especially in Asia. You know, the aftershocks of COVID, the kind of difficulties with supply chains, companies wanting to see more reliability in supply chains, and in almost every part of the conversation one country came up. And it was Vietnam. Everybody said, Vietnam is an important new partner here. But there was also an additional sentence, which is: Vietnam is being held back because it doesn’t have the infrastructure that it needs to become this leading partner in global supply chains. And so I think there’s an agenda that America and Vietnam could be working on.

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Huyền thoại “một ăn ba trăm” hay ảo giác về năng suất lúa ở đất phương Nam

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PHẠM HOÀNG QUÂN 8/5/2022 6:00 GMT+7

TTCT – Đối với một di sản rất quan trọng về lịch sử Đàng Trong như Phủ biên tạp lục thì nội dung có vài điều sai trật cũng là điều bình thường, nhưng phải thấy rằng có những câu trong đó mà người đời nay càng dẫn thì càng làm giảm giá trị tổng thể sách ấy, như trường hợp huyền thoại “một ăn ba trăm”. Cái lỗi lớn của học giới đương thời là thay vì chú giải những điểm bất hợp trong tư liệu cổ thì lại tin theo rồi trích dẫn tán tụng nhơn rộng thêm ra

 Nông dân Nam Kỳ gặt lúa, -ảnh chụp năm 1925. -Ảnh: Pictures from History / Alamy

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Panic in the crypto market has Janet Yellen’s attention

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[TĐH: I still can’t understand why the governments of the world still haven’t banned criptocurencies completely. They are a huge threat to the world’s financial stability.]

Julia Horowitz byline

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business

Updated 1230 GMT (2030 HKT) May 12, 2022

Cryptocurrencies take Hollywood, sports and politics by storm

London (CNN Business)Investors in stocks, bonds and commodities are all on edge right now. But in the market for cryptocurrencies, unease has morphed into full-on panic, catching the attention of regulators in Washington tasked with maintaining financial stability.

What’s happening: As of last Friday, the price of bitcoin had plunged almost 50% from its all-time high as traders — concerned about whether the Federal Reserve’s bid to fight inflation could tip the economy into a recession — dumped riskier investments. >

Does the world need hydrogen to solve climate change?

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Hydrogen gas has long been recognised as an alternative to fossil fuels and a potentially valuable tool for tackling climate change.

Now, as nations come forward with net-zero strategies to align with their international climate targets, hydrogen has once again risen up the agenda from Australia and the UK through to Germany and Japan.

In the most optimistic outlooks, hydrogen could soon power trucks, planes and ships. It could heat homes, balance electricity grids and help heavy industry to make everything from steel to cement.

But doing all these things with hydrogen would require staggering quantities of the fuel, which is only as clean as the methods used to produce it. Moreover, for every potentially transformative application of hydrogen, there are unique challenges that must be overcome.

In this in-depth Q&A – which includes a range of infographics, maps and interactive charts, as well as the views of dozens of experts – Carbon Brief examines the big questions around the “hydrogen economy” and looks at the extent to which it could help the world avoid dangerous climate change.

What is hydrogen and how could it help tackle climate change?

Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. It is also an explosive and clean-burning gas that contains more energy per unit of weight than fossil fuels.

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We need to get serious about the renewable energy revolution—by including nuclear power

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By Michael Edesess | May 5, 2022

One of my favorite quotes is from Sherlock Holmes: “Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however implausible, must be the truth.”[1] This motto implicitly guides the ambitious plan to decarbonize all energy envisioned by most renewable energy enthusiasts. The only problem is that, not only is the alternative they dismiss not impossible, it could be much less implausible than the one they advocate.

The renewables army. A huge number of extremely earnest and bright people are working on trying to make the renewable energy future come true. They work at, or have passed through, the most elite institutions of our time, the top universities, the top financial firms, the most innovative corporations and startups. At the center of much of their effort is the Rocky Mountain Institute, the nonprofit research think-tank whose board I chaired more than 20 years ago. (They call it a “think-and-do” tank, which is more fitting.) RMI coordinates meetings (recently mostly Zoom meetings) with very smart participants from some of the foremost companies working on decarbonizing their businesses, companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft. It’s a pleasure to watch them think, discuss, and work out problems. It was an enormous pleasure to be on RMI’s board, especially to interact intellectually with the most brilliant individual I have ever met, RMI’s co-founder Amory Lovins.

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Provincial trio topping PCI rankings

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May 05, 2022 | 09:38

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Despite the remarkable improvement of Vietnam’s cities and provinces to enhance competitiveness, many issues are remaining for them to lure in more investment.

Provincial trio topping PCI rankings
Source: Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Last week’s 2021 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) report, released by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), revealed that Quang Ninh, Haiphong, and Dong Thap were the most improved localities last year.

All three have facilitated business performance and boosted administrative reform in favour of private sector development.

In Quang Ninh, Viet Hung Industrial Park Development JSC was, for the first time, granted an investment certificate within only 24 hours.

“We are impressed by the administrative procedure reform of Quang Ninh and the strong direction of the provincial People’s Committee and relevant authorities to support investors,” said CEO Dao Phong Truc Dai.

The province has provided 1,600 online public services at levels three and four, and 555 procedures have been integrated into the national public services portal. The time for administrative procedures has been shortened, so the satisfaction of people and businesses improved significantly, reaching 99.7 per cent at the provincial level and 99.9 per cent at the district level.

Meanwhile, second-placed Haiphong was the leading city in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021 with a total of $5.26 billion.

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Hiện tượng thao túng giá trên thị trường chứng khoán ngày càng tinh vi – Có doanh nghiệp thổi giá bất động sản để tăng giá trị cổ phiếu, cơ cấu lại nợ

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Hiện tượng thao túng giá trên thị trường chứng khoán ngày càng tinh vi

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Trên thị trường cổ phiếu, thị trường chứng khoán phái sinh đã xuất hiện các hiện tượng thao túng giá, làm giá ngày càng tinh vi.

Sáng nay (11/5), Ủy ban Thường vụ Quốc hội họp phiên thứ 11 cho ý kiến về báo cáo đánh giá bổ sung kết quả thực hiện nhiệm vụ phát triển kinh tế – xã hội và ngân sách nhà nước năm 2021; tình hình triển khai thực hiện kế hoạch năm 2022.  

Thao túng giá cổ phiếu tác động tiêu cực đến thị trường

Theo báo cáo của Chính phủ, tình hình kinh tế xã hội tháng 4 và 4 tháng đầu năm tiếp tục đạt nhiều kết quả tích cực.

Toàn cảnh phiên họp. Ảnh: Quốc hội

GDP quý I ước tăng 5,03% so với cùng kỳ năm 2021. Lạm phát được kiểm soát, các cân đối lớn được bảo đảm. CPI tháng 4 tăng 2,64% so với cùng kỳ năm trước, thấp nhất cùng kỳ các năm 2017-2022. Tính chung 4 tháng, CPI tăng 2,1%, tương đối thấp so với cùng kỳ các năm 2018-2020.

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Great Barrier Reef suffers sixth mass bleaching event with 91% of reefs surveyed affected

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By Hilary Whiteman, Hannah Ritchie and Helen Regan, CNN

Updated 0445 GMT (1245 HKT) May 11, 2022

Coral at Stanley Reef, about 83 miles (133 kilometers) off Townsville in Queensland, shows signs of bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures.

Coral at Stanley Reef, about 83 miles (133 kilometers) off Townsville in Queensland, shows signs of bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures.

(CNN)Warming waters from escalating climate change have caused coral bleaching in 91% of reefs surveyed along the Great Barrier Reef this year, according to new findings from an Australian government agency.

Scientists from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) confirmed in March this was the sixth mass bleaching event of the reef on record and the fourth since 2016.

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Vietnam seeks to boost domestic coal production amid rising import prices

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Vietnam seeks to boost domestic coal production amid rising import prices
FILE PHOTO: A worker shovels coal as he loads a truck at a coal port in Hanoi February 23, 2012. REUTERS/Kham

11 May 2022 11:45AM(Updated: 11 May 2022 11:45AM)

HANOI : Vietnam’s state-owned coal miner Vinacomin will boost domestic production to meet rising demand for the fossil fuel amid surging global prices, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Wednesday.

The Southeast Asian country, a regional manufacturing powerhouse, earlier this year warned of electricity shortages due to tight coal supplies.

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Toàn văn bài phát biểu của Tổng Bí thư bế mạc Hội nghị Trung ương 5

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Tổng Bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng phát biểu bế mạc hội nghị. (Ảnh: Phương Hoa/TTXVN)

Chiều 10/5, sau 6 ngày làm việc khẩn trương, nghiêm túc với tinh thần trách nhiệm cao, Hội nghị lần thứ năm, Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa XIII đã hoàn thành toàn bộ nội dung, chương trình đề ra.

Thông tấn xã Việt Nam trân trọng giới thiệu toàn văn bài Phát biểu bế mạc Hội nghị của Tổng Bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng: “Ra sức phấn đấu, thực hiện thắng lợi Nghị quyết Hội nghị lần thứ năm, Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng khóa XIII”:

“Kính thưa Trung ương,
Thưa các đồng chí tham dự Hội nghị,

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SEA Games to light up Hanoi after COVID-19 delay

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SEA Games to light up Hanoi after COVID-19 delay
A Vietnamese gymnast takes part in a training session ahead of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at Quan Ngua gymnasium in Hanoi on May 5, 2022. (Photo: AFP/Nhac Nguyen)
SEA Games to light up Hanoi after COVID-19 delay
A Vietnamese gymnast takes part in a training session ahead of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at Quan Ngua gymnasium in Hanoi on May 5, 2022. (Photo: AFP/Nhac Nguyen)
SEA Games to light up Hanoi after COVID-19 delay
Malaysia’s Nur Dhabitah Sabri won the first gold at the SEA Games in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP/Nhac Nguyen)
SEA Games to light up Hanoi after COVID-19 delay
The SEA Games will officially begin on May 12, 2022 in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP/Nhac Nguyen)

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.

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On the phone, alone

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May 10, 2022
By David Leonhardt, New York Times Newsletter
Good morning. We look at the mental health crisis facing adolescents — and the role of digital technology.
The local Boys and Girls Club in Glasgow, Ky.Annie Flanagan for The New York Times
On the phone, alone
Many measures of adolescent mental health began to deteriorate sometime around 2009. It is true of the number of U.S. high-school students who say they feel persistently sad or hopeless. It’s also true of reported loneliness. And it is true of emergency room visits for self-harm among Americans ages 10 to 19.
This timing is suspicious because internet use among adolescents was also starting to soar during the same period. Apple began selling the iPhone in 2007. Facebook opened itself for general use in late 2006, and one-third of Americans were using it by 2009.
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