Nhân 50 năm ngày cuộc chiến kết thúc, BBC News Tiếng Việt giới thiệu lại loạt phóng sự của các phóng viên BBC đã có mặt tại Việt Nam và tường thuật thời khắc lịch sử này.
From Swampland to Heartland: The History of Bến Thành Market
Saigoneer.com Wednesday, 01 March 2023. Written by Hiếu Y. Graphic by Mai Khanh
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Read this article in Vietnamese at Sài·gòn·eer.From the very first discussions in 1868 regarding a new marketplace for Saigon, it was not until 1914, that Bến Thành Market became a reality. The birth of the market was like a dream come true, one that came together after nearly five decades of debate in search of solutions for the city’s infrastructure woes.
The five-decade quest to seek a “worthy” marketplace
In her research conducted on the vendors of Bến Thành, anthropologist Ann Marie Leshkowich recounts the lengthy discussions of then Saigon’s colonial administration regarding the establishment of a new commercial center, one that, according to them, must become a place “worthy” of the metropolis they were helping to create.
In 1868, the French had only spent about one decade trying to install a colonial network in Vietnam. Members of the Municipal Council (Conseil Municipal) had the thought of building a new marketplace from metal, replacing traditional thatch markets. In 1869, a budget of 110.000 francs was greenlit, but by 1870, the estimated expenditure had ballooned threefold, causing them to reconsider the planned building methods and amount of materials.
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As Saltwater Intrudes More of Mekong Delta, Durian Farmers Struggle to Stay Afloat
Friday, 25 April 2025. Written by Minh Ha and Lue Palmer. Photos by Minh Ha. Top graphic by Ngàn Mai.
AAANguyễn Văn Quại, 63, walked slowly on the muddy dirt path in his yard, his hands clasped behind his back. He stopped beside a tree split in half, its branches dipping into the stagnant water of a narrow moat, and gestured towards the rest of his leafless crop — their trunks yellow, their bark cracked and brittle.
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
Nguyễn Văn Quại points to his durian trees in Ngũ Hiệp.
For decades, Quại has called Ngũ Hiệp home. The small island on the Mekong River in Tiền Giang Province is less than two hours inland from the sea. His family first farmed rice but turned to durian, a more lucrative crop, in the early 1990s. Now, more than 200 trees stand in his yard, their thorny fruit bringing in hundreds of millions of VND.
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Pest Migration from Southeast Asia Threatens Crops in Southern China, Research Found
laotiantime.com By Kheuakham Chanlivong May 8, 2025
Southern China is facing a surge in agricultural pests migrating from neighboring Southeast Asian countries, including Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia. This pest migration, driven by climate-related factors, poses a growing threat to regional food security.
A recent study highlights the role of extreme weather in this phenomenon. Researchers found that the ongoing El Niño event, marked by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, is contributing to hotter and more humid conditions, which are ideal for pest breeding.
In addition to favorable breeding conditions, strong seasonal winds are carrying these pests into Southern China, facilitating their rapid spread and increasing the risk of crop damage.
While wind is a major factor in their movement, scientists note that insect migration is also influenced by environmental stressors such as extreme heat, drought, and the presence of predators.
Insects migrate in response to immediate environmental cues, the study explains. They may move to escape harsh conditions, find food, avoid overcrowding, or locate new habitats suitable for reproduction.
The problem isn’t confined to China. In Laos, climate change is also taking a toll. The country has experienced record-breaking heatwaves, reaching 43.2 degrees Celsius in 2024, along with persistent water shortages and weakened agricultural infrastructure.
These factors have led to crop failures, livestock losses, and growing food insecurity. An estimated 82 percent of households lack access to safe water, compounding the crisis for rural communities.
Globally, climate change is expected to worsen food insecurity. Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns are already making it more difficult to grow crops in traditional farming regions.
By 2100, nearly 30 percent of the world’s food crops may be exposed to climate conditions they have never encountered before. While much of the focus is on staple crops like rice and wheat, many other plants grown in equatorial regions could also suffer under the changing climate.
Dalai Lama says successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside of China
Tibetan spiritual leader says in a new book that his people’s aspiration for freedom cannot be indefinitely delayed.
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Published On 11 Mar 202511 Mar 2025
The Dalai Lama has said that his successor will be born in the “free world” outside of China.
In a new book released on Tuesday, the 89-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says that he will be reincarnated outside of Tibet, which is an autonomous region of China.
“Since the purpose of a reincarnation is to carry on the work of the predecessor, the new Dalai Lama will be born in the free world so that the traditional mission of the Dalai Lama – that is, to be the voice for universal compassion, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, and the symbol of Tibet embodying the aspirations of the Tibetan people – will continue,” the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet for India in 1959, writes in Voice for the Voiceless.
China considers Tibet, which has alternated between independence and Chinese control over the centuries, as an integral part of the country and views movements advocating greater autonomy or independence as threats to its national sovereignty.
Beijing has labelled the current Dalai Lama, who was identified as the reincarnation of his predecessor at two years old, a “separatist” and insisted on the right to appoint his successor after his death.
The Dalai Lama, who stepped down as the political leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile in 2011 to focus on his spiritual role, has denied advocating Tibetan independence and argued for a “Middle Way” approach, which would grant the mainly Buddhist territory greater autonomy.
In his book, the Dalai Lama writes that he has received numerous petitions from people in and outside Tibet asking him to ensure that his lineage continues, and says that Tibetan people’s aspirations for freedom cannot be denied indefinitely.
“One clear lesson we know from history is this: If you keep people permanently unhappy, you cannot have a stable society,” he writes.
Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies
China and Cambodia ink deal for massive canal project that has raised environmental concerns
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP): Cambodia and China have signed a US$1.2 billion deal to finance an ambitious canal project that aims to boost trade efficiency by linking a branch of the Mekong River near Phnom Penh to a port on the Gulf of Thailand, the Cambodian government agency heading the project has announced,
The deal to fund the Funan Techo Canal was signed Thursday during the state visit to Cambodia of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the agency said in a news release. Xi returned home Friday after a three-nation Southeast Asian tour that also included Vietnam and Malaysia.
U.S. Confidence in Higher Education Now Closely Divided
gallup.com by Jeffrey M. Jones
Nearly as many U.S. adults have little or no confidence as have high confidence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An increasing proportion of U.S. adults say they have little or no confidence in higher education. As a result, Americans are now nearly equally divided among those who have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence (36%), some confidence (32%), or little or no confidence (32%) in higher education. When Gallup first measured confidence in higher education in 2015, 57% had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence and 10% had little or none.
The latest results are based on a June 3-23 Gallup survey that gauged Americans’ confidence in various institutions. A follow-up story reporting on the remainder of institutions will be published in the coming days.
This year, Gallup and Lumina Foundation partnered to better understand the nature of confidence in higher education. The research includes the trend results reported above from Gallup’s June telephone survey as well as new results from a contemporaneous web survey of more than 2,000 Gallup Panel members.
A review of the historical trends shows that confidence has dropped among all key subgroups in the U.S. population over the past two decades, but more so among Republicans. Americans who lack confidence in higher education today say their concerns lie in colleges pushing political agendas, not teaching relevant skills, and being overly expensive.
A separate article in the Gallup-Lumina series will report that Americans are significantly more confident in two-year colleges than four-year colleges when evaluating the two types of institutions separately.
Republicans’ Confidence Has Changed the Most
Confidence in higher education among Republicans today is nearly a mirror image of what it was nine years ago. In 2015, 56% of Republicans had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence, and 11% had little or none. Now, 20% are confident and 50% have little or no confidence.
Republicans are not alone in having reduced confidence in higher education, as 35% of independents, down from 48% in 2015, and 56% of Democrats, down from 68%, are confident.
In the past year, all party groups have shown at least some increase in the percentage with very little or no confidence, and a decrease in the percentage saying they have some. None of the party groups shows meaningful change in high confidence over the past year.
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Sổ tay – Hệ thống cảnh báo sớm hiểm họa tự nhiên tại Việt Nam
Cuốn “Sổ tay hệ thống cảnh báo sớm hiểm họa tự nhiên tại Việt Nam” nhằm cung cấp một cách khoa học và hệ thống thông tin về các loại hình hiểm họa tự nhiên (bao gồm: hiểm họa khí tượng – thủy văn và hiểm họa địa vật lý), đồng thời đề cập việc quản lý rủi ro thảm họa tiếp cận thông qua “Hệ thống cảnh báo sớm đa thiên tai tại Việt Nam”, qua đó góp phần nâng cao hiểu biết và nhận thức của đội ngũ cán bộ Hội, các cấp chính quyền, các tổ chức cộng đồng và nhân dân về thiên tai, thảm họa
Tải báo cáo tại đây: http://www.dmc.gov.vn/chi-tiet-tai-lieu/so-tay—he-thong-canh-bao-som-hiem-hoa-tu-nhien-tai-viet-nam-doc628.html?lang=vi-VN
Nghĩ về tên xứ sở từ một cây cầu gần nhà [Những địa danh Khmer xưa ở miền Nam còn tồn tại đến ngày nay]
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TTCT – Những cái tên thân thương gắn với làng xóm xứ sở không chỉ có của người Kinh, và dứt khoát là không chỉ có tên Hán – Việt.
Cầu Á Rặt bắc qua rạch Á Rặt, ấp Mỹ Long, xã Thiện Trí, huyện Cái Bè, Tiền Giang. Ảnh: Tư liệu PHQ
Tôi sống ở xứ Cái Bè, vốn là một trong những địa bàn người Việt đến định cư sớm nhứt ở Nam Bộ, vẫn thấy đây đó nhiều tên sông rạch khó hiểu.
TOÀN VĂN: Nghị quyết số 68-NQ/TW về phát triển kinh tế tư nhân
(Chinhphu.vn) – Thay mặt Bộ Chính trị, Tổng Bí thư Tô Lâm vừa ký Nghị quyết số 68-NQ/TW ngày 4/5/2025 của Bộ Chính trị về phát triển kinh tế tư nhân. Cổng Thông tin điện tử Chính phủ trân trọng giới thiệu toàn văn Nghị quyết này.
Nghị quyết số 68-NQ/TW của Bộ Chính trị về phát triển kinh tế tư nhân
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What Is Agent Orange? | History
Agent Orange was a chemical herbicide used during the Vietnam War that had a devastating impact long after the conflict ended.
Vietnam says 400,000 killed by Agent Orange; cleanup halted after US aid cuts
The US military sprayed millions of hectares of Vietnamese land with Agent Orange, a defoliant containing dioxin — a chemical linked to cancer, birth defects, and long-term environmental damage. Vietnam estimates 400,000 people were killed by the toxin. Although the US had been helping with the cleanup, efforts stopped following aid cuts by the Trump administration.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports from Bien Hoa in Vietnam. A warning: this report contains disturbing images.
BÁC SĨ NGỌC PHƯỢNG VÀ HÀNH TRÌNH TÌM CÔNG LÝ CHO NẠN NHÂN CHẤT ĐỘC DA CAM
BBC News Tiếng Việt
Trong cuộc Chiến tranh Việt Nam, Mỹ đã rải hàng triệu lít thuốc diệt cỏ độc hại, còn gọi là chất độc da cam (Agent Orange), xuống những cánh rừng rậm để phá hủy những tán lá dày mà các chiến binh Việt Cộng dùng làm nơi ẩn nấp.
Từ những năm 1960, bác sĩ Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Phượng bắt đầu nhận thấy các trường hợp dị tật bẩm sinh, ung thư và các căn bệnh liên quan đến việc tiếp xúc với chất độc da cam. Hơn nửa thế kỷ sau, nhiều người ở Việt Nam vẫn tiếp tục bị ảnh hưởng.
BBC News Tiếng Việt phỏng vấn giáo sư, bác sĩ Ngọc Phượng về hành trình hơn 40 năm đi tìm công lý cho các nạn nhân chất độc ca cam.
Năm 2024, bác sĩ Ngọc Phượng đã được trao giải thưởng Ramon Magsaysay (được mệnh danh là Giải Nobel châu Á) vì những đóng góp cho những nạn nhân chất độc da cam tại Việt Nam.
Australia PM Anthony Albanese wins second three-year term
Labor Party leader becomes the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in two decades.
Published On 3 May 20253 May 2025
Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in two decades, in a dramatic comeback for his Labor Party in a general election dominated by the cost-of-living crisis.
The Labor Party was on track on Saturday for an unexpectedly large parliamentary majority, as Peter Dutton, leader of the conservative Liberal Party, conceded defeat, having lost his own seat.
In his victory speech, left-leaning Albanese pledged to steer the nation through a rough patch of global uncertainty.
“Australians have chosen to face global challenges the Australian way, looking after each other while building for the future,” he told supporters in Sydney.
“We do not need to beg or borrow or copy from anywhere else. We do not seek our inspiration overseas. We find it right here in our values and in our people.”
Australia’s public broadcaster ABC projected that Labor was on track to win 85 seats in the House of Representatives, easily surpassing the 76-seat threshold needed to reach a majority.
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New era or false dawn? Rebuilding Bangladesh’s democracy after Sheikh Hasina
Al Jazeera English – 1-5-2025
Enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings: The human rights abuses allegedly committed by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime have left scores of Bangladeshis scarred and traumatised.
After a student-led movement overthrew the government in 2024, the full extent of the suffering is finally coming to light as an interim government, led by 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, tries to rebuild a shattered nation.
From repairing the demoralised police force to seeking justice for victims and presiding over unstable relations with India, it’s a daunting task. How will Bangladesh rise from the rubble of a dictator’s rule? 101 East investigates.
China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream?
Published: April 8, 2025 5.33pm BST
Author Mehebub SahanaLeverhulme Early Career Fellow, Geography, University of Manchester
China recently approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world’s largest power plant – by some distance.
Yet many are worried the dam will displace local people and cause huge environmental disruption. This is particularly the case in the downstream nations of India and Bangladesh, where that same river is known as the Brahmaputra.
The proposed dam highlights some of the geopolitical issues raised by rivers that cross international borders. Who owns the river itself, and who has the right to use its water? Do countries have obligations not to pollute shared rivers, or to keep their shipping lanes open? And when a drop of rain falls on a mountain, do farmers in a different country thousands of miles downstream have a claim to use it? Ultimately, we still don’t know enough about these questions of river rights and ownership to settle disputes easily.
The Yarlung Tsangpo begins on the Tibetan Plateau, in a region sometimes referred to as the world’s third pole as its glaciers contain the largest stores of ice outside of the Arctic and Antarctica. A series of huge rivers tumble down from the plateau and spread across south and south-east Asia. Well over a billion people depend on them, from Pakistan to Vietnam.
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