Investor–State Dispute Settlement Reform Talks Resume at UNCITRAL

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The next meeting of a United Nations working group debating options for reforming investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) will take place in New York from April 1 to 5.

Two years into the process, it remains unclear whether this work will lead to the desired reforms or what shape these changes may ultimately take.

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The next chapter in reforming ISDS agreements moves to New York in April 2019.

Meanwhile, countries remain frustrated with the current system, and have extensively voiced their concerns in the ongoing multilateral ISDS reform discussions being held under the Working Group III process within the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Tiếp tục đọc “Investor–State Dispute Settlement Reform Talks Resume at UNCITRAL” →

“Playboy hóa” báo chí

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này
ĐCN – 26-6-2011

    TĐH: Hình ảnh phụ nữ hở hang tràn ngập báo chí Việt Nam nói lên trình độ dân trí chung chung của chúng ta–giá trị phụ nữ được nhấn mạnh vào sex, phái nam thì cứ như toàn là teen mới lớn, báo chí thì thông đủ sức để thu hút độc giả nếu không có mùi sex. Nhìn vào báo chí VN nói chung, ấn tượng đầu tiên độc giả có, từ các tấm hình phụ nữ hở hang rẻ tiền, là đây là một tờ báo nhảm nhí. Các bạn làm báo phải biết thu hút cái đầu của độc giả thay vì thu hút con mắt của teen. Các báo đứng đắn ở Mỹ, không có hình hở hang bao giờ, kể cả quảng cáo.

“Playboy hóa” báo chí: Nhu cầu & thảm họa?

(TT&VH Cuối tuần) – Hôm đó, trong quán cà phê ở Q.1 (TP.HCM), nhà báo Nguyễn Thế Thanh, nguyên Tổng biên tập báo Phụ nữ TP.HCM, sững sờ khi xem một cuốn tạp chí có cái tên hoàn toàn Việt Nam, do một nhà xuất bản Việt Nam cấp phép ấn hành. Không kìm được, bà phải thốt lên với hai người bạn đi cùng: Có khác nào tạp chí Playboy! Câu trả lời mà bà nhận được từ hai người bạn là: Bởi vì đó là tạp chí được mệnh danh “Playboy Việt Nam”!

Thời trang, nghệ thuật hay… cái mông?

Bộ ảnh thời trang ấn tượng trong cuốn tạp chí nói trên, mà người mẫu luôn trong những bộ đồ “tiết kiệm” nhất có thể, ở tư thế “khiêu khích” nhất có thể, là thứ gây “choáng toàn phần” với những bạn đọc báo chí truyền thống. Đây cũng chính là “điểm nhấn” của tờ tạp chí này và cũng là thứ tạo nên “thương hiệu ngoài luồng” nói trên của tờ tạp chí mới ra mắt cách đây chưa lâu.

Tuy nhiên, phải nói rằng, phong cách khiêu khích của những bộ ảnh đó hoàn toàn không đơn thương độc mã trong làng báo Việt. Còn nhiều tạp chí khác mà nhân vật xuất hiện trên đó với thứ thời trang đập vào mặt độc giả, nói như lời một bạn đọc, chỉ là… cái mông (!), và trông nó không khác mấy những trang báo Playboy chính hiệu!.

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Ethics guidelines for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

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Today, the High-Level Expert Group on AI presents their ethics guidelines for trustworthy artificial intelligence. This follows the publication of the guidelines’ first draft in December 2018 on which more than 500 comments were received through an open consultation.

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According to the guidelines, trustworthy AI should be:

(1) lawful –  respecting all applicable laws and regulations

(2) ethical – respecting ethical principles and values

(3) robust – both from a technical perspective while taking into account its social environment Tiếp tục đọc “Ethics guidelines for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” →

Slow and Steady: Vietnam’s Spratly Upgrades

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April 8, 2019  |  AMTI BRIEF

Vietnam continues to quietly upgrade its facilities in the Spratly Islands, though apparently without facing the same reaction from China’s maritime militia forces as the Philippines recently has. Vietnam occupies 49 outposts spread across 27 features in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. Of those 27 features, only 10 can be called islets while the rest are mostly underwater reefs and banks.

Spratly Island is the largest of Vietnam’s outposts and the administrative center of its presence in the area. In 2015-16, Vietnam undertook an expansion of the island to extend its small runway and create a protected harbor. In total, Hanoi created about 40 acres of new land at Spratly Island through a process that involved the use of construction equipment to dredge up part of the reef surrounding the island and cover it in sand. This process was more time-consuming and less environmentally disastrous than the methods used for China’s industrial-scale dredging and landfill at its facilities in the Spratlys, but still involved the intentional destruction of coral reef. Tiếp tục đọc “Slow and Steady: Vietnam’s Spratly Upgrades” →

Palme’s Smile và dự án biến buôn Kiều thành làng du lịch

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Hoàng Thiên Nga

“Nếu cùng mơ, ta hãy mơ một giấc mơ đủ lớn…”! Ý tưởng này đã kết nối 4 người bạn tâm đắc cùng bắt tay vào thực hiện mục tiêu giúp đỡ một buôn nghèo vùng sâu trở thành điểm đến đầy niềm vui, tươi đẹp và no ấm.

Buôn Kiều trong nắng

Happy Village của tương lai

Cụm dân cư phía Tây Buôn Kiều gồm 30 hộ giữa muôn bề đồi núi, thuộc xã Yang Mao, huyện Krông Bông, cách thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột trung tâm tỉnh Đắk Lắk khoảng 100 km. Tiếp tục đọc “Palme’s Smile và dự án biến buôn Kiều thành làng du lịch” →

Wetlands help protect us from floods and purify our water

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by Zita Sebesvari and Yvonne Walz | United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security
Friday, 22 March 2019 07:53 GMT

Despite the many benefits of wetlands, their potential is still not fully utilisedEvery day climate-related disasters are happening all around the globe, and this trend will keep increasing. Just between 1998 and 2017, “climate-related and geophysical disasters killed 1.3 million people and left a further 4.4 billion injured, homeless, displaced or in need of emergency assistance”, according to U.N. figures.

On this year’s World Water Day, it is important to highlight the importance of protecting wetlands, so that they can maintain their natural structure and way of functioning. Wetlands such as floodplains, marshes, mangroves and peatlands help decrease flooding by increasing the infiltration of excess water into the soil. Along coastlines, they can also act as a natural buffer and reduce the energy of waves and currents, reducing exposure to storms and surges. Tiếp tục đọc “Wetlands help protect us from floods and purify our water” →

YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant

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Proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement, staff say.

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Wojcicki, YouTube’s chief executive officer, is a reluctant public ambassador, but she was in Austin at the South by Southwest conference to unveil a solution that she hoped would help quell conspiracy theories: a tiny text box from websites like Wikipedia that would sit below videos that questioned well-established facts like the moon landing and link viewers to the truth.

Wojcicki’s media behemoth, bent on overtaking television, is estimated to rake in sales of more than $16 billion a year. But on that day, Wojcicki compared her video site to a different kind of institution. “We’re really more like a library,” she said, staking out a familiar position as a defender of free speech. “There have always been controversies, if you look back at libraries.”

Since Wojcicki took the stage, prominent conspiracy theories on the platform—including one on child vaccinations; another tying Hillary Clinton to a Satanic cult—have drawn the ire of lawmakers eager to regulate technology companies. And YouTube is, a year later, even more associated with the darker parts of the web. Tiếp tục đọc “YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant” →

Compostable Wild Grass Straws Are Vietnam’s Newest Zero-Waste Straw Option

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BY SOPHIE HIRSH Greenmatters

As the world becomes increasingly aware of the plastic crisis, more and more people are saying no to plastic straws. To combat the issue, people all over the world have come up with new, more sustainable materials to make straws from. Most recently, a young Vietnamese entrepreneur released a straw made of wild grass, which has been taking off on social media. Tiếp tục đọc “Compostable Wild Grass Straws Are Vietnam’s Newest Zero-Waste Straw Option” →

Conquering Y Ty to chase clouds on Lao Than Mount

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Last update 14:51 | 05/04/2019 vietnamnet
Backpacking tourism has become thriving in Vietnam and trekking activities to conquer mountains have drawn much interest from young adventure lovers. Lao Than Mount in Y Ty commune, Lao Cai province, is one of the most checked-in summits by backpackers where they can bathe their eyes in seas of cloud.

When it is seen from a distance, Lao Than catches the eye of visitors with a triangular monument, which is situated on its peak.

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Singapore seizes record haul of pangolin scales enroute to Vietnam

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Singapore seizes record haul of pangolin scales enroute to Vietnam
Pangolin scales that were seized from Customs and were taken by the National Parks Board are pictured in Singapore April 4, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Dozens of businesses join hands to reduce plastic waste to protect the environment

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The Earth Day Compostable Campaign to minimize the use of plastic bags and replace them with compostable bags made from corn starch has been officially launched on the occasion of Earth Hour by An Phat Holdings. It is estimated that dozens of tons of plastic bags will be replaced thanks to the campaign.

Supermarket, restaurant chains and residential areas in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are working with An Phat Holdings to minimize the use of plastic bags.

In the first phase of the campaign, BigC, Aeon, Intimex, Ls Place, Unik Mart, Seika, Teekiu, V + Hoa Binh and Nam An all joined together. For restaurants and café chains, Saint Honore stores and a number of others took part. For urban areas, the EcoSunday fair in Ecopark enthusiastically responded thanks to a shared common orientation: green development and environmental protection. Tiếp tục đọc “Dozens of businesses join hands to reduce plastic waste to protect the environment” →

Local shrimp farmers to operate on trading floor

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Last update 07:40 | 06/04/2019 vietnamnet

Local shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta region and across the country will be able to sell their shrimp products on a trading floor in the coming period.

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Representatives of Cuu Long Investment and Technology JSC and participants pose for a group photo at a ceremony to launch a shrimp trading floor in Can Tho on April 5

A ceremony to launch the trading floor was held today, April 5, in Can Tho City.

Addressing the ceremony, Nguyen Manh Trieu, vice chairman of the board of directors at Cuu Long Investment and Technology JSC, which operates the trading floor, said that the trading floor is a website on which shrimp farmers, processing plant operators and buyers can conduct shrimp trading activities. Tiếp tục đọc “Local shrimp farmers to operate on trading floor” →

Visiting Hon Khoi salt field in Khanh Hoa province

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Last update 07:30 | 06/04/2019 vietnamnet

Covering hundreds of hectares in Ninh Hoa town, Khanh Hoa province, Hon Khoi is one of the largest salt fields in Vietnam. Visiting the area early in the morning, tourists can admire the stunning sunrise.

The field is most crowded when it enters the harvest season

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Salt farmers have to go work from the early morning and manage to finish their work as soon as possible in order to avoid the burning sunlight in the field Tiếp tục đọc “Visiting Hon Khoi salt field in Khanh Hoa province” →